(Jesus Is The Head Of The Church )

Colossians 1:18 (KJV)

18 And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence.

VERY BRIEFLY THIS MORNING /EVENING IF I COULD GET A BAPTIST -AMEN A METHODIST NOD AND A SANTIFIED CHURCH HALLELUJAH

I WANT TO REASON WITH YOU ON THE THOUGHT

(JESUS IS THE HEAD OF THE CHURCH )

MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS

THE WRITER OF OUR TEXT IS

NONE OTHER THAN THE

REVEREND DR PREACH BROTHER

PAUL

PAUL THE SON OF A PHARISEE

WHO WAS REARED IN TARSUS THE

CAPITAL CITY OF CILICIA

ATTENDED THE FINEST SCHOOLS

OF TARSUS WHERE HE LEARNED

THE TRADE OF A TENT MAKER

AT VERY YOUNG AGE HE WAS SENT TO JERUSALEM WHERE HE STUDIED AT FEET OF GAMALIEL

HE COULD EVEN SPEAK IN 14

DIFFERENT LANUAGES AND HAD

MASTERED 7

BUT HE STILL HAD 1 PROBLEM

AND THAT IS -WHILE TRAVELING

DOWN THE DAMASCUS ROAD WITH ALL THAT EDUCATION HE STILL

DID`NT KNOW WHO JESUS WAS

BUT AIN`T IT GOOD NEWS -- THAT

WE SERVE A GOD WHO CAN TAKE

WHAT THE DEVIL MEANT FOR OUR

BAD

AND TURN IT AROUND AND MAKE

IT WORK FOR OUR GOOD

PAUL --PAUL WRITES THIS LETTER

TO THE CHURCH AT COLOSSE

WHILE UNDER HOUSE ARREST IN ROME

IT`S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND HE WAS`NT UNDER HOUSE ARREST

FOR RAPE -ROBBERY OR MURDER

BUT HE WAS UNDER HOUSE ARREST FOR TELLING OTHERS THAT JESUS IS LORD OF LORDS AND KING OF KINGS

SO HE WRITES THE CHURCH AT COLOSSE TO ENCOURAGE THEM IN THERE WALK WITH THE LORD

AND TO COMBAT AN EXTREMELY

DANGEROUS AND THREATENING HERESY THAT WAS ARISING IN THE CHURCH AT COLOSEE

BY LETTING THEM KNOW THAT

*JESUS IS THE DIVINE SON OF GOD

*THE LORD OF THE UNIVERSE

*AND THE HEAD OF THE CHURCH

AND HE OPENS THIS LETTER IN CHP 1

VERSES 1-2 WITH A SALUATION

THEN IN VERSES 3-12 HE GOES BEFORE THE THRONE OF GRACE IN SUPPLICATION

IN OTHER WORDS HE PRAYS FOR THE CHURCH

IN VERSE 13 HE TELLS THEM HOW GOD

DELIVERED US FROM THE DOMMAIN OF DARKNESS,

AND TRANSFERRED INTO THE KINGDOM OF HIS BELOVED SON

IN VERSE 14 HE LET THEM KNOW THAT BECAUSE OF WHAT JESUS DONE ON CALVARY

WE HAVE REDEMPTION AND FORGIVENESS OF SIN

BECAUSE JESUS PAID OUR SIN BILL

IN VERSES 15 - 17

HE LETS THEM KNOW

-THAT JESUS IS THE IMAGE OF THE INVISIBLE GOD

-THE FIRST BORN OVER ALL CREATION

-JESUS CREATED ALL THINGS

-JESUS INHERITS ALL THINGS

-JESUS EXISTED BEFORE ALL THINGS

-AND JESUS SUSTAINS ALL THINGS

BUT WHEN HE GET TO VERSE 18

HE SAYS

JESUS IS THE HEAD OF THE CHURCH

AND IT`S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE HE IN THE TEXT IS EMPHATIC

BECAUSE NO HUMAN BEING ON EARTH IS THE HEAD OF THE CHURCH

THAT DISTINCTION BELONGS TO JESUS -------AND JESUS ALONE

-NOT THE PASTOR

-NOT THE DEACONS

-NOT THE TRUSTEE BOARD

-NOT EVEN THE PEW MEMBER WHO IS ALWAY RASING $10,000 DOLLARS WORTH OF HELL BUT WILL ONLY PUT 1 DOLLAR IN THE COLLECTION PLATE

JESUS AND JESUS ALONE IS THE HEAD OF THE CHURCH

IN OTHER WORDS THERE IS A LIVING RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CHRIST AND THE CHURCH

JESUS IS THE HEAD AND WE ARE THE BODY

BECAUSE JESUS IS

THE BEGINNING AND FIRSTBORN FROM AMONG THE DEAD

-AS THE BEGINNING

JESUS IS FOUNDER AND RULER OF THE CHURCH

HE FOUNDED THE CHURCH IN MATT 16;18 ON PETERS CONFESSION OF FAITH THAT JESUS WAS THE CHRIST THE SON OF THE LIVING

THE CHURCH WAS BORN AT PENTECOST

AND THE HOLY SPIRIT BAPTIZED BELIEVERS INTO ONE SPIRITUAL BODY

THEREFORE WE ARE MANY MEMBERS IN ONE BODY AND CHRIST IS THE HEAD

AS THE BEGINNING

JESUS IS THE ENGINEER -ARCHITECT- AND MASTER DESIGNER OF THE CHUCH

YOU SEE THE WORD (HEAD) REFERS TO BOTH SOURCE AND AUTHORITY

AND ALL PAUL IS TELLING US IS THAT JESUS IS LARGE AND IN CHARGE

IN OTHER WORDS

JESUS IS SAVIOR

JESUS IS CREATOR

AND JESUS AND JESUS ALONE IS THE HEAD OF THE CHURCH

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AS OUR SAVIOR IT REVEALS HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH LOST SINNERS

AS OUR CREATOR IT REVEALS HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH CREATION

AN AS HEAD OF THE CHURCH IT REVEALS HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH THOSE OF US

WHO HAVE BEEN SAVED SANTIFIED --FILLED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT AND WASH IN THE BLOOD OF THE LAMB

(YOU OUGHT TO LOOK AT YOUR )NEIGHBOR

AND GIVE THEM A AIR HIGH-FIVE --

AND TELL THEM HE`S (TALKING ABOUT YOU AND ME)

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AND AS THE MASTER DESIGNER

HE DESIGNS THE CHURCH IN THE FORM OF A BODY

(Ephesians 1:22-23)TELLS US THE BODY FOLLOW CHRIST AS THE HEAD

Ephesians 4:15-16). TELLS US THAT THE BODY IS JOIN TO CHRIST IN SALVATION

IN OTHER WORDS