Christ in You: The Hope of Glory Incarnate
Benjamin Beddome, M.A., identified three dimensions of *Christos en humin*—Christ dwelling within us. First, Christ in us is the foundation of our hope, elected before...
This is historical examples on indwelling Christ and eschatological hope, drawing on Colossians 4:11-12.
Benjamin Beddome, M. A. , identified three dimensions of Christos en humin—Christ dwelling within us. First, Christ in us is the foundation of our hope, elected before the creation of the world (Ephesians 1:3–4; 1 Timothy 1:9). Second, Christ in us nourishes that hope: "Greater is He that is in you" (1 John 4:4). Third, Christ in us serves as the pledge and earnest of glory—the distinction between charis, the life of grace we possess now, and the doxa, the hope of glory we shall inherit.…
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