Scripture says, "Submit yourselves one to another." It also says "submit yourselves to your elders." These are two different statements. The first statement addresses the sovereignty of each human individual, which means that ultimately each person is responsible for his or her own life, and that each person cannot be judged or forced to adapt to another's lifestyle. Each person has every right to make whatever choice they want, and if another person doesn't like it, they have no right to violate that person's sovereignty in order to force compliance with an external theology, set of rules, or expression. The second statement addresses authority, in which a sovereign human may choose to submit a part of their lives to another sovereign human in order to learn from them, receive wisdom and revelation from them, and relate to them in love. This submission to authority should in no way violate sovereignty as it is the choice of the one who submits to su...
Walk upon a higher path, Listen to a higher Way Don’t be distracted by the task Abandon what you use to think ~From "Promise Keeper" by Cassondra E. Beers