The Hope of the World is Contained in the Human Spirit
"Jesus rebuked people who tried to make a religion out of him, and challenged people to live with the same courage, conviction and resolve that he did. He said the hope of the world was not a deity somewhere up in the sky, but a power and authority contained in the human spirit." Follow up with research What does it mean that Christ in us is the hope of glory? ANSWER Colossians 1:27 is a powerful verse: “God has chosen to make known among the Gentiles the glorious riches of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.” Let’s start by clarifying that the apostle Paul is writing to believers in Jesus Christ—the “you” whom he addresses. He calls them “the Lord’s people” in the previous verse ( Colossians 1:26 ). The “Gentiles” are non-Jewish people. A “mystery” in the New Testament is simply something that was hidden in times past but has now been revealed by God. The former mystery, now understood, is that Christ in us is the hope of our future glory. In the Old Te