Advancing Encouragement By:
Bishop James Jr. Hairston

Colossians: 1:18: And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence.

Jesus Christ is the beginning and the end, the first and the last; He is the alpha and the omega, the creator of the universe and the first born from the dead whom is the head of the Church the body of the living Christ; that in all things he might have the supremacy, and the dominance. We know what this says about Christ from life to death He is supreme over all from governments, to the rising of the dead, over all principality, authority, rule, dominion and powers to the Church, Ephesians 1:22! Christ is the Head politically to the body like a king to its subjects. He is head financially to the body like a parent to its children that takes care of all their needs. Christ is head of the body militarily like a successful general is to its army that leads them into battle coming out victoriously. The key is that the survival rate of the body is like unto the head it cannot be defeated or destroyed! In other words, by knowing who Christ is and what it means to be supreme over all what does that have to say about His body? Is the body not also indestructible? Is the body not also mighty and powerful? You may ask how that is possible because without the head the body can not exist. That is the answer; you cannot sever the head from the body because if you do the body will die, the body has to take all its direction, authority, power, rule, and reign from the head. In addition, the purpose of the head is not to sever from the body because of what it has been called to do. The head redeemed the body and has given it eternal life so that body can have life and life more abundantly, Ephesians 1: 14. The Head will never leave or forsake His body because would not that be foolish for the Head to be without the body and the body without the Head? It is paramount that the body is vibrant on the earth to perform with high energy to accomplish what the Head has for the body to accomplish. In the Head total dominance and supremacy on the earth is manifested in the body so that the Head’s presence will be seen by the world and established in the earth. When the world see Christ Body the world sees’ Christ in its fullness ruling and reigning taking dominion and dominance in the earth, Ephesians 1:23. Tell yourself that I am Christ body whom is ruling and reigning taking dominion and dominance in the earth why should I fret and doubt the Head. I am powerful, I am mighty, I am great, and I am holy and pure walking in victory on the earth why, I am Christ body in Jesus Name…

James Jr. Hairston