the best one has been left for you." 6 Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time; 7 casting all your anxiety upon him, because he careth for you. There is no act, however little, which Christ does not see and .touch, and which may not tend as much to His honour as the songs of the Seraphim; there is no affection, talent, energy on which He does not put His hand and say, "That is mine," and which may not be transformed into a worship as sincere as that of the communion; no step we can take in life over which He does not watch, and which may not be made a step on the road that brings us nearer Him; no time here or hereafter when it will not be a delightful duty to "do all in the name of the Lord Jesus." 3). For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God. So in like manner the name of Jesus (Acts 4:7; Matthew 7:22; Matthew 24:5; Matthew 18:20). How many, if they pray at all, hope to do right and escape flagrant wrong almost through the intention of doing or not doing, and think that if they call upon God in some general way things will not be much amiss with them.3. Here we may fall into opposite mistakes. (2) The facts implied in the name, "The Lord Jesus," rest upon evidence as strong as can possibly be alleged for anything. However extraordinary and extravagant, it is in keeping with the whole spirit of Christianity. It is worth while to do so. In the realm of spirit as of matter when we see a great result we know that behind it is a great cause; and we may search the world and we shall not find a power over human hearts comparable with that which lies in this name. How many, if they pray at all, hope to do right and escape flagrant wrong almost through the intention of doing or not doing, and think that if they call upon God in some general way things will not be much amiss with them.3. Solomon was called to build the temple of the Lord, but every man who is an honest worker, who does his best in the place where heaven has put him, is building up a temple, holy, acceptable to God. It is a privilege to have peace, but it would appear Frederick W. RobertsonSermons Preached at BrightonChrist is AllObserve in this chapter that he begins by reminding the saints of their having risen with Christ. A. J. W. Buxton, M. IIEaster Wednesday Also Suited to Easter Tuesday. To Dominicus. By the authority of Christ (Acts 3:6).2. It is this that gives them the right and title they have in Christian morality. By grace through faith in Him we are eternally joined with the Lord Jesus, identified with His righteousness, in union with Him, and a member of His body. THE SACREDNESS OF COMMON LIFE AND LABOUR. Others again seem to blend so wholly with other workers that their own individuality can scarcely be traced. (1) He is the channel by which all God's goodness is poured upon us. [1924], 31. (2) Is it not an outrage to require that saints should share this honour with Christ as Rome does? III. "The love of Christ constraineth us.". HOW WE MAY DO IT.1. So the apostle means (a)That we refer all to His glory. The idea of being raised with Christ was introduced back in Colossians 2:12, where Paul used baptism to illustrate this spiritual reality. This is the way with worldly people. He eats and drinks to the glory of God, who does so not for pleasure, but for strength for God's service; He sleeps to God's glory, who rests in Christ, hoping to rise to do Him honour; he does his daily task to the glory of God who plies it under the eye of God, and does it or not as and how he thinks God would have it done or not.3. You could work every day, hour, and minute the rest of your life and never earn those two gifts. "For Ye are Dead" (Col. Iii. To Dominicus. That is no religion which we cannot carry with us wherever we go; into our pleasures and sorrows, our business and closets.(J. Such an object is consciously present when he chooses to reflect on it, but day by day in the toil and struggle he is not ever thinking of it, but he is pursuing it. (2) The facts implied in the name, "The Lord Jesus," rest upon evidence as strong as can possibly be alleged for anything. Their labor seems to crystallize and become its own memorial. Nor indeed does infrequency of communication cause any harm where the affection of love remains uninterrupted in one's mind. Nothing so mean that it was thought unworthy of this monogram; nothing so glorious that it was considered unfit to have that excelling glory added thereto. That is no religion which we cannot carry with us wherever we go; into our pleasures and sorrows, our business and closets.(J. Or hast thou done anything for man's praise, feeling that the eye whose praise thou prizedst was upon thee? Now, this definite, absolute and final putting off of ourselves in an act of death, is something we cannot do ourselves. The key-note of this chapter is that religion is a life in Christ, so all-pervading and all. International Bible Lessons. 8 Be sober, be watchful: your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: 9 whom withstand stedfast Martin LutherEpistle Sermons, Vol. To write hymns sacred. He shows where we should seek Christ.5. 