I believe the point of the below quote which may not be meant but which others take is that in church you should find people who are fully devoted to true teaching so should go if you have not found others devoted fully and you have not found the truth but we are the church that truth is given by the Holy Spirit that if we have been properly educated by the Holy Spirit in the word we can know the truth but others may have walked more faithfully in the word to know the truth that as elders they are to help those not mature.
“Make sure you live within the framework of the church because then you will live in a spiritual atmosphere and you will be fenced off from temptation, and your strength will never weaken in your path to salvation, and no temptation will be able to leave you at difficult crossroads.”
+ St. Theophan the recluse