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C. 18 YEARS LATER, WHEN JESUS BEGAN HIS
MINISTRY AND TURNED WATER INTO WINE,
MARY UNDERSTOOD (JOHN 2:2-5)
1. THE PRINCIPLE: WHATEVER HE
SAYS TO YOU, DO IT (JOHN 2:5; JOHN
12:26)
2. JESUS IS NO LONGER SUBMITTING
TO MARY; MARY HAS LEARNED TO
SUBMIT TO JESUS
3. UNION WITH JESUS IS LORDSHIP

III HOW UNION WITH CHRIST IS PICTURED BY
THE FLOW OF LIFE FROM THE BRAIN TO THE
BODY
A. JESUS IS THE HEAD
1. JESUS IS THE LAST ADAM, THE
FEDERAL HEAD OF THE RACE
2. JESUS IS THE HEAD OF ALL THINGS
IN THE SENSE OF AUTHORITY
(EPHESIANS 1:22;1 CORINTHIANS
11:3; COLOSSIANS 2:10)
3. JESUS IS TO HIS PEOPLE WHAT THE
BRAIN IS TO THE BODY
(COLOSSIANS 2:18-19)
a. FACTS CONCERNING THE
PHYSICAL BRAIN
b. UNION WITH CHRIST IS
PICTURED BY THE UNION OF
THE BRAIN TO THE BODY
(COLOSSIANS 2:19)
C. AS MY HEAD, CHRIST IS BOTH THE
COMMANDER AND THE ENABLER OF ALL
THINGS; THE BRAIN IS A GIVER, THE BODY IS A
RECEIVER AND RESPONDER: I MUST SIMPLY
LIVE FOR THE PLEASURE OF THE HEAD
C. AS MY HEAD, CHRIST IS A UNIFIER; THE
BODY HAS COMMON LIFE
1. CHRIST ENABLES ME TO BE ONE
WITH HIM
2. CHRIST ENABLES ME TO BE ONE
WITH ALL BELIEVERS