Welcome to Hank’s Place – Paradise Edition!
In Matthew 7:14 Jesus cautions that the path that leads to life is narrow and few find it! Right now we are on a narrow path leading to the Gulf. It leads to a beautiful setting!
And there’s no place like this setting to share with you from Colossians. In chapter 1 verse 19, Paul writes of Jesus, “For it pleased the Father that in Him ALL the fullness should dwell” – dwell – as in a permanent dwelling, ie, Jesus is permanently God. God did not make an appearance for a few years on earth in a temporary state that people could see and then go back somewhere. Jesus was fully God – Jesus is fully God, Jesus is eternally fully God.
And it is in Him that all the fullness dwells. In Jesus Christ. Not in a church; not in a priesthood; not in a building; not in a sacrament; not in the saints; not in a method or a program — but in Jesus Christ Himself. Jesus is the sole “distribution point” for humanity, of God. So should we want more of God and all that He is, we will find it in Jesus Christ — and ONLY in Jesus Christ.
Then Paul mentions the mystery that has been hidden from the ages and from generations, but now has been revealed to His saints. Hidden. But not like an Agatha Christie mystery story that we can puzzle through and solve. Not a riddle to fathom. No, in the Bible a mystery is a truth that can only be known by revelation, never by intellect or intuition. Now it can be known, because it now has been revealed to His saints.
The specific mystery Paul refers to is this: that God had designed to grant the Gentiles the same privileges with the Jews, and make them His people who were not His people. And these privileges, are obtained not through rituals, laws to obey, things to do, but solely through believing upon Jesus. And one more thing – something that to me is beyond comprehension: that Jesus would actually indwell all believers. Indwell you and me. That’s the riches of the glory of this mystery.
Today I invite you to well on this truth dear friend: Christ in you — and you will COME ALIVE!
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