Colossians

"26 that is, the mystery which had been hidden from the past ages and generations, but now has been revealed to His saints, to whom God willed to make known what the wealth of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles is, the mystery that is Christ in you, the hope of glory."

Many use Colossians 1:27 to claim that the holy spirit and Jesus are the same person by the fact that the holy spirit is in us, but this verse seems to point towards that Jesus also is in us. Therefore, these people claim they must be the same person. So let's quickly take a look at this verse, “to whom God will to make known that the wealth the glory that is mystery among the gentiles is the mystery that is Christ in you the hope of glory” this isn't saying that Christ is in us. It's not referencing that Jesus is in us it's referencing that the mystery is Christ in us. What is this mystery? Well, very simply it’s the gospel. So we read earlier in 26 this, "that this is a mystery which has been hidden from the past ages and generations." Hold up, so what is the past ages and generations? Well, very simply it is the Jews or the people before Christ. How do we know this, well we read later “but now has been revealed to his saints” so what is something that the Jews or the past generations didn't know, but now people do know? 

Let us jump to Ephesians, keep in mind that Paul wrote Colossians and Ephesians. “this if indeed you have heard of the administration of God's grace which has been given to me for you that by revelation there was known to mystery as I wrote before briefly by referring to this when you read you can understand my insight into the mystery of Christ which is other generations was not made known to mankind as it has now been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets in the Christ i'm sorry in the spirit to be specific that the gentiles are fellow heirs and fellow members of the body and fellow takers of the promised in Christ through Jesus through the gospel according to the gift of God's grace which has been given to me according to the working this power to me at the very least of all saints the grace was given to preach the gentiles” (Ephesians 3). So what is this mystery? Well, it's the gospel as mentioned in this passage. "of the promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel." So what is in us? The gospel. 

So remember way back then in the gospels when Jesus died on the cross for our sins, how we no longer have to really pay the burden of sin? We just have to believe in Jesus and we're fine. The Jews or the past generations didn't know this because why? Because Jesus hadn't died on the cross yet. That was something that happened after the saints and the apostles, now they know this because well, either it happened in their lifetime or it was before them. 

"In whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ: Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead. 13 And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses," (Colossians 2:11-13 KJV).

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