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If Christ is King of all things, all things being put under His feet by God Himself, then logically, as well as Scripturally, Christ is King of the church. This nit-picking of the language seems to be a hold-over from Rome. Have you read "The Catechism of the Catholic Faith?" I stumbled onto it on the internet recently. It is endless. And it reads like some of the dispensationalist's attempts to redefine clear Scripture and turn something very simple and straightforward into something almost incomprehensible.

Christ states that the believer is linked to Him.

It is a faithful saying....if we believe not, yet he abideth faithful, he cannot deny himself.(2Tim.2:13)

No word straining.

The wording is very clear.

The Christian is considered part of Christ's Body and thus, His very self.

In fact, Christ died for the Church, his bride (Eph.5:25).

The wording is too clear and that is what is upseting you.

Calvinism puts God far away from man.

Christianity brings God inside of the believer, in an intimate relationship with him.

[Dr. Eckleburg]

Calvinism puts God far away from man.

On the contrary...

"There is no sphere of existence over which Jesus is not sovereign, in virtue of his role both in creation (1:16-17) and in reconciliation (1:18-20). There can be no dualistic division between some areas which he rules and others which he does not" -- N.T. Wright, Colossians and Philemon Commentary --page 79