Head of the Church: Jesus Christ

By Prophet Jacob R. Blandford

The Lord Jesus Christ is the Head of the Church. And the Church is His Body. Believers in Jesus comprise His Body. See Rom. 12:4-5; I Cor. 3:16-17, 6:19; II Cor. 6:16, 12:12-13, 27; Gal. 3:28; Eph. 1:22-23, 4:4-6, 12, 15-16, 5:23, 30-32; Col. 1:18, 24, 2:10, 3:15.

Read I Corinthians 3:21, 4:6. Yet a Catholic or ecumenist foolishly says, 'But I thought the Pope was comely?' Nope dope, no hope in the pope. The child who's comely in God's eyes is that poor saintly woman living up in mountains, pouring her heart out to Jesus: that's who's comely. (see Luke 9:48, 13:30, 14:11, 22:25-26) The priesthood she's accepted as a born-again Christian is true; it's not make-believe like papacy priests. (cf. I Pet. 2:5, 9) Here are the true offices with in the Body of Christ: I Corinthians 12:28-29; Ephesians 4:11-12. And Paul deals with bishops and deacons in I Timothy 3 & Titus 1. And Peter deals with pastors and elders in I Peter 5.

You read nothing in Scriptures about overlords, mediums, or mediators in the Church. The Scriptures say nothing (unless negatively — e.g. III John 9; Rev. 2:6, 15) about popes, presidents, special-representatives, apostolic-successions, infallible-leaders, or substituting-heads, or other human embodiments of Christ. The pope is not in the body of Christ because he acts like the head. (see Matt. 23:8; Gal. 3:28) If he WAS in the body of Christ he'd recognize he's NOT the Head. The only representative of the Lord Jesus Christ in the Church is the Holy Ghost Amen!

The Head is not a mere-man (see Rom. 3:10, 12, 23, 4:2), the Head is the God-man, Jesus Christ, Who is in heaven at the right hand of the Father; not on earth. (cf. Ps. 73:25) The real Head of the Church also rules the universe (i.e. the stars and their courses, wildlife, &c.). This is His glorious, exalted, position (see John 12:41), (that the devil has always coveted —see Is. 14:14), which is solely held by He Who is infinite in wisdom — not something to be delegated. (see Is. 42:8, 48:11) If the pope was the head of the church, he as a mere-man, would be utterly incapable of "...upholding all things by the word of his power..." (Heb. 1:3). If the pope is the head of the church I'd like to know how he deals with Eph. 1:20-23; Ps. 73:25; Col. 1:18, 2:9-10. These Scriptures were written hundreds of years before the popes even came into existence, but Christ on the other had has always existed. (see Mic. 5:2; Matt. 2:5-6; Rev. 1:8) Lord Christ Jesus, Who is the true Head of the Church, has omnipotent power (see Matt. 28:28); if He shared it with another man He alone wouldn't be sovereign. (see Rev. 15:4, 19:6) If you understood the deity of Jesus Christ you wouldn't blaspheme His Name by supposing a mortal man could minister in His stead. Christ's ambassador on earth is the Holy Spirit Who also operates within true, born-again Christians: not one man, the body of Christ is His ambassador (see II Cor. 5:20), and we're operating by His Spirit, not ourselves. (see John 7:37-39) The point is this: a false Christ points to himself, a true Christian points not to himself, but to Christ in heaven. (see John 7:18)

Only the Holy Spirit qualifies to be Christ's representative here in the world, because only the Holy Spirit is part of the Trinity with Christ (see 1 John 5:7 KJV), and has the attributes of the Godhead with Christ and the Father. The Holy Ghost is Christ's Representative. (see John 16:7-11, 14-15) For a mere-man to claim he can do that is blasphemy (see Matt. 12:32; Mark 3:29; Luke 12:10). No man has: eternity, omnipresence (see Ps. 139:7-12; Matt. 18:20), omniscience, and omnipotence. No, the pope does not qualify to be Christ's 'vicar'; he qualifies to be the devil's beast. King James relates: 'Christ did not promise...to leave Peter with them to direct and instruct them in all things; but he promised to send the holy Ghost for that end.' —King James VI & I, Premonition.

PRAYER.

Thank You Lord Jesus for leading me to write this article in defense of Thy holy Headship of the Church. To the glory of the Everlasting Father, by the power of the Holy Spirit, in Jesus Christ's Holy & Mighty Name I pray, Amen & Amen.