5 Put to death therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, passion, Martin LutherEpistle Sermons, Vol. And what have we to do, but what Hugh BinningThe Works of the Rev. The spirit we are of determines the character of our actions whether they are holy or unholy. J. W. Buxton, M. Contrariwise, consider what are generally classed as sacred works praying, preaching, administering sacraments, visiting the sick. "For Ye are Dead" (Col. Iii. We must not so take the precept as if we were obliged in every act and word to raise our thoughts directly to Christ. What a multitude of religions there is in this poor wicked world of ours! Thanksgiving is one of the most necessary and universal offices of a Christian. There has been nothing sinful, on the contrary the work, it may be, has been sacred, undertaken with prayer, and been for the good of man and the glory of God, and yet there is no satisfaction.I. Our little ones are learning lots of new things and recognizing item of clothing is no exception. Differently to be admonished are servants and masters. [1924] St. If it could be shown that its requirements were unreal, its statements exaggerated, its views of attainment unreason. Our words, thoughts, desires, labours, etc., are to be under the habitual influence of a sacred and sanctifying power which lies lurking in the name of the Lord Jesus. [1923] Surely it was a wholesome alarm that believers might not think that they could be saved on account of their faith alone, even although they should live in these evils: the Apostle James with most clear speech crying out against that notion, and saying, "If any say that he have faith, and have not works, shall his faith be able to save him?" For Charles KingsleyAll Saints' Day and Other SermonsMay 5. )The all-pervasiveness of religionW. Bring common iron into proper contact with the magnet, it will borrow the strange attractive virtue, and itself become magnetic. 2. Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry: Alexander MaclarenExpositions of Holy ScriptureThe Christian Training of Children. They admire the gospel, but never think of realizing it. When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with Him in glory. He would be a bad workman and a bad Christian if he were. Now, this definite, absolute and final putting off of ourselves in an act of death, is something we cannot do ourselves. We shall not need to seek far to discover our risen Lord. THY REMEDY. 2. Bring common iron into proper contact with the magnet, it will borrow the strange attractive virtue, and itself become magnetic. For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God. Supposing this we must exercise faith upon Him, and have constant recourse to Him, in all that we do for the supplies of His grace and Spirit (1 Peter 2:20; 1 Peter 5:7; John 16:16, 23, 26).3. The peace of God. where shall I begin to describe thine endless misery, who art condemned as soon as conceived; and adjudged to eternal death, before thou wast born to a temporal life? Do, To Dominicus. We must be supposed to be in Christ first (John 15:4-5).2. There are of course many visionaries, men pursuing objects which have no real existence, but to them they are not unreal. "Ephraim is joined to idols, let him alone." Another spirit came and took the body of a poet and did his work. AugustineOn Continence"But Now do Ye Also," Saith He, "Put Down All31. Not if our Lord be a mere teacher. "Your Life is Hid" (Col. Iii. Many Christians seem to think that in the daily deeds and words of life they either cannot or else must sin, and that these two are much the same. It says not, "Give your bodies to be burned for the glory of God," but, "Whether ye eat or drink," etc.2. When He had done that upon earth, He went to heaven, that He might do more than show us, might give us, and live in us that life of trust. One spirit came and took the body of a king and did his work. There is something in these words that might surprise us. A. One question that rises in every mind is this: "How can I live that life of perfect trust in God?" Yet, the believer is keenly aware that every good thing comes from God. Here is the sum of religion. He then goes on to declare that the believer's life is in Christ, "for ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God." (2) How many of us fall short of this.(J. Observe the extent of this saying. A. Jacob, D. D.)Doing all in the name of ChristI. THIS DISTINCTION IS BAD, BECAUSE IT VANISHES ON NEARER OBSERVATION. AugustineOn Continence"But Now do Ye Also," Saith He, "Put Down All31. How can we do both at once without distraction study, speak, or do and think of Christ at the same time? But it is not thus taken here as if Paul simply intended that in our actions and discourses we should always intermix the word Jesus, or at least preface it. [1923] Surely it was a wholesome alarm that believers might not think that they could be saved on account of their faith alone, even although they should live in these evils: the Apostle James with most clear speech crying out against that notion, and saying, "If any say that he have faith, and have not works, shall his faith be able to save him?" The rule is short and easy, but of almost infinite use. and why so many do not obtain it, and are, therefore, not at peace? TEXT: COL. iii. De Witt Talmage, D. D.Plato had a fable which I have now nearly forgotten, but it ran something like this: He said spirits of the other world came back to this world to find, body and find a sphere of work. What a multitude of religions there is in this poor wicked world of ours! Does it not give strength to self-denial to take up our cross after Jesus? Not if our Lord be a mere teacher. "The love of Christ constraineth us."III. What combination of forces has cut so deep a groove across the world? It is not self-mortifying, but it is dying with Christ. It is this: "Christ must live it in me." THIS DISTINCTION IS RADICALLY IRRELIGIOUS, Implies that all things are not of God. 15. Were it not almost an indignity to bring them in reference to His great Majesty? How Subjects and Prelates are to be Admonished. Observe I. While there are many falsehoods, Charles Haddon SpurgeonSpurgeon's Sermons Volume 61: 1915Some General Uses. B. SimpsonDays