Christ in you
is the hope of glory.
To whom God would make known
what is the riches of the glory
of this mystery among the Gentiles;
which is Christ in you,
the hope of glory.
Christ in you is the indwelling presence of Jesus in the believer. Colossians 1:27 calls this the riches of the glory of the mystery among the Gentiles, and it is the hope of glory. The mystery once hidden is now made known: Christ dwells in His people. This is more than Christ for us or Christ with us; it is Christ living in us. The believer’s position in Christ and Christ in the believer belong together. The indwelling Christ is the ground of hope, the source of life, and the guarantee of future glory.
- Christ in you is the hope of glory.
- It is the mystery revealed among the Gentiles.
- Christ lives in the believer by faith.
- The indwelling Christ is the source of the Christian life.
- It points forward to the glory that shall be revealed.
Which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.
Which is Christ in you,
the hope of glory.
I am crucified with Christ:
nevertheless I live;
yet not I, but Christ liveth in me.
Christ in you, the hope of glory.
- Colossians 1:27 is the key text.
- Galatians 2:20 says Christ lives in me.
- The mystery is Christ among the Gentiles, indwelling believers.
- Romans 8:10 says if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin, but the Spirit is life.
- Ephesians 3:17 prays that Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith.
- The indwelling Christ is the hope of future glorification.
- The Mystery – Christ in you, the hope of glory.
- The Indwelling – Christ lives in the believer.
- The Life – Not I, but Christ liveth in me.
- The Hope – The ground of the hope of glory.
- The Position – In Christ, and Christ in you.
- The Future – Glory to be revealed when He appears.
- Colossians 1:27 – “To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.”
- Galatians 2:20 – “I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God.”
- Romans 8:9-10 – “Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his. And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness.”
- Ephesians 3:17 – “That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith.”
- John 14:20 – “At that day ye shall know that I am in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you.”
- John 15:4-5 – “Abide in me, and I in you… He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit.”
- Colossians 1:26-27 – “Even the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations, but now is made manifest to his saints… which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.”
- 2 Corinthians 13:5 – “Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates?”
- Galatians 4:19 – “My little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ be formed in you.”
- Colossians 3:3-4 – “For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God. When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory.”
- Ephesians 2:22 – “In whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit.”
- 1 John 4:4 – “Greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.”
Which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.
Yet not I, but Christ liveth in me.
That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith.
Christ in you is the indwelling presence of Jesus in the believer. It is the mystery now revealed and the hope of glory.
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