The Supremacy of Christ

"It's not just what God has done in Christ, that's absolutely amazing, but listen to what St Paul tells us in Colossians 1:25, 'that I might fully carry out the preaching of the word of God'. He wants us to know the word of God in it's fullness. That is, 'the mystery which has been hidden for the past ages and generations but now made manifest to his saints'. This is a truth that Abraham didnt know. This is a truth that all the prophets didnt know. There is a mystery hidden for all the ages that has been revealed to us, the Christians, and this is what it is. It's 'Christ in you, the hope of glory.' Christ in us, is the hope of glory. Not what Christ did in history, but what he continues to do in history, through us. It changes the way we live, because it changes who we are. We are no longer ourselves, we are Christians, we are now new creations in Christ. The person who hopes lives differently. We live differently because we understand the end. We can see it by God's grace. We see it in the Apostle's in their lives and the saints. They were transformed by the vision of hope because they knew the Lord was larger than death." That Jesus Christ had conquered death and was going to bring them home to glory.

Easter Vigil 2009