Holding Fast to the Head.

God the Father sums up His Eternal Purposes.

` God...having made known to us the mystery of His will, according to His good pleasure which He purposed in Himself, that in the dispensation of the fullness of the times, He might gather together in one (harmony) all things in Christ, both which are in heaven and which are on earth - in Him.` (Eph. 1: 9 & 10)

The first purpose in Christ, which is being completed, is His Body of believers. Christ is the Head of His Body and has all authority concerning its growth and direction. Each believer needs to address who he obeys - man or the Lord.  The Apostle Paul saw the danger of believer`s not holding fast to the Head and warned them.

`Let no one defraud you of your reward, taking delight in false humility and worship of angels, intruding into those things which he has not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind, and not holding fast to the Head..` (Col. 2: 18 & 19)

Today there are many false ministries which have risen up and `lorded it over` the people, often amassing huge fortunes. False teachings abound, promising, prosperity, success, name it and claim it, and motivational speakers appealing to people`s pride, their `fleshly mind.`  Paul did warn of this -

`that we should no longer be children, tossed to and fro and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, in the cunning craftiness by which they lie in wait to deceive.` (Eph. 4: 14)

Finally, Satan is in a battle to rob the believer of his true inheritance in Christ. He is deceiving many into believing that the believers come back to earth. This is a lie from the pit. The truth is that the overcomers have been promised to be with Christ on His own throne in the third heaven. This was the very realm where Lucifer, (Satan) ruled.

`To him who overcomes I will grant to sit with me on my throne...` (Rev. 3: 21)

Being Led by the Spirit.

The believer who `holds fast to the Head, Christ,` has the wonderful assurance of being led by the Lord.

`Now thanks be to God who always leads us in triumph in Christ...` (2 Cor. 2: 14)

This means the believer is to walk in the spirit and so not fulfill the lusts or desires of their fleshly minds.

` I say then: Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh, for the flesh lusts against the Spirit and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one another, so you do not do the things that you wish. `(Gal. 5: 16 & 17)

To `walk in the Spirit,` means that we operate from our spirit and not our mind, will or emotions. They are to come under the leading of the Holy Spirit through our spirit.