1). )Consistency and gratitudeJ. Do you know what it is? A. Jacob, D. D.)Doing all in the name of ChristI. AugustineOn Continence"But Now do Ye Also," Saith He, "Put Down All31. Take a man whose motives is the advancement of himself or his family. "Ephraim is joined to idols, let him alone." Why is it that some of us look on church-going as an irksome task, and the hours spent in God's house as the most wearisome of our lives? He was in advance even of the earliest seeker that Easter morning, and He will be waiting for us before the break of day with His glad "All Hail," if we have only eyes to see, "Your life is hid" (Col. iii. Paul here clearly gives to Christ the whole of life. It is to them a mere night of stars to wonder and gaze at, not a sun to light them to their daily work, and warm their hearts with love. J. W. Buxton, M. Differently to be admonished are servants and masters. 2 Set your mind on the things that are above, not on the things that are upon the earth. Remember what we are to God through creation, providence, and grace. There is nothing can do it but the Cross of Christ and the Spirit of God. It were well for the Church and the world if we recognized more clearly this breadth of Christian duty. At the Arno GaebeleinThe Lord of GloryChrist Our Life. 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. The key-note of this chapter is that religion is a life in Christ, so all-pervading and all. (1) There is a wide difference between persons who pursue objects which only appear real to them, and those whose objects are absolutely real. We can glorify God by honoring God in how we speak and live. 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. "Ephraim is like a silly dove without heart." (2) Observe how such motives act. To Dominicus. And yet, after all, this is the most Christ-like ministry of all, for the Master Himself does not even appear in the work of the church except as her hidden Life, "For ye are dead" (Col. iii. After a while Ulysses came, and he said, "Why, all the fine bodies are taken, and all the grand work is taken. 16 Let the Word Martin LutherEpistle Sermons, Vol. 2. save that lest they should not think that they did those evils and lived in them with impunity on this account, because their faith set them free from wrath, which cometh upon the sons of unbelief, doing these things, and living in them without faith. WHERE IS THE EVIL IN THIS? Westminster Abbey. Shall Charles Haddon SpurgeonSpurgeon's Sermons Volume 17: 1871Christ is AllMY text is so very short that you cannot forget it; and, I am quite certain, if you are Christians at all, you will be sure to agree with it. And the reply was, "The body of a common man, doing a common work, and for a common reward." 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. One way to make sure that you are at peace with the people around you is by filling yourself with good things, such as God's word. 16 Let the Word Martin LutherEpistle Sermons, Vol. 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. Mere precepts cannot touch us at all points, or constrain us to do all things in a teacher's name. Some men make Him to be "a root out of a dry ground," "without form or comeliness." Others again seem to blend so wholly with other workers that their own individuality can scarcely be traced. Not if our Lord be a mere teacher. 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. "And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful." 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. There is nothing can do it but the Cross of Christ and the Spirit of God. Therefore we must all honour the Son as the Father (John 5:23).3. Again Jehovah said: "Ephraim is like a cake not turned." Colossians 3:1-4. is also included in the commentary below, because these four verses reveal the foundation in Christ for the way of life . 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. It is this that gives them the right and title they have in Christian morality. . (Preacher's Analyst. "If ye then be risen" (Col. iii. WHY WE ARE TO DO IT.1. In both is the same quiet exertion of power, the same calm majesty of law, and the laws of each can never be trifled with with impunity. Again Jehovah said: "Ephraim is like a cake not turned." 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, (4)charity.The word of Christ must dwell richly in the heart (see previous verse).II. Here you have a compend of the doctrine of the Scriptures. (1) He is the channel by which all God's goodness is poured upon us. At the Arno GaebeleinThe Lord of GloryChrist Our Life. Think how it would bear on the obscure toilers of Ephesus, Corinth, or Rome. A. [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?" 21. Do you know what it is? Whatever mystery a man makes of his object in life, spectators generally arrive at correct conclusions.2. The World Is Watching Us - Colossians 3:12-14 - Thursday, June 25th, 2020. And what have we to do, but what Hugh BinningThe Works of the Rev. Whatever mystery a man makes of his object in life, spectators generally arrive at correct conclusions. To go to God through Him (John 15:3, 16; John 16:23-26).2. (2) The name of God is taken for the power, authority, and will of God (Deuteronomy 18:19; 2 Kings 2:24; Psalm 20:7; Psalm 89:16, 24; 1 Samuel 17:45; 2 Chronicles 14:11). And so men satisfy themselves with being Christian hearers and heathen livers, without the least suspicion of inconsistency.3. But having begun at the beginning, and taken the step of salvation by faith, the walk has to be carried on by following this injunction, which means . 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. All, both words and deeds, must be done in the Name of the Lord. Time weakens other forces, but it adds vigour to this.2. 