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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

        IV   CLINCHER ILLUSTRATION: UNION WITH CHRIST
               IS A ROMANCE (2 CORINTHIANS 11:2; ROMANS 7:4
               HE NOT ONLY LOVES YOU, HE IS IN LOVE WITH YOU
               BIBLE USE OF THE WORD “KNOW” (GENESIS 4:1
               HOSEA 6:3; SONG 2:16)

        THE GREAT COMMISSION MESSAGE #10

        I   INTRODUCTION TO THE GREAT
            COMMISSION MESSAGE
               A.  THE INSIDE STORY OF THE GREAT
                    COMMISSION IS FOUND IN THE GOSPEL OF JOHN
                       1.  RECORDS OF THE GREAT
                          COMMISSION
                              a.  GOSPEL OF MATTHEW
                                    (MATTHEW 28:18-20)
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