GOD IS SOVEREIGN

Under Cover in the Divine Authority • Sermon • Submitted 6 months ago • Presented 6 months ago

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The quality of being in a position of leadership or guidance. Headship has to do with God’s relation to this created world, and to his ordering of relationships within it. Headship among human beings does not necessarily signify superior status, but rather a role of leadership and care. Scripture sees it as involving servanthood, and views Jesus Christ as the supreme model of this.

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God as head over all things

1 Chronicles 29:11 NIV

Yours, Lord, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the majesty and the splendor, for everything in heaven and earth is yours. Yours, Lord, is the kingdom; you are exalted as head over all.

See also Is 45:23; Da 4:34–35; 1 Co 15:24–28; Ro 9:14–21

Headship within the Godhead

The Father’s eternal headship

1 Corinthians 11:3 NIV

But I want you to realize that the head of every man is Christ, and the head of the woman is man, and the head of Christ is God.

The Father’s headship in the Son’s earthly life and ministry

John 6:38 NIV

For I have come down from heaven not to do my will but to do the will of him who sent me.

See also Mt 26:39; Heb 5:7–8; Php 2:6–8

Jesus Christ as head of all creation

Head of the created order

Col 1:15–17 The description of Jesus Christ as the firstborn does not imply he is part of creation, but rather stresses his rights of inheritance over it.

Head of all earthly and spiritual powers

Ephesians 1:20–22 NIV

he exerted when he raised Christ from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly realms, far above all rule and authority, power and dominion, and every name that is invoked, not only in the present age but also in the one to come. And God placed all things under his feet and appointed him to be head over everything for the church,

See also Heb 2:8; Col 2:10; Col 1:15–18

Head of the church

Ephesians 4:15–16 NIV

Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will grow to become in every respect the mature body of him who is the head, that is, Christ. From him the whole body, joined and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love, as each part does its work.

Head over all things at the end

Ephesians 1:9–10 NIV

he made known to us the mystery of his will according to his good pleasure, which he purposed in Christ, to be put into effect when the times reach their fulfillment—to bring unity to all things in heaven and on earth under Christ.

Delegated headship in God’s world

Headship of humanity over creation

Genesis 1:28 NIV

God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground.”

Headship of rulers over their nations

Psalm 18:43 NIV

You have delivered me from the attacks of the people; you have made me the head of nations. People I did not know now serve me,

See also 1 Sa 15:17; 1 Pe 2:13–14; Is 7:8–9; Da 2:31–38; Ro 13:1–6

Romans 13:1–6 NIV

Let everyone be subject to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has established. The authorities that exist have been established by God. Consequently, whoever rebels against the authority is rebelling against what God has instituted, and those who do so will bring judgment on themselves. For rulers hold no terror for those who do right, but for those who do wrong. Do you want to be free from fear of the one in authority? Then do what is right and you will be commended. For the one in authority is God’s servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for rulers do not bear the sword for no reason. They are God’s servants, agents of wrath to bring punishment on the wrongdoer. Therefore, it is necessary to submit to the authorities, not only because of possible punishment but also as a matter of conscience. This is also why you pay taxes, for the authorities are God’s servants, who give their full time to governing.

Headship of chiefs over their tribes and families

Joshua 22:13–14 NIV

So the Israelites sent Phinehas son of Eleazar, the priest, to the land of Gilead—to Reuben, Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh. With him they sent ten of the chief men, one from each of the tribes of Israel, each the head of a family division among the Israelite clans.

See also Nu 1:1–16; Jdg 10:17–11:11; 1 Ch 5:15

Headship of the husband over his wife

Ephesians 5:22–24 NIV

Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands as you do to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, of which he is the Savior. Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything.

See also 1 Co 11:3–16 Women, including wives, were told to cover their heads when praying or prophesying in public as an acknowledgment, apparently, that headship attaches to males; Col 3:18; 1 Pe 3:1–6

Headship of leaders over the people of God

1 Thessalonians 5:12 NIV

Now we ask you, brothers and sisters, to acknowledge those who work hard among you, who care for you in the Lord and who admonish you.

See also Heb 13:17; 1 Sa 24:1–7; Is 3:1–7 The removal of headship and leadership is seen as a mark of God’s judgment

Humility, love and respect are to be the framework for delegated headship

1 Peter 5:1–3 NIV

To the elders among you, I appeal as a fellow elder and a witness of Christ’s sufferings who also will share in the glory to be revealed: Be shepherds of God’s flock that is under your care, watching over them—not because you must, but because you are willing, as God wants you to be; not pursuing dishonest gain, but eager to serve; not lording it over those entrusted to you, but being examples to the flock.