Christ In You The Hope Of Glory!

     Even the mystery which hath been hid for ages and generations: but now hath it been manifested to his saints, to whom God was pleased to make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you the hope of glory: whom we proclaim, admonishing every man and teaching every man in all wisdom, that we may present every man perfect in Christ.
                                      Colossians 1:26-28

     There is a book written by A. W. Tozer that is titled, "Man the Dwelling Place of God." This is something however, that is often overlooked in our Christian walk. We often look at the above verse, at least I know that I have, and think of the "hope of glory" as going to heaven some day. Indeed, for those of us who know and follow Christ in this life, we will someday spend eternity with Him, sharing in all of the glories of His heavenly kingdom. But we often fail to realize the full implication of what it truly means to be indwelt by the living God; to be full of His Spirit, and to be conscious of His glorious presence. This is what David refers to when He declares that the one thing he sought after was to dwell in the house of the Lord all of his days (Psalm 27:4). To dwell in the secret place of the most high (Psalm 91:1) has now been made possible to us through Jesus Christ. We are encouraged to enter in to the most holy place, by the blood of Jesus, and through the veil of His flesh (Hebrews 10:19-20). We are now the living temples of the Holy Spirit who dwells in us (1 Cor 6:19-20). Think about it. Christ in you the hope of glory! We share in intimate fellowship with Him while we sojourn upon this earth, awaiting the final consummation, when we will see Him face to face.

Jesus, the Living Word.

     In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made through him; and without him was not anything made that hath been made. In him was life; and the life was the light of men.
                                           John 1:1-4

     And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us (and we beheld his glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father), full of grace and truth.
                                            John 1:14

     For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.
                                        Colossians 2:9

     In these last days God has spoken to us in His Son Jesus, God in the flesh (Hebrews 1:1-3). As Jesus told His disciples, "He that has seen Me, has seen the Father" (John 14:9).
     Many false religions have invented a Jesus that fits into their "theology", but in fact is a departure from the biblical revelation of Christ. Their Jesus is nothing more than a "golden calf", an idol of their own invention.We are warned that to depart from the teaching of Christ, is to lose God, but to walk in the biblical revelation of who Jesus Christ is, is to have both the Father, and the Son (2 John 1:9).
     We must be certain that we are pursuing the right Jesus!