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As you reflect on Christ as the Head and the church as the body, what insights come to mind?
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We as the body are to go where the head leads and directs us. The body parts aren’t trying to each do their own thing, they are working together at the direction of the head.
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Christ is our source for everything. We as the body seek His wisdom. We depend on Christ, we look to Him.
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When I think of “head” vs “body” I have a tendency to thing “knowing” vs “doing”.
Christ is our ultimate source of knowledge and wisdom. He is the way, the truth, and the light. There is no flaw in Him or his Word.
The Church body is what executes the plan of the head here on earth. The Church is empowered by Christ to do the will of God. It’s many members have different strengths and, therefore, different functions, but ALL are necessary to accomplish the mission with different people at different places in different times and/or different circumstances.
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We are interpendence of each other and need to remind ourselves Christ is the head not us. Sometimes those are in leadership are at logger head with each other. We all need to serve with humility consider other better than ourselves. Also be willing to learn and have a spirit of humility and openness with each other (subject to certain conditions fulfill) is very important. Don’t put our trust totally in a human being even the pastor or leader does fall from grace and we need to put our trust in God. Whatever we do is to exalt Christ not ourselves.
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This imagery and truth emphasize the importance of the church receiving the commands and truth from Jesus to operate and function properly and to its fully potential. When our body parts don’t receive instruction from the brain, that part doesn’t work properly and as non-use continues over time, the nerve will die. We cannot afford that as the church. We must continually make sure we are connected with Jesus, the source of truth, and receiving our truth and functionality from Him and Him alone. He should be in full control of our body, just as our brains should be for our body.