Far above all principality, and power, and might, and
dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in
that which is to come:
And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him
to be the head over all things to the church,
Which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all
in all [Eph. 1:21–23].
"Paul concludes on a tremendously high note. The church
is the body of Christ, and Christ is the head of the church. Someday
everything is going to be under Him. The writer to the Hebrews makes it
clear, “Thou hast put all things in subjection under his feet. For in that
he put all in subjection under him, he left nothing that is not put under
him. But now we see not yet all things put under him” (Heb. 2:8).
At the present time the only thing that is under Him is
the church. By this I mean the true church, the real believers. There are
many organized groups that call themselves churches but are not listening to
the Lord Jesus. These churches are paralyzed. You see, the most tragic sight
is a child of God lying on a bed, helpless, as if his brain is detached from
his body. I’ve been in many churches that have been like that and there are
many individual Christians today who act as if they are detached from
Christ, the Head of the body. He says, “If ye love me, keep my commandments”
(John 14:15). In other words, I can wiggle my little finger because my head
is in charge of it; and when He wants you to “wiggle”—that is, exercise
whatever gift He has given you—down here, you do it because of love, or else
you’re not attached to Him. How important this is today! Paul pictures the
church and our relationship to it in this way: “For as the body is one, and
hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one
body: so also is Christ. For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one
body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have
been all made to drink into one Spirit” (1 Cor. 12:12–13). The thing we need
to see is that Christ is the Head of the body, His church, and we are under
Him."
McGee, J. Vernon: Thru the Bible
Commentary. electronic ed. Nashville : Thomas Nelson, 1997,
c1981, S. 5:229-230