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).
The Bible never presents Christianity as a religion. The reason many tend
to equate Christianity with religion is because of some of the activities in
Christianity which are consistent with religion. There may be religion in
Christianity; James 1:27 clarifies that for us: “Pure religion and undefiled
before God and the Father is this, to visit the fatherless and widows in their
affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.”
The foregoing scripture doesn’t make Christianity a religion. For
example, that you have a kitchen in your house doesn’t make your whole house a kitchen.
In religion, man is in search of a “God”; he wants to serve and relate with
“God,” because he believes there’s a God. So, he wants to pray to, and worship,
that “God.” Therefore, in pursuit of his dream to serve that “God,” whoever
“that God” may be, he carries out so many different activities; that’s
religion.
The difference in Christianity is about the man Jesus; it’s about His
life that was poured out, so man, instead of searching for God, can be an
associate of the God-kind. That’s Christianity; it’s the life of Christ in a
human being.
Now, when we say, “Christianity is the life of Christ in a human person,”
it isn’t a mere religious cliché, neither does it merely relate to some
piousness in the way we do what we do; no! We’re talking about the actual
supplanting of the human life by the supernatural life of Christ; it is the
infusion of Christ into the human person; the outworking of divinity in a human
vessel; the unveiling of the Christ-life in a believing one. Having this clear
understanding about Christianity sets you on course to live triumphantly every
day, because you’ve come to know that greater is He that’s in you, than he
that’s in the world.
PRAYER: Dear Father, thank you for the reality of the divine life in
Christ Jesus, who has defeated death and has brought life and immortality to
light through the Gospel. Now, I live a joyful, exuberant, and glorious life in
Christ; a life of absolute liberty, victory and dominion over Satan and
circumstances, in Jesus’ Name. Amen.
FURTHER STUDY: Colossians 1:26-27 Even the mystery which hath been hid
from ages and from generations, but now is made manifest to his saints: 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:
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.
1 John 5:4 For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this
is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.
1 YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN: Mark 15:1-20,
Numbers 32-33
2 YEAR BIBLEREADING
PLAN: Acts 27:1-8, Psalm 73
2 YEAR BIBLE
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