"And God put everything under His feet and made Him head over everything
for the church which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all."
(Ephesians 1:22-23)
Colorado Sunrise
American Basin-San Juan Mountains
Photograph by Aaron Spong
Image courtesy/Pixels
American Basin-San Juan Mountains
Photograph by Aaron Spong
Image courtesy/Pixels
" In the presence of the words of Ephesians 1:23 one feels more like
worshiping than trying to expound their meaning.
worshiping than trying to expound their meaning.
Marvelous words! They tell out the blessed masterpiece of God.
Christ the Head; the Church, chosen in Him before the foundation of the world,
the body. The Head is in glory; the body not yet joined to the Head.
He waits in glory; the saints wait on earth.
the body. The Head is in glory; the body not yet joined to the Head.
He waits in glory; the saints wait on earth.
The body needs the Head, but the Head also needs the body. "The Christ" will
be complete when the body is joined to the Head by the mighty power of God.
The Church is His body, is His fullness; it makes Him complete.
be complete when the body is joined to the Head by the mighty power of God.
The Church is His body, is His fullness; it makes Him complete.
And when that is reached, when Head and body, Christ and the the Church,
are united in glory, then will the hope of His calling be realized and He will
have the glory of His inheritance in the saints, and we shall know
the exceeding greatness of His power toward us. "
-Gaebelein's Annotated Bible
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