Col 1:25-27 (NIV) I have become its servant by the commission God gave me to present to you the word of God in its fullness— 26 the mystery that has been kept hidden for ages and generations, but is now disclosed to the saints. 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.
NOTE: This is one of the seven mysteries of the NT. A mystery is something not fully revealed in the OT but made clear in the NT. In this case, it is the dwelling of God in the Gentiles. There is no need for a temple, we are his temple. The shekinah glory does not reside between the cherubim above the ark, but now within us through the Holy Spirit. We don't need any more sacrifices performed day after day to cover sin, because Jesus has been sacrificed once for all for the removal of all sin. Like the saints of old, we please God by a walk of faith, and not through ritual observance to some rules. God is interested in the heart, and that is where he resides, to change our heart to be more like his Son. This is the good news, the gospel we believe in, and our hope for the future.
PONDER:
1) We have the Holy Spirit in us, but does it show? Are we changing or do we look like everyone else?
2) If we are not changing, then we are not growing, and if we are not growing, then is the Spirit residing in us? And if the Spirit is not in us, then we are not Christians.
PRAYER: Father, many religious people have fooled themselves that intellectual knowledge of you and church attendance and good deeds makes them Christians. They have fooled themselves in believing they are born again, despite no real evidence of supernatural change. Father, take the blinders off of our eyes; may we truly repent of our sins, and humbly ask you to enter our lives and be our savior, and change us from the inside out. Amen.
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