Little Country Church on the edge of town

Do do do do do do

People coming every day from miles around

For meetings and for Sunday school

And it's very plain to see

It's not the way it used to be.

Welcome to the Word for today, featuring the Bible teaching ministry of Pastor Chuck Smith,

founder of the Calvary Chapel Movement.

This radio program is a chapter-by- verse by verse study through the entire Bible.

And on today's edition of the word for today, Pastor Chuck continues his message,

Christ is the head of the body as we pick up in Colossians chapter 1, verse 18.

And now with today's study, here's Pastor Chuck.

He is the head of the body, the church. We need to remember that.

There are always those men who are trying to take that position as the head of the body, the church.

I think that that is one of the weaknesses of denominations, is that it does sort of curry that power struggle.

And men driven by the desire for power seek to gain the control

over the denomination. A truly godly minister could care less about being the president of the denomination or even the pope.

He only wants to be what God wants him to be if he's truly a godly man.

He has no real ambitions to be anything other than what God has called him to be.

But there are men who are driven by the desire for power, and they strive to gain that

preeminence and position of the head of the church.

And it's always rather sad to see it, for Christ is the head of the church.

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