CONSTANTINE TO CHARISMATIC CELEBRITY:

WHY JESUS ALONE MUST BE THE DOOR

“I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.” John 10:9 KJV

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TOPIC: PREPARATION OF THE HARVEST

HIGH TOPIC: Big Boss, Excess, Human Potentate Worship..yet this is not about the Secular  World, this is in the subculture “Church”

“The god of Pecking Order” related:

Charismatic ministry gatekeeping, even over an entire area, nation, via their  seer office inner networks, Many well known groups train persons in this and it is accepted and expected in the enormous  “submission” subcultures, “Rumor Mongering Far Away, Manned Cult like divining Sin Spying …elevated to the Next Level” Just like world order secular transhumanism, people are “it’s” “our property” and women are OUR (willing ,submitted) “whatever’ (The worst case example: I Samuel Eli and Sons, Gifted ‘Boys Will be Boys” High Priesthood, who’d never met a woman like the Lone Woman, Hannah, who was NOT their property, their willing slave or their concubine.”

Below is a fully expanded, researched, and scripturally grounded teaching that connects early Church history (Constantinian model) with modern charismatic celebrity culture, the top-down controlling structures, and contrasts it all with the servant-leader model of Jesus and Paul.

“Jesus Is the Door” — Not the Gatekeeper Culture

Training for Legalistic Shepherding & Modern Religious Control Movements

Key Verse: John 14:6 (KJV)

“Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.”

1. What Did Jesus Actually Say?

In John 14:6, Jesus clearly states He alone is the Way, the Truth, and the Life — the only Doorway to the Father. No church title, human overseer, denominational filter, or legalistic behavior can replace that.

Breakdown:

• “I am the way” – Jesus is not one of many roads or a checklist. He is a person who must be followed in relationship.

• “The truth” – Truth is not controlled or managed by a spiritual elite. Jesus embodies truth that sets captives free (John 8:32).

• “The life” – Eternal life is not earned by submitting to a human covering. It is received by grace through faith (Ephesians 2:8-9).

• “No man cometh unto the Father, but by me.” – This leaves no room for spiritual control systems or forced submission to pastors, apostles, or prophetic networks.

Jesus did not say:

“No man comes to the Father except through the local gatekeeper, pastor, apostle, or bishop.”

2. Why Gatekeeping Is Spiritually Harmful

Definition:

Gatekeeping in this context means when leaders, churches, or members:

• Require approval or permission to access God

• Judge who is “qualified” to be in fellowship

• Accuse others of being “unsubmitted” or “out of order”

• Withhold love, respect, or basic welcome unless people conform

Scriptures That Refute This:

• Romans 10:13 – “For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.”

• John 6:37 – “Him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out.”

• Luke 9:49-50 – Jesus rebuked His own disciples for trying to shut down others doing God’s work outside their group.

Jesus welcomed all—tax collectors, Samaritans, Roman officers, sinners, Gentiles, and seekers of other faiths. He never required a man-made filter to come to Him.

3. Addressing the Old-Time Shepherding Movement

In the 1970s-80s, the Shepherding Movement rose in many charismatic circles. It promoted:

• Mandatory “submission” to human leaders

• Being “covered” by someone “over you”

• Accountability for everyday decisions (dating, moving, spending)

• The belief that disobeying your leader was like disobeying God

This is unscriptural and cultic. It made leaders into mini-mediators, contradicting 1 Timothy 2:5:

“For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus.”

Fruit of the Shepherding Movement:

• Spiritual abuse (no ‘Equal Gender, Race, Economic) relationship respect, value, pet person’s ONLY, just attack, rumor, control)

• Fear-based control (severe, mind probing, undermining, authoritarian, One Size Only “our way or you are in rebellion, unsubmitted to “OUR KIND” of WELP Patriarchal overseer controlling authority

• Guilt for leaving churches (in denial for 2 Timothy 3:1-8, I Timothy 6:5 untrue fruit)

• Suppression of calling or gifts (mostly white boys and sr patriarchal males are wanted)

4. Modern Examples of Charismatic Gatekeeping

Today, these same dynamics resurface in more subtle ways:

Below is a training and teaching message that unpacks John 14:6 (“Jesus is the way, the truth, and the life…”) using the KJV, refutes harmful religious gatekeeping, and addresses old-time shepherding movements and modern charismatic/pentecostal versions of the same dynamic. The heart is compassion, truth, and biblical clarity.

