A meeting with the Head of the church; the way it all began in homes under the Headship of Jesus Christ.
Walk in Unity
Ephesians 4:4 There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called in one hope of your calling; 5 one Lord, one faith, one baptism; 6 one God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.
Ephesians 4:13 till we all come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ; 14 that we should no longer be children, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, in the cunning craftiness of deceitful plotting, 15 but, speaking the truth in love, may grow up in all things into Him who is the head—Christ— 16 from whom the whole body, joined and knit together by what every joint supplies, according to the effective working by which every part does its share, causes growth of the body for the edifying of itself in love.
Note in Ephesians verses 15 and 16; the head is Christ and everyone else makes up the body/church.
Do you think the only person talking in this picture is Jesus?
What does the body do? The body is knit together by what every joint supplies, to be effective every part does it's share, causes growth of the body for the edifying of itself in love.
Wow! In the picture at the top we have a functioning vibrant body/church from which life flows to and from all members. Everyone is talking, hopefully one at a time, everyone is sharing and all are growing in an environment of love.
That doesn't look like any church I have attended on Sunday morning. Church today looks like this.
or like this
Could this be why the church today has lost its way? You don't even hear this in churches today.
John Calvin gave us pulpits and pews about 1545 A.D. in the government financed church of Scotland.
My apologies for digressing - lets get back to my friend Jesus.
The head of the body is I AM (Christ)
Exodus 3:14 And God said to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM.” And He said, “Thus you shall say to the children of Israel, ‘I AM has sent me to you.’”
John 8:58 Jesus said to them, “Most assuredly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I AM.”
Note: God the Father is Spirit
John 4:24 God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.”
Note: God the Son (Christ) is the exact representation of the Father in bodily form
Hebrews 1: 2 has in these last days spoken to us by His Son, whom He has appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the worlds; 3 who being the brightness of His glory and the express image of His person, and upholding all things by the word of His power, when He had by Himself purged our sins, sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high,
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