Even in the early church there was spiritual abuse, crimes committed by  those who lorded over the flock, demanding that the Lord’s flock listen to them and them alone. 

In Christendom today, whether in organized religious gatherings, churches, WordPress, Facebook, Christian TV, etc., we pretty much see the same thing going on in regard to these various and sundry “teachers and preachers, et al”,  and whether they are willing to come right out and admit it or not, usually believe that they only have the word of truth.

“Galatians who lived through those confusing times, would have heard different voices saying:  “Follow me.  No, follow me!  believe and do what I tell you!  No!  believe and do what I tell you!”…  While those very voices would have been those of this church leader over here, and of that other church leader over there.  Or of this teacher over here, or of that teacher over there. And that is…