Last Wednesday was the inaugural meeting of the reconstituted THIRD, or 3a, but let's not worry about what we call it! Suffice to say that 6 of us met and had a good time looking at Colossians ch1, chatting and praying.
The phrase "Christ is in you" was noticed in Colossians and it was interesting to ponder for a moment what it meant. No serious conclusion was reached. It can't mean Jesus is in you, as a body can't exist inside another body, and he's only got one anyway. If it had meant the Holy Spirit is in you then surely that is what it would have said.
Two comments from friends have been helpful. One suggests we compare it with the thought that elsewhere we are stated to be in Christ - an interesting duality! Another commented that he had heard that 'Christ' isn't Jesus' surname, it's his job (as in John the cooper etc.). So if Christ is in us, it's the very essence of why he came and what he accomplished that is in us. The outcome of his death and resurrection is in us. Redemption is in us. I'm interested in Mark's comments about subjectivity and objectivity in this regard, but the essence of what it is to be called the Christ being in me sounds pretty good.