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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 to 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