Functioning
Everyone functions – there is no such thing as “Lay people”. The FULLNESS of the Godhead resides in every believer.
Everyone is potentially a leader (as they mature). Everyone is definitely a follower. The greatest in the Kingdom of God is the servant of all. We are all to submit to one another out of reverence of Christ. Follow me as I follow Christ – and likewise, don’t follow me if I’m not following Christ.
Submission to a leader is a voluntary act of the heart – it can never be forced or demanded.
Functioning comes from obedience - which is a result of
hearing God - because we’ve been in his presence (which is the primary key to
being in relationship with him). Jesus
said, “I only do what I see the father doing.”
Every believer has the ability to tap into the mind of Christ and the
gifts of the Holy Spirit. We lack
nothing in order to function.