From Constantine to Charismatic Celebrity:

Why Jesus Alone Must Be the Door

Discerning Spiritual Gatekeeping, Apostolic Drift, and the Servant-Remnant Rising

Ephesians 5:21 (KJV)
“Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.

 INTRODUCTION

In today’s charismatic and mega-church environments, we witness a concerning pattern: the rise of modern-day spiritual empires built on personality, hierarchy, spiritual elitism, and control. While appearing Spirit-filled on the surface — complete with tongues, prophecy, and revival language — many movements mirror the Constantinian church model of the 3rd–4th century.

Rather than organic, Jesus-centered New Testament gatherings, we now see systems where:

• One man or woman is elevated above the Body.

• Apostolic and prophetic “brands” replace humble service.

• Vast networks and financial appeals dominate.

• Women are often marginalized in subtle or overt ways.

• Submission means: “You must come under OUR all patriarchal male, usually Caucasian colonial, “submission” undue ‘covering” pontificate type structure.”

Two Biblical Questions to Discern Healthy Leadership

1. Back in the First Church with Christ, Apostle Paul, the first apostles, elders, and lay believers—was there ever a formal “submission doctrine” taught as a mandatory covering for spiritual protection?

Let’s repeat that: Did Christ, Paul, or the original Church teach an official “submission doctrine” as we see promoted in some modern circles today — one that requires submission to a single human authority in order to be spiritually safe or accepted?

Answer:
No, there was no rigid “submission to a human covering” doctrine enforced in the early Church. Submission was mutual and voluntary, not hierarchical or enforced as a rule for access to God or the community.

Ephesians 5:21 (KJV)
“Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.”

1 Corinthians 11:3 (KJV)
“But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ…”

Paul, Peter, and the apostles exhorted humility and order, but never taught that one must submit to a human overseer to be protected, heard, or spiritually safe. Instead, every believer was accountable directly to Christ, their true Head.

2. After Christ died, rose victoriously, and ascended into heaven—when the first overseers, apostles, and early leaders began stewarding the Church—was there ever ONE single leader, office, or ministry style placed OVER all others? Was there one official style of ministry everyone had to submit to in order to be valid?

Repeat: Was there ever a “top-down” structure where one person or subculture ruled over the diverse, Spirit-led, apostolic Church body?

Answer:
No. The New Testament Church was built on a plurality of leaders and diversity of expression, all unified under Christ the Head — not one apostle, prophet, region, or subculture.

1 Corinthians 12:4-6 (KJV)
“Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit. And there are differences of administrations, but the same Lord.”

Acts 13:1-2 (KJV)
“Now there were in the church that was at Antioch certain prophets and teachers… As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Ghost said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul…”

The Spirit set people apart. Leaders co-labored. The churches met in homes, cities, and regions, without any one person or brand “over” them all. Even when Paul corrected error, he did so as a servant, not a dictator.

2 Corinthians 1:24 (KJV)
“Not for that we have dominion over your faith, but are helpers of your joy…”

There was no denomination. No “house prophet” dominating a region. No apostolic covering or money requirement. The people were led by the Holy Spirit, the Word, and mutual submission.

 Summary:

Any doctrine today that teaches spiritual safety only comes by submission to a specific man, leader, or organization is not based on the original teaching of Christ or the apostles. It is more aligned with control, fear, and a false covering spirit.

The true Church:

• Has one Head: Christ

• Is led by the Holy Ghost

• Functions in mutual submission

• Discerns all things by the Word (KJV)

• And bears the fruit of liberty, not control

Galatians 5:1 (KJV)
“Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.”

This post is an apostolic trumpet: calling the pure remnant to come out, to discern, and to rebuild in the image of the early Church.

From Constantine to Charismatic Celebrity: Why Jesus Alone Must Be the Door

 1. CONSTANTINE, ROME & THE HIJACKING OF THE EARLY CHURCH

After 300 years of underground, Spirit-led gatherings, persecution, and mutual submission, the Church was nationalized by Emperor Constantine. Christianity became the state religion — and the organic First Church model was replaced with:

• Centralized religious power (bishops, patriarchs)

• Clergy-laity divide

• State-approved “orthodoxy”

• Hierarchical rank-based access to God

• Suppression of dissenting or diverse voices (including many women and prophets)

Result: The Church became a political institution with spiritual terminology.
The fruit was top-down order, fear-based submission, and eventually even violence in the name of “truth.”

