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The Church as the Kingdom of the Son of God’s Love 67

be under the Head, we must hold on to the Head, we must never let go of the
Head, and we must allow the Head to be the Head. He is the Head. We are just
members of the Body of Christ. We are all just members. Don’t forget. Don’t
think that now after serving for so long, you become the Head. There is only
one Head, which is Christ. We need to hold on to this Head.
Ephesians 4:15-16 says that if you really want to hold on to the Head,
you need to hold to truth in love. In the beginning was the Word, and the
Word was with God, and the Word was God (John 1:1). This is the Lord; this
is the Head. Practically speaking, when you say you hold on to the Head,
that means you hold on to the truth in love. Brothers, I am so glad I am in the
Lord’s recovery today, where the whole Bible is open to us. Don’t you think
that is wonderful?

I have read so much Christian history. There were many who were good
in their era, but they only had the Bible partially opened. Today, it seems the
whole Bible is open to us. We do not just have the written Word, we have the
interpreted word. We have the translated word and interpreted word. We have
so much ministry that explain the truth to us. Today, brothers, we do not have
an excuse of not knowing the truth. It is all in the books. You just have to turn
to the books. Recently I have been enjoying so much the 136 volumes of the
The Collected Works of Witness Lee. We have been fellowshipping about this.
Even with some Christian leaders, it seems like in the history of mankind,
there is no writer who can write that much in a lifetime. One hundred thirty-
six volumes of 400-500 pages each. This is really something. Just to be able
to write so much is a miracle, but if you see the content of all those, you must
bow down to the Lord and praise the Lord that we are born in this age, that we
can all hold on to the truth in love. I hope you do not let those books gather
dust, but you would actually dive into it, so you can hold on to the truth. By
holding to truth in love, you will be holding to the Head, and allow the Head
to be the deciding one, to be the one that has the final word in everything we
are doing in our church life, in our family life, in our daily life, in our working
life, in our school life. The Lord has to be the Head.