of Heaven Upon Earth Fifth Sunday after EpiphanyText: Colossians 3, 12-17. Therefore we must all honour the Son as the Father (John 5:23).3. That is what He became man for; as a man to live a life of trust in God, and so to show to us how we ought to live. The key-note of this chapter is that religion is a life in Christ, so all-pervading and all. Men have taken it into their heads to invent various systems of religion and if you look round the world, you will see scores of different sects; but it is a great fact that, while there is a multitude of false religions, there is but one that is true. 2 Set your mind on the things that are above, not on the things that are upon the earth. If we would know what Christ wants to be to us, we Dwight L. MoodyThe Way to God and How to Find ItBut, after that He had Made Mention of These Evils30. where shall I begin to describe thine endless misery, who art condemned as soon as conceived; and adjudged to eternal death, before thou wast born to a temporal life? "Ephraim is joined to idols, let him alone." 1. The life of the saint and of the sinner are made up very much of the same commonplace duties, and in all that is patent to the world there may be little difference between them: but the spirit by which they are actuated constitutes a gulf between them as wide as that which divides light and darkness, heaven and hell.3. Another spirit came and took the body of a poet and did his work. "Your life is hid" (Col. iii. If the Christian law is just another name for the law of truth, love, and holiness, it is quite clear that we shall never get out of the range of that law, neither in this world nor the next. On the contrary, great love shows itself most in little acts. "Ephraim is joined to idols, let him alone." This is all the Scriptures teach, and this is all we have to learn. It is well, as people's devotions now are, if Christians really prayed to God to carry them through the trials of the day, as really believing that for this they needed the special help of God. We shall not need to seek far to discover our risen Lord. Nay, a good and a spur which quickened every nerve. Application:1. 4. )The all-pervasiveness of religionW. Revival is when we can say "yes" at any moment of the day. Another spirit came and took the body of a poet and did his work. Nothing is too small to be done for one deeply loved, and nothing but deep love will do unweariedly all little things to please whom it loves. What have we to know, but what God hath revealed of himself to us? 5. Many Christians seem to think that in the daily deeds and words of life they either cannot or else must sin, and that these two are much the same. In the realm of spirit as of matter when we see a great result we know that behind it is a great cause; and we may search the world and we shall not find a power over human hearts comparable with that which lies in this name. The refrain actually came from a sermon and was delivered like a sermon: Christ is all to us that we make Him to be. Sunday School Lesson February 26, 2023 Spiritual Disciplines for New Life Colossians 4:2-6 . 2. It might surprise us to find that peace is urged on us as a duty. [1924] St. Some Christians have a very small Saviour, for they are not willing to receive Him fully, and let Him do great and mighty things for them. The law of gravity does not admit of dispute, neither does the law that eternal life is to be found through the Son of God. The faith of those things, which have been mentioned, would be of great use and advantage to believers; and therefore they should study to have the faith of this truth fixed on their hearts, and a deep impression thereof on their spirits, to the end, that, 1. Many do not know the right answer, or the full answer. A. For Charles KingsleyAll Saints' Day and Other SermonsMay 5. But whatever it be, reality is its necessary condition. Now, seeing that we are raised with Christ, certain behavior is appropriate to us. (2) The facts implied in the name, "The Lord Jesus," rest upon evidence as strong as can possibly be alleged for anything. 2 Tim. 3). )The reality of religionDean Alford.I. It is plain that it must propose some motive and rule which shall touch daily life at every point. 2. The conceptions, affections, and resolutions of the soul refer to words and works as being the principles and motives of them. We regularly try but fail to live up to human expectations and traditions. By Jesus this gratitude is to be rendered. Take any life, in any condition or time, and there is help and hope for it in Jesus. After a while Ulysses came, and he said, "Why, all the fine bodies are taken, and all the grand work is taken. (2) Some religious people, like the former, strain the Bible to its literal meaning, and then require that meaning in full, and thus lead to the same point, and encourage indolence and unbelief. (1) There is a wide difference between persons who pursue objects which only appear real to them, and those whose objects are absolutely real. (1) We may take the sayings of Scripture strictly to the letter, set them clown as exaggerated, and above our capacities. "GIVING THANKS INTO GOD AND THE FATHER BY HIM." Are they evermore in his view and present to his thoughts? Application:1. 1). 