Colossians 1:27
To them God chose to make known how great among the Gentiles are the riches of the glory of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.
Tag: Knowing Christ
God has chosen to make Himself known to man. That was His original plan in creating man. In the Garden of Eden God walked with Adam. God wanted to fellowship with him. Adam's sin alienated God (and through Adam, alienated us). In Christ, God restored that "knowing" of Him. God makes it a choice to make Himself known. In some of the Old Testament times God choose to withhold some things about Himself. Note what one commentator states:
“Deuteronomy 29:29 says, “The secret things belong to the Lord our God.” God reveals other things only to certain people. “The secret of the Lord is for those who fear Him” (Ps. 25:14). Proverbs 3:32 says, “He is intimate with the upright.” Still other things were hidden in the Old Testament but have now been revealed in the New.” (Excerpt From: John F. MacArthur. “Colossians and Philemon MacArthur New Testament Commentary.” Moody Publishers, 1992. iBooks. This material may be protected by copyright.)
In the book of Ezekiel God is constantly revealing Himself to the unsaved nations "that they may know" Him. In the above text the Colossians are reminded that God has "chosen" to make Himself know to them through the Son. There are "riches" in knowing Him. Not the riches of this world. Those riches pale in comparison to knowing the depth of the riches in Christ. In the next chapter of this book, speaking to these riches, Paul writes that he wants us to know just know about them but to reach a "full assurance of understanding and knowledge" of them:
Colossians 2:2
that their hearts may be encouraged, being knit together in love, to reach all the riches of full assurance of understanding and the knowledge of God's mystery, which is Christ,
God wants to be known and provided Christ to reveal Himself to us. There are "riches" to explore.
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