We live in frequent defiance of the weightier principles Jesus died to vindicate

Because human progress from the infantile level to the level of responsible autonomy to the level of transpersonal God-awareness and God-reliance is not a foregone conclusion
Because a provisional freedom to reject and distort and turn from the prophetic message exists
Because trust in God's all-sufficiency is hardly universal
The gathering around Jesus following the death and resurrection created an increasingly complex organization built on the premises that existed before Jesus came and proclaimed them false.
And so was created the basis for the historic churches within whose precincts creedal messianism held sway in general harmony with the principalities and powers -- including those of the empire that perceived the utility of such a doctrine -- and in frequent defiance of the weightier principles which Jesus died to vindicate