 2. MODERN CHARISMATIC CELEBRITY CULTURE: THE NEW CONSTANTINIANISM?

Now, fast-forward 1700 years. We are witnessing a new form of “tongue-talking Romanism” — not Catholic, but Protestant-charismatic, dressed in:

• Conferences

• Media studios

• Apostolic networks

• Honor culture that elevates leaders into celebrity status

• Pressure to give money to “receive the prophet’s reward”

Like the Corinthians, many cry:

1 Corinthians 1:12 (KJV)
“Every one of you saith, I am of Paul; and I of Apollos; and I of Cephas; and I of Christ.”

This is not new. But it is dangerous. It creates:

• Co-dependence between sheep and leaders

• Burnout among pastors who must “perform” weekly

• Silencing of individual callings unless they align with the “house vision”

• Big systems needing constant money and loyalty to survive

 3. “BE UNDER JUST ONE PASTOR”: WHERE IS THAT IN SCRIPTURE?

This is a manmade doctrine, not a New Testament mandate.

Jesus never said:

“Thou must submit under just one earthly shepherd at all times.”

Paul traveled. So did Apollos. So did Barnabas. So did Philip. The early Church multiplied, not monopolized. They were Spirit-led, diverse, and decentralized — operating with mutual respect and accountability, not spiritual leash laws.

 4. PHARISAICAL RIGIDITY & THE SHEPHERDING SPIRIT

The 1970s Shepherding Movement and today’s charismatic variants both enforce:

• Hierarchical domination

• Suppression of questions

• Pressure to conform

• Submission before fellowship

This is not Paul’s gospel. It is closer to the Galatian error:

Galatians 3:3 (KJV)
“Are ye so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made perfect by the flesh?”

 5. WOMEN MARGINALIZED — AGAIN

While the First Church featured:

• Deborahs, Priscillas, Phoebes, Junias

• Upper room women speaking in tongues

• Daughters who prophesy (Acts 2:17, Joel 2)

Modern charismatic systems often place women:

• Under “spiritual fathers”

• In silence or support-only roles

• As stage decoration but not equal doctrinal voices

This is a return to hierarchy — not Holy Ghost leadership.

6. THE REMNANT & MUTUAL SUBMISSION

Amid the crowd-pleasing, system-driven churches, a remnant remains:

• Lovers of Christ, not personalities

• House fellowships, worshippers, intercessors

• Leaders who bow to the Lamb, not to celebrity

• Women and men working side by side

• Those who walk in Ephesians 5:21:

“Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.”

These are not rebels — they are reformers.
Not lone wolves — but loyal to Christ above systems.

 7. JESUS, PAUL, AND THE FIRST CHURCH MODEL

• Jesus washed feet, fed crowds, healed the untouchable.

• Paul made tents, endured beatings, empowered others.

• The early Church shared, taught, and moved organically, with multiple gifts flowing (1 Cor. 14:26).

Jesus’ model was:

• Flat, not pyramid

• Relational, not positional

• Spirit-led, not system-led

Matthew 23:8–10 (KJV)
“Be not ye called Rabbi : for one is your Master, even Christ; and all ye are brethren.”

CONCLUSION: CHOOSE THE DOOR, NOT THE HIERARCHY

Today’s church must decide:

• Will we follow the Door (John 10:9)?

• Or will we keep people trapped behind religious gatekeepers?

Let us return to the biblical foundation — not Constantinian control.

Let the pure, servant-hearted remnant rise, rebuild, and reform.

Let us echo Paul:

1 Corinthians 2:2 (KJV)
“For I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified.”

 SUGGESTED SCRIPTURES FOR FURTHER STUDY:

• Acts 2:17-18 — Daughters shall prophesy

• 1 Corinthians 14:26 — Let all bring something

• Romans 12:4-6 — Many members, one body

• Galatians 3:28 — No male or female in Christ

• Matthew 23 — Jesus rebukes spiritual elitism

• 2 Corinthians 11 — Paul warns of false apostles

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