Wednesday, February 20, 2019

Christian hope 1

“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:” Colossians 1:27

Christian hope is both temporal and eternal. I will talk about our temporal hope; the hope we have in this terrestrial world today.

The hope is based on the presence of Christ in us. Christ means the anointed one. Our hope is based on the presence of the anointed one in our lives. There are implications of this statement which cumulated into our hope of glory.
1.              The anointed one came to deliver and He lives on the inside of us. Acts 10:38, “How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him.”
2.              The anointed one is greater than the gods of this world, and He lives on the inside of us. 1 John 4:4, “Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.”
3.              The anointed one is our teacher and He lives on the inside of us as “the anointing.” 1 John 2:27, “But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him.”
4.              The anointed one is true and cannot lie, and He lives on the inside of us. John 14:6 says, “Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.”

Beloved in any situation you find yourself, be conscious of the fact that you are carrying Christ on the inside of you and as a result, you have a glorious hope.
Prayer for today: Christ lives on the inside of me, no situation is impossible for me to overcome in the name of Jesus.

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