Christ in me the Hope of Glory

[Pastor Luciano Cecilia]

Colossians 1:27 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:

Hope = To cherish a desire with anticipation. To expect and to trust.

The greatest miracle is Christ in you

Romans 8:24 For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for?

It is the personal experience of the living presence of Christ in the individual
life of the believer that is the hope.

We will be strengthen.

Psalm 31:24 Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the LORD.

Hope is something good to have

Lamentations 3:26 It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD.

How did we came to this hope?

The first Adam headed up the human race and stood for us, and fell for us, and we fell in him. How marvelous that the second Adam took up within
Himself all His people and stood for us and kept the covenant with God the Father
so that now every blessing of that new covenant is infallibly
secure to all who are risen in Him.

Whatever Christ is His people are in Him. They are crucified in Him, they were dead in Him, they were buried in Him, they were risen in Him; in Him
they live eternally, in Him they sit gloriously at the right hand of God, ‘who has raised
us up together, and made us sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus.

Christ in you means He enters into us and becomes our life.
Christ in you means His power in you. We were without spiritual strength until Christ
came into our lives. We were dead in trespasses and sins. Now our
spiritual victory is guaranteed. Christ in you means we are spiritually
rich. We were in spiritual poverty until Christ came in and now we have
all the riches of Christ Jesus.

We need to command ourselves to hope in the Lord.

Psalm 42:5 Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted in me? hope thou in God:

There is hope in the word of God

Psalm 119:114 Thou art my hiding place and my shield: I hope in thy word.

Romans 15:4 For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we
through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope

We need to hope in the Lord while we have life.

Isaiah 38:18 For the grave cannot praise thee, death can not celebrate thee: they that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy
truth.

We are blessed people.

Jeremiah 17:7 Blessed is the man that trusteth in the LORD, and whose hope the LORD is.

Romans 5:4 And patience, experience; and experience, hope:

People will ask you of your hope.

1 Peter 3:15 But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready
always to give
an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in
you with meekness and fear

1 John 3:3
And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.

Conclusion

Christ in me! That is my hope of glory and I pray that it is yours, too. It is the only hope for the
world in which we live. Do you have that hope? Do you share that
same expectation of glory with God in Christ? Do you have Christ
dwelling within your heart? Do you have Christ in you? You can begin
right now.