We are encouraged not to trust in courageous man as a general warning. Why? Because all distinguished men are subordinated to necessary death. This is a key cultural principle. If we maintain a society that places men over the gospel then we attribute divine attributes to those men. This is violating the first commandment. A Christian does not make idols out of familiar things or influential men. Anything that God has designed is dying. No man retains the necessary knowledge to deliver other people. Gods standard of comprehensive knowledge is not on a sliding scale. He objectively compares His knowledge with men from an eternal perspective. We glorify God at the justified expense of mans futile knowledge. Man was not present when God designed and produced the world nor go through all generations. God declares mans memory of historical events is morally corrupted.

 How do we depend on God if He does not act to accomplish whatever He desires? If another man controls his own life then that man is equal with God. That man thwarts Gods will. Idols are things given God like attributes. He cannot be sovereign if His will is dependent on anything. God must produce as He pleases to be eternally faithful, kind, long suffering, gentle, and loving. If God acted by consulting man there would be no presence of genuine love on the earth. Because He designed each person He is the only one who grasps their need. He has established our ideal existence from before the foundation of the world. God uniquely designed all things according to His kind pleasure. Consequently, it is realistic to say that if we want to know love we must trust God alone.

 We see this paralleled in the apostles teaching of the local church.It is made up of official leaders and faithful followers. But the apostle teaches that Christ rules His church. This undoubtedly means that spiritually we are all equal. The apostle teaches the universal church is created of every person functioning as a high priest. There is a qualitative distinction between the eternal nuts and bolts of the church and how we properly function in the church. We are spiritually united in an identity that goes beyond time and space. We are the spiritual body of Christ.