Then it should be clear that those who claim to be led in different directions to different doctrines by the one Holy Spirit are in error.
Two devout followers of Jesus Christ had different doctrines on some important issues. One was a Jew by law and by birth. The other was a Jew by birth and Roman by law. Who did the correction? Yet neither man considered the other to be the leader {Pope} of the church nor submitted to the other ones authority.
So by who's authority and guidance was Paul under in Galatians chapter 2? Peters? Or The Holy Spirit? Read on the Chapter 3. Who receives The Holy Spirit? Just Priest? No. Just Deacons? No. Rather we are given The Holy Spirit by Faith. We have free will to listen and obey the guidance given us. Will man error? Yes. From The Holy Spirit comes correction. The instrument used may be Paul or it may be Martin Luther. It might be Billy Graham or a Pope that brings reform of Christ teachings over church dogma.
Most Christian Churches are not that far off the mark. They have legalist errors made by man but do not deny Christ as Lord and Savior and that is the key to this. This jealousy Christ dealt with when the Disciples came to Him telling Him other men were using His name healing and casting out demons
Mark ch 9 Whosoever shall receive one of such children in my name, receiveth me: and whosoever shall receive me, receiveth not me, but him that sent me. And John answered him, saying, Master, we saw one casting out devils in thy name, and he followeth not us: and we forbad him, because he followeth not us. But Jesus said, Forbid him not: for there is no man which shall do a miracle in my name, that can lightly speak evil of me. For he that is not against us is on our part. For whosoever shall give you a cup of water to drink in my name, because ye belong to Christ, verily I say unto you, he shall not lose his reward. And whosoever shall offend one of these little ones that believe in me, it is better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he were cast into the sea.
The churches even at that point has already gone out and The Word Of GOD The Gospel preached even by layman. The men Christ Disciples saw were of the many sheep and many flocks Christ spoke of.
Then there are areas which are called *disputable matters*
God does not demand lockstep adherence to church doctrine. Just because two people disagree with some point of doctrine does not mean one of them is lying or that one or both of them are not being led by the Holy Spirit.
Romans 14:1-23 Accept the one whose faith is weak, without quarreling over disputable matters. One person’s faith allows them to eat anything, but another, whose faith is weak, eats only vegetables. The one who eats everything must not treat with contempt the one who does not, and the one who does not eat everything must not judge the one who does, for God has accepted them. Who are you to judge someone else’s servant? To their own master, servants stand or fall. And they will stand, for the Lord is able to make them stand.
One person considers one day more sacred than another; another considers every day alike. Each of them should be fully convinced in their own mind. Whoever regards one day as special does so to the Lord. Whoever eats meat does so to the Lord, for they give thanks to God; and whoever abstains does so to the Lord and gives thanks to God. For none of us lives for ourselves alone, and none of us dies for ourselves alone. If we live, we live for the Lord; and if we die, we die for the Lord. So, whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord. For this very reason, Christ died and returned to life so that he might be the Lord of both the dead and the living.
You, then, why do you judge your brother or sister? Or why do you treat them with contempt? For we will all stand before God’s judgment seat. It is written:
“‘As surely as I live,’ says the Lord, ‘every knee will bow before me; every tongue will acknowledge God.’”
So then, each of us will give an account of ourselves to God. Therefore let us stop passing judgment on one another. Instead, make up your mind not to put any stumbling block or obstacle in the way of a brother or sister. I am convinced, being fully persuaded in the Lord Jesus, that nothing is unclean in itself. But if anyone regards something as unclean, then for that person it is unclean. If your brother or sister is distressed because of what you eat, you are no longer acting in love. Do not by your eating destroy someone for whom Christ died. Therefore do not let what you know is good be spoken of as evil. For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Spirit, because anyone who serves Christ in this way is pleasing to God and receives human approval.
Let us therefore make every effort to do what leads to peace and to mutual edification. Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food. All food is clean, but it is wrong for a person to eat anything that causes someone else to stumble. It is better not to eat meat or drink wine or to do anything else that will cause your brother or sister to fall.
So whatever you believe about these things keep between yourself and God. Blessed is the one who does not condemn himself by what he approves. But whoever has doubts is condemned if they eat, because their eating is not from faith; and everything that does not come from faith is sin.