3). Lesson 3: The point of lesson three was that your students would truly grasp the concept of being . [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?" Surely, too, all great music is most truly religious. Are they evermore in his view and present to his thoughts? (1) We have a proof of the divinity of Christ. It is there that the young souls who are to be our successors in cultivating the vineyard of God are to be trained and developed; it is there the process is to begin of restraining and cleansing away the corruption inherent in them as the children of sinful men; there that their earliest longings after fellowship Friedrich SchleiermacherSelected Sermons of SchleiermacherUnity and Peace. Daille.I. IIIWhat the Scriptures Principally Teach: the Ruin and Recovery of Man. HOW WE MAY DO IT.1. 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. As to deeds of grace. 13.--"Hold fast the form of sound words, which thou hast heard of me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus." It might surprise us to find that peace is urged on us as a duty. All our prayer and praises must be offered in the name of the Lord Jesus. The stress lies on "the name of the Lord Jesus."1. What does it mean to be worldly? 3). Neale. It is not egoistic to say so, for filling to overflowing is utterly and completely God's work--it is all of grace. Mallock.Religion is one of the colours of life which mingles most intimately with all the other colours of the palette. B. SimpsonDays of Heaven Upon Earth February 17. (Admonition 5.) All we have to do is to present our empty, broken self Roy Hession and Revel HessionThe Calvary RoadWhat have I to do with Idols?MUCH is said in reproof of Ephraim by the prophet Hosea. B. SimpsonDays of Heaven Upon Earth May 18. It is there that the young souls who are to be our successors in cultivating the vineyard of God are to be trained and developed; it is there the process is to begin of restraining and cleansing away the corruption inherent in them as the children of sinful men; there that their earliest longings after fellowship Friedrich SchleiermacherSelected Sermons of SchleiermacherUnity and Peace. )PeopleChristians, Colossians, Paul, TimothyPlacesColossaeTopicsAct, Deed, Giving, Praise, Thanks, Whatever, Whatsoever, WhetherOutline1. On the contrary, great love shows itself most in little acts. It is that we are slow to learn in. It is through Christ that life is worthy of the name of life. 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. A beginning indeed, I find, but no end of thy miseries. The conceptions, affections, and resolutions of the soul refer to words and works as being the principles and motives of them. It is worth while to do so. A. (3) But based on reality it must also be real to me, or it cannot be my motive. For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God. The rule is short and easy, but of almost infinite use. some uses.1. These are . But what is it, that it is not enough for him to say, "Do ye put down all," but that he added the conjunction and said, "ye also?" Application:1. Many do not know the right answer, or the full answer. 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. 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. Factories and railways, camps and courts of law, mansions, museums, and picture-galleries, to say nothing of the world of trees, and rivers, and birds, and flowers, form part of the world which belongs to Him, the Heir of all things. Owing to this enormous abuses have sprung up under the shadow of the Church. and why so many do not obtain it, and are, therefore, not at peace? 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. But whatever it be, reality is its necessary condition. De Witt Talmage, D. D.)The essence of fieryD. 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. The Minister of State in his cabinet, labouring to do right and caring nothing for popularity; and the little servant-maid in the kitchen, who scorns to tell a lie, or neglect her daily duties, are both in their respective stations working for God, doing their duty. They admire the gospel, but never think of realizing it. Specifically the name of Christ is the rule. )The all-pervasiveness of religionW. IIEaster Wednesday Also Suited to Easter Tuesday. MY devout hearers! How intensely secular they may become I How mean and perfunctory the spirit in which they may be performed! 16 Let the Word Martin LutherEpistle Sermons, Vol. (2) The facts implied in the name, "The Lord Jesus," rest upon evidence as strong as can possibly be alleged for anything. Churches are, but not houses we live in. It is not necessary that a motive should be based on reality to be all-constraining, but it is in order that it may be a worthy motive for an intelligent being. Be their case John Brown (of Wamphray)Christ The Way, The Truth, and The LifeCups Running OverBrokenness, however, is but the beginning of Revival. 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. Gregory to Dominicus, Bishop of Carthage. Do you know what it is? The reason is simply this, that their services are being offered in the wrong name. (1) We may take the sayings of Scripture strictly to the letter, set them clown as exaggerated, and above our capacities. Topic: Respect Your Parents Bible Passage: Exodus 20:12; Ephesians 6:1; Colossians 3:20 . One spirit came and took the body of a king and did his work. A large proportion of the infidelity of the working classes is due to this unreal teaching. 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. He infers holiness from this also. Stewart.I begin to see that religion consists not so much in joyous feelings as in a constant exercise of devotedness to God, and in laying ourselves out for the good of others.(D. 1. He was in advance even of the earliest seeker that Easter morning, and He will be waiting for us before the break of day with His glad "All Hail," if we have only eyes to see Rev. Daille.I. So the apostle means (a)That we refer all to His glory. "Whatsoever," etc. Col 4:9 seems to say these two letters God the Father is the proper object of gratitude as the first principle of action, though not to the exclusion of the Son and Spirit.3. 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