The great mystery reveal! Christ In Me The Hope Of Glory!
Colossians 1:21 And you, who once were alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now He has reconciled 22 in the body of His flesh through death, to present you holy, and blameless, and above reproach in His sight;
Last week we shared about the divine influence and oneness with God we have. Remember it is His will for us to know His will with all wisdom and spiritual understanding. The Father Himself qualified us to be partakers of the divine inheritance. The Father Himself transferred us out of the kingdom of darkness into the kingdom of the Son of His love. The Father redeemed us with the precious blood of Jesus. All done so we could be presented holy, and blameless, and above reproach in His sight. How shall we live our lives? From the Father’s view or from some other source? The law, the traditions of men, the world view, or the accuser of the brethren view does not matter; only one view is life giving and we must put a confidence in what the Father sees.
Colossians 1:23 if indeed you continue in the faith, grounded and steadfast, and are not moved away from the hope of the gospel which you heard, which was preached to every creature under heaven, of which I, Paul , became a minister.
The Father’s view of continuing in the faith, is you believing you have His grace and peace, His qualification, His transfer, His redemption and all He offers by faith in the blood of Jesus. We must continue with the object of our faith in Jesus and the content of our faith being a refection of the promises of His spoken Word. Bible faith is having your hope firmly established in the good news of the Gospel!
Colossians 1:24 I now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up in my flesh what is lacking in the afflictions of Christ, for the sake of His body, which is the church, 25 of which I became a minister according to the stewardship from God which was given to me for you, to fulfill the word of God,
Paul seen himself a steward of the ministry God gave him. The heart of Paul for the body of Christ is clear. He is selfless, from a jail cell is willingly pour out his heart and life to see the will of God accomplished in the body of Christ.
Colossians 1:26 the mystery which has been hidden from ages and from generations, but now has been revealed to His saints.
The mystery from the ages is being revealed. The mystery has been hidden from the ages and from generation. This great mystery is NOW revealed to His saints. God’s desires for you to know this truth of intimacy and live in the fullness of it!
Colossians 1:27 To them God willed to make known what are the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles: which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.
The riches of the glory … CHRIST IN ME THE HOPE OF GLORY! Have you been declaring it over your life? Your victory is not your doing it is the work Christ has done and is doing in you! Keep your eyes on Jesus the Author and Finisher of your faith.
Colossians 1:28 Him we preach, warning every man and teaching every man in all wisdom, that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus. 29 To this end I also labor, striving according to His working which works in me mightily.
Christ in you the hope of glory is how the believer is presented the perfect man in Christ.
Colossians 2:1 For I want you to know what a great conflict I have for you and those in Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh, 2 that their hearts may be encouraged, being knit together in love, and attaining to all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the knowledge of the mystery of God, both of the Father and of Christ,
Christ in you the hope of glory is the only way to attaining all the riches of the full assurance found in the Father and Christ.
Colossians 2:3 in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. 4 Now this I say lest anyone should deceive you with persuasive words.
Christ in you the hope of glory is a truth worth guarding. Understanding Christ in you is the door way to all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
Colossians 2:5 For though I am absent in the flesh, yet I am with you in spirit, rejoicing to see your good order and the steadfastness of your faith in Christ.
Paul was commending the church because they had a steadfastness that came directly from understanding Christ in you the hope of glory.
Colossians 2:6 As you have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him, 7 rooted and built up in Him and established in the faith, as you have been taught, abounding in it with thanksgiving.
Maturity comes directly from understanding Christ in you the hope of glory. It causes one to walk rooted and built up in Christ. It is how one is established in the faith; Christ in you the hope of glory produces an abounding heart of thanksgiving.
Colossians 2:8 Beware lest anyone cheat you through philosophy and empty deceit, according to the tradition of men, according to the basic principles of the world, and not according to Christ.
It is Christ in you! It is not the philosophy of men, or empty deceit, or traditions of men. It is not living the basic principles of the world! It is exclusively Christ in you the hope of Glory!
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