Christ, the Head of the Church

Christ, the Head of the Church

There have been many “clever” minds throughout the years who have tried to organize churches according to their understanding and opinions. However, throughout all these years, all their attempts were doomed to fail.

The church can be built only by Christ as its head, and the workings that proceed from Him, so that all the glory belongs to Him. How safe and good it is to forsake your own will and be guided by Christ as the head as a member of the body of Christ.

“And on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it.” Matt. 16:18. Christ Himself, together with His co-workers, builds His church. They do not build with what flesh and blood has revealed, but with what our Father in heaven has revealed. The church that is built in this Spirit of revelation will be so firmly grounded that even the gates of Hades will not prevail against it. It is firmly united in the same mind and in the same judgment. 1 Cor. 1:10.

The body of Christ is made up of chosen members who have their own unique ministries. There is plenty room for all of us. Not a single member of our body feels a need to be in a different place. The church is a work of God. It is an eternally glorious edifice which He loves and over which He watches. Everything is to be ready at the right time with the glory that has been appointed to it.

In the body of Christ there is one Spirit, one mind, and one voice, according to the image of Christ Jesus. Rom. 15:5-6. Peter spoke words of faith in this one Spirit and with this one voice so that the Gentiles received a pure heart; and on the day of Pentecost three thousand souls were added to the church. They were united with Christ as the head, by faithfully devoting themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship.

It is of great importance that we find our place and our ministry in the body of Christ, and that we love our election. The Thessalonians were elected and beloved by the Lord. 1 Thess. 1:2-4. Paul could see this because they were active in the work of faith and labor of love.

Christ is the head of only one body, which is the church, His bride. “For as we have many members in one body, but all the members do not have the same function, so we, being many, are one body in Christ, and individually members of one another.” Rom. 12:4-5. All the members with their various gifts and ministries are extremely valuable to each other in growing up into Christ who is the head. As members of this body, Paul exhorts them further in Romans 12 that they are to be devoted to one another in brotherly love, to distribute to the needs of the saints, practice hospitality, rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep, be of the same mind toward one another, not be haughty in mind but associate with the humble, not be wise in their own opinion, etc.

May we see it as the greatest thing here on earth to be co-workers of Christ by growing up in all things into Christ, our head. There is no greater work to be found anywhere.