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with Christ! That’s the mystery. “Christ in you the hope of
glory.” The mystery is the Church. Jew and gentile, walls
knocked down. The whole Church, in union with Christ. By the
way, in Eph. 5:32 there’s a good verse,

“The mystery is great but I’m speaking in reference to Christ
and the Church.”

What he’s talking about in marriage, is exactly what he is talking
about here. Verse 6 he talks about fellow heirs and fellow
members of the body. The message is union with Christ. How
does this give us the “how”? So, here’s a great mystery. By the
way, when you see the word “mystery” in the Bible, it doesn’t
mean “that which cannot be known”. It means “That which cannot
be known apart from revelation.” It’s hidden by God. It’s a
mystery. Not because you can’t know it, but because God hasn’t
revealed it.

Notice verse 3, “By revelation”; verse 4, “By insight”; verse 5,
“Has been revealed”; verse 9, “To bring light”. I used to have
this idea. That Paul got hold of the mystery by revelation and now
it’s an open secret to all Christians. That’s not the point. It’s true
that Paul got hold of the mystery by revelation but not as a
substitute for the Church. He got it as a representative of the
Church. What am I saying? He was illustrating how he entered
into the wealth. He got the mystery by revelation. God opened
his eyes to it. How are you going to enter into the mystery of your
union with Christ? The answer is. The same way Paul did. By
revelation. There’s no other way to enter your union with Christ.
You’ll never see how rich you are in Christ unless you enter the
mystery the way Paul did. By revelation and heavenly insight.

See, the average Christian doesn’t begin to see the mystery of his
union with Christ. It remains veiled. Christ in union with His
Church and all that flows from that is still hidden. They are only
given by revelation. Paul got it by revelation in order to
illustrate the only way any Christian can ever get it. Let me
share a couple of verses that shed light on this. The first is verse