Authority

Christ is head of the church.

A man has been instituted by God as head of the household.

Hierarchy is inescapable.

As such superiority is inescapable. Superiority refers not to quality but to hierarchy. As humans we do not like God's hierarchy. We rebel against Him. We do not like human hierarchy either. We rebel against our earthly authorities as well. But God has given to everyone differing roles.

How do we react to superiority?

When an individual acts and thinks himself superior, we call him an egoist. When someone transfers superiority to a corporate entity such as an ethnicity or a political state, we call him a racist or nationalist, respectively. On the other hand, rarely do we experience truly superior people. That is, a truly superior person would not boast in himself but would present himself as meek and unassuming; oftentimes we call this kind of person weak. Little do we know...