In Colossians 1:26, the apostle Paul writes about a mystery that had been "kept hidden for ages and generations." It was a mystery that would now be revealed to the nations through the children of God. It is a mystery revealed through our lives because of the life within us: "the glorious riches of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory" (Col 1:27).
The mystery was not a set of core beliefs or a new gathering of doctrines or a theological treatise. Neither was it a revolutionary change in rituals or a special knowledge of religious things. The mystery was not about a manuplation of knowledge or or ritual or rites, the mystery was about a relationship.
The mystery of the ages was that The Rock of Ages, the Christ, the very Son of God would live within our hearts and souls. The mystery wasn't about how we come to know about God but how we come to know God and the intimate way He comes to know us by actually residing in our hearts.
This mystery is the reason we need to spend quiet time alone with Him, growing in that relationship so that His presence in us will be seen by the people with whom we daily come into contact. They will come to see the Christ loving in us and will be drawn to him. Say, how is that relationship developing in your life? Who do people see when they see the hear of you? Jus' Askn.
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