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Let me give a second principle. Union with Christ is not
only Lordship, it’s the flow of His life. There are two great
pictures. One is the vine and the branches and the other is the
title that Christ is the head of the body. In the New Testament
the word “head” is used several different ways. One is that
Adam was the head of the race and Christ is the last Adam, the
head of the race.
Sometimes the word “head” is like the head of a
company. Ephesians 1:22, “And He put all things in subjection
under His feet, and gave Him as head over all things to the
church.” 1 Corinthians 11:3, “But I want you to understand that
Christ is the head of every man, and the man is the head of a
woman, and God is the head of Christ.” It’s the head like an
authority. Colossians 2:10, “…and in Him you have been made
complete, and He is the head over all rule and authority.”
I don’t want to talk about the federal headship of Christ.
I don’t want to talk about headship being about authority.
Colossians 2:18&19, “Let no one keep defrauding you of your
prize by delighting in self-abasement and the worship of the
angels, taking his stand on visions he has seen inflated without
cause by his fleshly mind, and not holding fast to the head, from
whom the entire body, being supplied and held together by the
joints and ligaments grows with a growth which is from God.”
Christ is the head of the body and the body is to lay hold of the
head. But in Colossians the word “head” is the word “brain”.
He’s the head of the body and it’s saying that he is the brain of
the body. His life flows like life from the brain.
My grandmother used to call me “Butchie” and she was
always arguing with me. She kept saying, “Butchie, use your
head.” What she meant was to use my brain; think! My
grandmother didn’t give me a lot of spiritual advice but through
the years I remember those words, “Use your head,” because
my head is Christ. I want to use my head. Jesus is my head.
The only thing I know about the brain is what I read. I’m
not a doctor but what I read was very impressive. The brain and
its nervous system connected to the body is the best computer
on earth. You can’t breathe without your brain. You can’t
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