Certainly, a good steward yields to his master's authority. God's steward does what he or she can do for people. The only thing that a person controls and has the power to give God is his or her will. Everything else already belongs to God. A person's will belongs to the person because God gave it to him or her.
Warning is given to alert the person or persons to danger.
The scribes were an important part of the Jewish religious system. They believed that it must be carefully, accurately preserved. Their copies replaced worn out copies and made new copies available. As a group, the scribes occupied a position of religious prominence and influence on the level of the Pharisees and the priests. They paraded in long robes.