The Great Head Of the Church

Colossians 1:18 "And he is the head of the body,the church:who is the beginning,the firstborn from the dead;that in all things he might have the preeminence".

In this day of the self named,self famed,and the self proclaimed we have a great picture of Christ and of the church.It is a clear picture of the relationship between Christ and the church.Jesus Christ is the head of the church, the only head of the one and only church.Your pastor, bishop, apostle, or what ever name we choose to be called by this week, do not have the church.They could have a following but not the church, they could have a congregation of people ,but they are not the head of the Church.

Jesus Christ is the head of the church.The church is his body, made up of  born again ,blood washed, baptized believer.It is through Christ that the church has life and through the body that a lost world comes to know Christ.A body cannot live apart from the head.They both are needed to do what it is we were save to do.It is through the church that Christ chooses to makes Himself known to a lost world. The church is totally dependent upon the head,Jesus Christ.The body finds it's purpose, meaning, and significance in the Head who is Jesus Christ.So the body must learn of the head to understand it's will plans, guidance, motivation and direction for the body. The head is to rule over the body,the body is not to act apart from the head.When ever a body part acts separate from the instructions of the head, it generally means there is a sickness or deformity within the body.But Jesus held the cripple hand, the lame leg, the blind eyes, deaf ears and the dumb lips, so his body is perfect and he is returning for a perfect church.

The church body is to let Christ control it.The church is to walk a disciplined,controlled life just like Christ says.When Christ does not control the church body, it is because there is some malfunction, some problem within the body.When the church lives like Christ dictates,then the church body lives a life free of disease and injury.Let us put aside our different denominations, and unite as one body under the headship of the great head of the church that we might lead a lost world to the salvation of the Lord.