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 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:

Modern Phrase	Hidden Gatekeeping
“Are you under covering?”	Implies access to God depends on a pastor/apostle
“You’re out of order” (“unsubmitted to OUR FORM OF Spiritual Authority”	Shuts down questions, freedom, or individual leading
“Don’t touch God’s anointed”(meaning only the top leaders, staff, yet they in many ways attack the non famous unknown, rising New Moves)	Misused to silence critique or accountability
“You need a spiritual father/mother” (not a First Church command)	Can become controlling or emotionally manipulative

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 structure.”

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.

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).