This will be my preaching/teaching theme for 2012. Some lessons will come from the book of Colossians. Read the following passage from the apostle Paul’s writing:
26 “…The mystery that has been kept hidden for ages and generations, but is now disclosed to the Lord’s people. 27 To them God has chosen to make known among the Gentiles the glorious riches of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.
28 He is the one we proclaim, admonishing and teaching everyone with all wisdom, so that we may present everyone fully mature in Christ.” (Colossians 1:26-28)
Rarely do we think of “the glorious riches of the mystery of Christ” as being experienced in the particulars of “Christ in you, the hope of Glory.” I can see the apostle Paul writing to remind the Christians there in the church at Colossae that Christ lives in each of them, and as such, they are the richest people on the face of the earth.
The mystery that was hidden for ages and generations has now been disclosed to God’s people. How gloriously rich we are to have Christ living in each of us, and living among all of us! How gloriously rich we are to have such a hope of glory! How gloriously rich we are to have access to the kind of godly wisdom that will make us mature in Christ!
I marvel at the implications of Christ being in us. He is the ground of our hope of glory. He is the only one that can impart the kind of wisdom that will produce spiritual maturity. May we all claim the glorious riches of the mystery of Christ!
In Christian love, Curtis
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