(Tit 2:15) “These things speak, and exhort, and rebuke with all authority. Let no man despise thee.” Despise thee”: reject his God-given spiritual authority. Yes, in this matter the world has affected and infected the saved. The proof is evident: we treat God’s Word as “suggestions to live by”, certainly then we are not going to submit to His ministers. Yet, His ministers are to stand upon the authority given them against all who rebel – alone if need be.