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I. CHRIST IN YOU means Christ embraced by faith as our righteousness and strength. This is the sure ground on which we may hope for glory (Ephesians 3:17). When a sinner's heart is opened to see the excellence of the Saviour, it inwardly embraces Him, and every discovery renews this act of inward cleaving. Then every reproach, temptation, fall, affliction, makes the soul more fully embrace Him (see Galatians 4:19; John 15:4; John 17:23, 26).

II. THE EFFECTS OF THIS UNION.

1. The mind of Christ is formed in the soul (1 Corinthians 2:16). The believer thinks as Christ does, and so has the spirit of a sound mind (2 Timothy 1:7). Not, of course, that he has the omniscience and infallibe judgment of his Lord, but up to his light he sees as Christ does.

(1)  Sin to be abominable.

(2)  The gospel,, its glory and completeness.

(3)  The world and its vanity.

(4)  Time and its value.

(5)  Eternity. As did Christ he sees everything in its light.

2. The heart of Christ.

(1)  There is the same love to God in both.

(2)  The same aversion to God's frown.

(3)  The same love to the saints.

(4)  The same compassion for sinners.

(R. M. McCheyne, M. A.)

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KJV: 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:

WEB: to whom God was pleased to make known what are the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory;