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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 and the members are to live in union with 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 earth. You can’t breathe without your brain. You can’t
digest your food without your brain. Voluntary and involuntary
movements are from your brain. All of your five senses are
controlled by your brain. All your emotions are controlled by
your brain. If your brain is broken, you are paralyzed. You
wouldn’t know anything; who you are or how to relate to the
world that you live in.
I’m not trying to impress you with facts about the brain.
It’s a picture of Christ. Your brain weighs about three pounds.
Your brain has nine million two hundred thousand nerves. It
has more than nine billion neurons. It’s an amazing thing that
God has given us! And it pictures Jesus in relationship and
union with His body.
Colossians 2:19, “…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