As part of the RFHC we must acknowledge both spiritual and temporal authority. If God does not want the authority to exist it will not. And we will never make it in life until we realize the fact that all of us live under a system of authority. One's respect for authority is an index of one's character. Weak and arrogant people resent authority.
Authority involves a person who is willing to take responsibility for the lives of others.
Any failure on the part of the one in authority is between that person and God. His personality and his lifestyle are never the issue. Notice that the accurate teaching promotes growth in the grace of God, not in self-righteousness and legalism. The erroneous conclusion that one's own righteousness is sufficient brings in the monster of intolerance of all others thereby leading to blind pride. The presence of self-righteousness in the believer's life is an insult to the integrity of God.