Friday, January 4, 2013

Christ in You, the Hope of Glory

"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." (Colossians 1:27; NKJV)

Question:  Where does Jehovah want Jesus to be?

Answer:  In you.

"...until Christ is formed in you..." (Galatians 4:19; NKJV).  "Formed" – verb – morphoo – refers, not to the external and transient, but to the inward and real; it is used in Gal 4:19, expressing the necessity of a change in character and conduct to correspond with inward spiritual condition, so that there may be moral conformity to Christ (Vine’s).

"...the hope of glory" (Colossians 1:27; NKJV).  This glory is that which Christians will wear in their perfected, heavenly state, when they will fully reflect the glory they now behold in God through Christ.