Respecting God as the Head of the Church Body

Verses:  Ephesians 5:21-33

My thoughts about the verses:

We have to read this scripture with the idea in our head that we are talking about Jesus and the Church.  See Jesus is the head of the Church.  The Church is the body of Christ.  We work together with Jesus to bring peace and salvation to the world.

In such we need to respect Jesus.  We need to treat Jesus with the utmost reverence.  We need to love Jesus with all of our hearts.  We need to let Jesus be our guide.

When the body of the Church respects and loves Jesus we build a bond that no one can break.  Jesus will use the Church to reach those that are unchurched.  Jesus will use the Church to overcome social injustice.  Yet, the church in return has to respect the will of God.

Who is the Church?  Is the Church a certain denomination?  Is the Church organized religion?  The answer No is to all of these questions.  The Church is each and every one of us that accept Jesus into our lives.  The Church is the sinner who has been saved through the power of the blood of Jesus.

Jesus expects each and every Christian to respect the will of God.  We are to treat God as the guide of our life.  We need to walk through life being a beacon of hope and light.  We have to obey the will of God so that the world can find what we have.

Imagine what would have happened if the people that we knew before we were Christians did not follow God’s will.  Would we have come to know Jesus as our personal savior?  Would we still be in the dark because we didn’t have anyone showing us the love of the Messiah?

We have to remember that we are the bride of Christ.  We need to live our life with our eyes focused on the bridegroom.  The bridegroom will be there taking care of the bride.  The bride in return must love the bridegroom.  The bridegroom will lead us to a new life.  The bride in return must devote itself to the bridegroom. 

Live your life respecting God and you will see your life change forever.

Prayer:

God we thank you for your love and peace.  We praise you for your gift of salvation and hope.  We thank you for guiding us into a new life.  Help us to always respect you.  Help us live our life in honor of you.  In the name of the Messiah we pray.  Amen

Questions:

Have you accepted God in your life?  Have you accepted the hope and peace that is from God?  Are you following the way of God?  Are you living your life showing God respect?