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To: Mrs. Don-o

“I didn’t say anything against Paul.”

Really? Then why don’t you believe his words?

Speaking of Christ, he writes, “22 And [God] has put all things under his feet and has made him the head over all things for the church, 23 which is his body, the fullness of him who fills all in all.” [Eph. 1:22-23]

Jesus Christ, then, is Head of The Church, which is his body.

“15 But speaking the truth in love, we must grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ, 16 from whom the whole body ...” [Eph. 4:15-16]

Once again: Christ is the Head from Whom the body extends.

[It would serve you well to actually crack the bible and read all of this in full context, BTW.]

“23 For the husband is the head of the wife just as Christ is the head of the church, the body of which he is the Savior.” [Eph. 5:23]

Yet, again, Christ is Head, The Church is his body.
[Read that whole passage, because it is beautiful.]

Again, writing about Christ, Paul clearly asserts, “18 He is the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so that he might come to have first place in everything.” [Col. 1:18]

Definitively, then, Christ is The Head of The Church, and all we who follow after Him, being heirs of Salvation, are all members of his body.


118 posted on 06/21/2018 11:03:58 AM PDT by HKMk23 (You ask how to fight an idea? Well, I'll tell you how: with another idea!)
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To: HKMk23
???

But I agree with that. Who else could be head of the Body of Christ, except Christ?

What else could all the rest of us be, but members of His Body?

The passages from Paul about Christ's Mystical Body shed brilliant light on one of my absolute favorite themes of Scripture. I have been meditating on it and living it for nearly 60 years.

Why would you think I would disagree?

119 posted on 06/21/2018 11:46:54 AM PDT by Mrs. Don-o (The eye can't say to the hand, I don't need you--- the head can't say to the feet, I don't need you?)
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