What makes the church special and gives it power
Matthew 23:16 Woe unto you, ye blind guides, which say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor!
17 Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifieth the gold?
18 And, Whosoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whosoever sweareth by the gift that is upon it, he is guilty.
19 Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifieth the gift?
20 Whoso therefore shall swear by the altar, sweareth by it, and by all things thereon.
21 And whoso shall swear by the temple, sweareth by it, and by him that dwelleth therein.
22 And he that shall swear by heaven, sweareth by the throne of God, and by him that sitteth thereon.
There is milk in the word and there is meat. This is meat, you need to have your senses exercised to discern between good and evil and not only are these blind guides not exercising their senses, they are blind, they don't even have senses.
So first of all the "blind guides" who are they? You might think they are pastors and priests, but I don't think so, I don't think this is referring to sermons from the pulpit, this is referring to the board of directors of a church. They guide policies. The Lord calls them fools and blind guides. Now consider some of the policies by these large denominations. Some of these denominations have billion dollar trust funds. So when a pastor or priest comes to this congregation the board of directors will advise him that his number one priority is to not do anything that would negatively impact their trust fund. So when the government passes laws about what you can and cannot say if you don't want to lose your tax exempt status they in turn tell the pastor there are things he can and cannot say.
They are blind because they don't see that God is sitting on the throne and instead they are treating the worldly government that is in the kingdom of darkness as "god". They also don't see that gold that is not sanctified is going to be burned up. To be sanctified means to be separated unto God for His purpose. If you are walking according to the prince of darkness and following his commands then any gift to the church is not sanctified, it is not separated to God for His purpose. God can do more with a person who is sanctified than with a thousand who aren't.
So they have sound systems that costs hundreds of thousands of dollars and they have cameras and media centers that broadcast their sermons on TV and they have big budgets, but the worship is not sanctified, the broadcasts are not sanctified, and therefore you lose all the blessings from God. They are on team Goliath rather than team David.
This is why many denominations have embraced the LGBTQ+ community because they give money. If they give money to the church then the church must do as they say. Think about that. God is the creator, the church is His house, and Jesus gave His life on the cross for the church, and yet they think some faggot comes along with a million dollars and so they have to do what he/she says? Are you that blind. 2,000 years ago the church was a few men hiding in an upper room and praying, today it is over a billion people worldwide. This isn't because some queer gave a million dollars, it is because Jesus gave His blood. That is what has sanctified the church and made it special.