CHRIST IN YOU “THE HOPE OF GLORY”

Colossians 1:26-27King James Version (KJV)²⁶ Even the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations, but now is made manifest to his saints: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:

The mystery that has been hid is the manifestation to his saints.

God wants you to know what the riches of the Glory of this mystery is…

This mystery  is Christ in you, the hope of glory.

God sent Jesus to fulfill the new covenant. Christ in you is the glory that manifests his riches to his saints.

Philippians 4:19King James Version (KJV)¹⁹ But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.

This mystery is the manifestation of God supplying our needs according to his riches.

In glory, which means, Manifestation by Christ Jesus in you.

It is not by works that we receive, it is by the Glory of God and his riches, by Christ Jesus.

Our problem is we don’t understand that you can’t live by your own works and receive the manifestation of His riches.

In our daily Christian walk, it is all about Christ Jesus in us, our hope of the manifestation of His glory.

1 Thessalonians 2:12King James Version (KJV)

¹² That ye would walk worthy of God, who hath called you unto his kingdom and glory.

God has called us into His kingdom to share His glory… his glory manifests the things we desire, through Christ Jesus in us, the hope of glory.

It is not about our works or our behavior; it is all about Christ Jesus in you.

Mark 1:14-15King James Version (KJV)

¹⁴ Now after that John was put in prison, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God,

¹⁵ And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel.

Don’t allow your behavior to determine your identity; we need to believe what the word says we are.

We are the righteousness of God, holy and blameless. You are Gods beloved child; you have the nature of God in you.

You have the desire to live for God; this is who you really are. Jesus made you holy, Jesus made you righteous, and Jesus made you the Redeemed.

When you receive Jesus you are everything he made you.

 This is the part that religion is attracting. Religion has told us, you can’t be righteous and you are not doing it right. So then what happens, you continue to allow your behavior to determine who you are.

If you will settle it in your life and mind, I am the righteousness of God and I will behave that way.

The day you believe you are righteous is the day that your behavior is going to start changing.

Christ in you has redeemed you, sanctifies you, and made you holy. Not by your own works or what you have done, not by your behavior, not by your own actions, but by Christ Jesus in you.

Satan does not want you to believe that you are who Jesus made you to be. Every time you do something wrong, the devil will say… you can’t be righteous, look what you did.

Stand up the devil and say, I don’t like what I did but it didn’t change who I am.

One day when you really believe it, instead of you not doing something wrong, you are now not doing something because that is not the new you.

That is not going to happen until you believe who Jesus made you to be.

Don’t keep having the religious view that is saying to you: you have to do this right do that right… that is called your works Self made holiness doesn’t exist in grace.

If you don’t start believing right about who you are, then changed behavior won’t last long.

This is where the devil has been defeating people, he keeps telling you that you are something based on what you do, he doesn't want you to know you're based on what Jesus did. He wants you to stay in self works, not Gods grace.

2 Corinthians 5:17-18King James Version (KJV)

¹⁷ Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.

¹⁸ And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation;

When we accepted the Lord the old man died, and the new man began to live.

The new man is created in the righteousness of God and redeemed of God.

You must choose to let this new nature be the one who dominates you.

A new born baby does not have a past… when you got saved your spirit got born again. Your soul stayed the same, and your body stayed the same.

So now you have to yield your soul and body to the new man.

Having the right belief about yourself is the key to transformation… transformation starts with believing. You have to be convinced that you are who God says you are.

Jesus has determined who you are; all you have to do is just believe. If you have not been believing you are the righteousness of God, redeemed, holy and sanctified you have been believing the wrong thing about your self.

Real repentance is changing your mind about who you used to be.

For real transformation you have to focus.

Whatever you focus on, you give strength to.

You focus on your weakness, you give strength to it.

You focus on your problems you give strength to it.

To get this transformation in our lives, our focus has to be on Christ in me.

Colossians 1:27-28King James Version (KJV)

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:

²⁸ Whom we preach, warning every man, and teaching every man in all wisdom; that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus:

The glory of God is our hope of manifestation.Stop focusing on your ability, your talent and start focusing on Christ Jesus in you.

Every answer to every situation in our lives ends up being Christ in me: The earnest expectation of manifestation in this Earth.

God is not complicated in the gospel of grace. It doesn’t have anything to do with our works; it has everything to do with Christ Jesus and what he did. The difference between the gospel of grace and religion is religion focuses on who we are ourselves and our own works.

The gospel of grace focuses on who we are in Christ Jesus, and it qualifies the worst of people….Christ in you the hope of glory.

This hope gives us faith and a belief to be blessed

This is Gods love and favor on our lives.