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/*Proposition:* So often we define ourselves and others based on faulty views of status and importance.
The most devout Christian is not immune to this problem.
Christian families have suffered because well meaning men and women have not lived their lives according to God's will.
The solution is for one to be defined by God's views of status and importance./
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Part A ([[Verse 3|bible:1corinthians11:3]]) /chain of command/
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Introduction: The Head of Our Lives
When I first started study of this portion of scripture my mind went to an image I have seen many times in church services.
Both morning and evening services alike have had some well dressed person stand before the congregation and give some variation of a simple quote:
“I want to give honor to God, */who is the head of my life/*.”
I have seen both men and women alike claim to strangers, friends, and loved ones that God is the head of “my life”.
Singers, preachers, deacons, ushers, trusties, and mothers have made the claim that God is the head of their lives.
If we were able to take a close look at these lives, would we come to the same conclusion?
If we were not told that God is the head of a life, would we look at that life and say, “You know, I think God /is/ the head of this person’s life.”
Would we examine some of the music, television, and movies digested and come to another conclusion?
I can’t (nor do I attempt to) tell whether one is genuine in his walk before God, but sometimes I have to do a double take when certain ones claim that God is the head of their life.
I’m pretty certain that when I claim that God is the head of my life, some may take a double look at me to.
To put it mildly, some who say, “God is the head of my life” leave us wondering a couple of things.
Who is their god?
What do they mean by */head/*?
The confusion in reconciling a lifestyle, that we think we understand to be anything but godly, and the claim that God is the head of it, boils down to understanding two concepts: *The Nature of God* and *Headship*.
When either concept is misunderstood, then problems in our Christian walk will occur.
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I. Understanding the Nature of God.
!! A. Misconceptions About God's Judgment and Mercy
I remember a statement from a theologian named R.C. Sproul.
He was talking about the controversy over a statement during the 911 attacks.
The controversial statement involved the opinion that the attacks were from God as a judgment on the United States.
What R.C. was commenting on was the attitude of disgust over the thought that some one would even suggest that God would ever do something that harsh to judge a people.
What R.C. thought that was interesting is the fact that immediately after the attacks the phrase “God bless America” was everywhere.
He asked a valid question.
How can you ask for God’s blessings with out the possibility of God’s cursing?
These are two sides of the same coin.
Job understood this concept.
We often want the good from knowing God, but don’t want the bad.
We want to have our cake and eat it to.
This is how some can live a devilish life and still claim that God is the head of their life.
!! B. Misconceptions About the Trinity
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What The Trinity is not
There are two misconceptions about the trinity that are the most common.
Both try to deal with the formula that God the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are one God.
The first leans heavy on the “One God” aspect of the trinity, and it goes as follows:
There is one God, the Father, and Jesus is his son, but Jesus is not God.
The Holy Spirit is not a person but merely a force that flows out from the Father.
The problem with this is that we see in scriptures that Jesus is given certain attributes of God, and He makes statements that only would be proper if He indeed were God.
Another problem is the fact that the Holy Spirit is given feelings and personhood in the Holy Scriptures.
The second misconception leans heavy on the three person aspect of the trinity.
It states that there is one God, and this God was the Father in creation, the Son in redemption, and the Holy Spirit in sanctification.
The problem with this way of thinking is that it breaks down when the Godhead communes within it self.
How can God the Son cry to God the Father from the cross if they indeed are one person?
!!! 2. Correct View of the Trinity
The correct view of the trinity is that God the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are distinct from one another, but all are one God.
We do not believe that They are three Gods that make one God, but three Persons and one God.
(Three Who-s, and on What) All are God.
All are made up of the same essence (or stuff), But have distinct personhood (or consciences).
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