4 When Christ, who is our life, shall be manifested, then shall ye also with him be manifested in glory. )Consistency and gratitudeJ. Many Christians seem to think that in the daily deeds and words of life they either cannot or else must sin, and that these two are much the same. They admire the gospel, but never think of realizing it. Servants are to be admonished that they despise not their masters, lest they offend God, if by behaving themselves proudly they gainsay His ordinance: masters, too, are to be admonished, that they are proud against God with respect Leo the GreatWritings of Leo the GreatHow Subjects and Prelates are to be Admonished. For Charles KingsleyAll Saints' Day and Other SermonsMay 5. Before we come to speak of some particular cases of deadness, wherein believers are to make use of Christ as the Life, we shall first propose some useful consequences and deductions from what hath been spoken of this life; and, I. (2) Observe how such motives act. So in like manner the name of Jesus (Acts 4:7; Matthew 7:22; Matthew 24:5; Matthew 18:20). MY devout hearers! "For ye are dead" (Col. iii. The monk or the nun is a "religious;" if any be not a priest, or monk, or nun, that person need not be so religious. Supposing this we must exercise faith upon Him, and have constant recourse to Him, in all that we do for the supplies of His grace and Spirit (1 Peter 2:20; 1 Peter 5:7; John 16:16, 23, 26).3. Go, for example, into many of the farms round here, and notice the fire-dogs that stand in the yawning chimney: how they are wrought at the sides into those most blessed of all letters, the I.H.C., by which our dear Lord is set forth. . 15 And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to the which also ye were called in one body; and be ye thankful. It is this: "Christ must live it in me." Does it not give strength to self-denial to take up our cross after Jesus? These words may be taken as an independent precept (Ephesians 5:20) or a reason for the preceding rule, a title under which we ought to do all things in the name of Christ, so that our whole life may be an act of gratitude through Christ, which is to be preferred.1. As to daily life. Here, as in nature, the deepest is the stillest; but by this very stillness all who are observant know its depth. One or two of the world's heroes and sages have won wide admiration and respect, but who has laid his hand on so many hearts and touched for good so many lives? Christian families, founded on the holy bond of marriage, are appointed, in the divine order of things, to be the nurseries of the future generation. But it is necessary that we have this deposition so formed in our hearts, that when circumstances allow us to think of Christ our souls may lean that way as being habituated to it.II. (3)Reconciliation with God (2 Corinthians 5:18). We must not so take the precept as if we were obliged in every act and word to raise our thoughts directly to Christ. A strained and exaggerated view of religion has been put before them, alien from their habits of thought, and by no means supported by the example of its professors.II. 3. By Jesus this gratitude is to be rendered. Before we come to speak of some particular cases of deadness, wherein believers are to make use of Christ as the Life, we shall first propose some useful consequences and deductions from what hath been spoken of this life; and, I. J. W. Buxton, M. Hugh BinningLinksColossians 3:17 NIVColossians 3:17 NLTColossians 3:17 ESVColossians 3:17 NASBColossians 3:17 KJVColossians 3:17 Bible AppsColossians 3:17 ParallelColossians 3:17 Biblia ParalelaColossians 3:17 Chinese BibleColossians 3:17 French BibleColossians 3:17 German BibleColossians 3:17 CommentariesBible Hub, (c)That we live in entire confidence in and dependence upon Him.4. "If Ye Then be Risen" (Col. Iii. TEXT: COL. iii. These words may be taken as an independent precept (Ephesians 5:20) or a reason for the preceding rule, a title under which we ought to do all things in the name of Christ, so that our whole life may be an act of gratitude through Christ, which is to be preferred.1. It is that we are slow to learn in. Take any life, in any condition or time, and there is help and hope for it in Jesus. --Colossians iii. IIEaster Wednesday Also Suited to Easter Tuesday. Take any life, in any condition or time, and there is help and hope for it in Jesus. 1). THE EXTREME BREADTH AND LOFTY SPIRIT OF CHRISTIAN DUTY. 15. Small cups - enough for each child to have one. Others again seem to blend so wholly with other workers that their own individuality can scarcely be traced. "The love of Christ constraineth us."III. It is as we Andrew MurrayThe Master's IndwellingMeditations of the Misery of a Man not Reconciled to God in Christ. The belief in Christ is not only the unavoidable conclusion of a sound mind from evidence, but the only satisfactory way to account for the state of the world in which we find ourselves. 3 For ye died, and your life is hid with Christ in God. Colossians 3:13 Bear with one another and forgive whatever grievances you may have against one another. (1) for the ability to do all our works in the Lord's Name; (4) for our manifold blessings in Christ. MY devout hearers! If a man be a Christian, men will take knowledge of him that he has been with Jesus. Differently to be admonished are subjects and prelates: the former that subjection crush them not, the latter that superior place elate them not: the former that they fail not to fulfil what is commanded them, the latter that they command not more to be fulfilled than is just: the former that they submit humbly, the latter that they preside temperately. That is what He became man for; as a man to live a life of trust in God, and so to show to us how we ought to live. Paul focuses on the positive aspect of a new life. The peace of God. He has consecrated what we call secular employments by Himself engaging in them. The church is full of half dead people who have been trying, like poor Nero, to slay themselves for years, and have not had the courage to strike the fatal blow. 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