A. And shall not such love quicken us to do all things better. and why so many do not obtain it, and are, therefore, not at peace? God is waiting this morning to mark the opening hours for every ready and willing heart with a touch of life and power that will lift our lives to higher pleasures and offer to our vision grander horizons of hope and holy service. Neale.Those old saints of the Middle Ages, how dearly they loved to set the name of Jesus forth everywhere, by all means, in every curious work of art not merely of Church art, mind you, but of household and domestic furniture. 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. THY REMEDY. This is all the Scriptures teach, and this is all we have to learn. )The acceptable prayerH. 2 Set your mind on the things that are above, not on the things that are upon the earth. 13.--"Hold fast the form of sound words, which thou hast heard of me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus." Some men make Him to be "a root out of a dry ground," "without form or comeliness." It says not, "Give your bodies to be burned for the glory of God," but, "Whether ye eat or drink," etc.2. There is something in these words that might surprise us. 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. Because we have the prospect of an abundant reward according to our works. 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. Take a man whose motives is the advancement of himself or his family. Philemon Forgiving When Forgiving is Hard. 3). There is nothing can do it but the Cross of Christ and the Spirit of God. Text: Colossians 3, 1-7. To Dominicus. Servants, to wit, that they ever keep in view the humility of their condition; but masters, that they lose not recollection of their nature, in which they are constituted on an equality with servants. HOLY MOTIVES INCULCATED. 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. Application:1. 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. "If ye then be risen" (Col. iii. (2) Observe how such motives act. For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God. Even now the good is gaining the victory, and the King is Christ. [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?" One phrase holds it all "He died for me." 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. 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. The text tells us under what aspect we should regard God when thus thanking Him. 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. Nothing seemed to be able to draw Ephraim's heart away from the idols. A good fable for the world, and just as good a fable for the Church. Contrariwise, consider what are generally classed as sacred works praying, preaching, administering sacraments, visiting the sick. 3). Mercer's novelty song lifted our country's sagging spirits. What is it that makes our public services in church so frequently cold and spiritless? By this(1) Paul banishes, from our mind all unfruitful works of darkness, it being evident that we can do nothing that is opposed to His will. -Timothy 3:9. 1. Servants, to wit, that they ever keep in view the humility of their condition; but masters, that they lose not recollection of their nature, in which they are constituted on an equality with servants. WHERE IS THE EVIL IN THIS? 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. Stewart. (3) Owing to a mixture of these we find Christian precept and practice widely sundered. If we were asked this moment if we were filled with the Holy Spirit, how many of us would dare to answer "yes"? (Dean Alford. Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth. A good fable for the world, and just as good a fable for the Church. )PeopleChristians, Colossians, Paul, TimothyPlacesColossaeTopicsAct, Deed, Giving, Praise, Thanks, Whatever, Whatsoever, WhetherOutline1. able, it would lose immensely in its character for truth and its power for good.2. 3). IIEaster Wednesday Also Suited to Easter Tuesday. (1) As the name of God signifies the Hebrew word by which the Lord distinguishes Himself, so Jesus is sometimes taken for the name which was given by express Divine command. 2 Tim. 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. It is not egoistic to say so, for filling to overflowing is utterly and completely God's work--it is all of grace. 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. 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." Our Father, our Friend and Brother, who came down from heaven and suffered for us, is ready to help and reward us. IIEaster Wednesday Also Suited to Easter Tuesday. IIIWhat the Scriptures Principally Teach: the Ruin and Recovery of Man. i. For the instruction of our faith. To live a life of faith for a supply of all things for life and godliness (2 Peter 1 ; John 16:23).6. 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. 4. The Christian at his daily task is not ever pondering spiritual truths. 3. In the case of the former pursuit will lead away from, in the case of the latter it will lead to, the truth. In Colossians 3:16-17, Paul describes a life that is happy in God. We must live in close communion with Jesus in the use of all His ordinances (Zechariah 4:12).4. 17. B. SimpsonDays of Heaven Upon Earth Fifth Sunday after EpiphanyText: Colossians 3, 12-17. But whatever it be, reality is its necessary condition. 1). But whatever it be, reality is its necessary condition. THE SACREDNESS OF COMMON LIFE AND LABOUR. 1 If then ye were raised together with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated on the right hand of God. For this, which may be understood also figuratively, is said to the former, Children, obey your parents in the Lord: but to Leo the GreatWritings of Leo the GreatThird Sunday after Trinity Humility, Trust, Watchfulness, SufferingText: 1 Peter 5, 5-11. It is not egoistic to say so, for filling to overflowing is utterly and completely God's work--it is all of grace. 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." International Bible Lessons. The aims of an ambitious man and of a true believer have no external difference, yet if you examine the inward springs of both, you will find one a piece of vanity, the other a fruit of charity.2. J. W. Buxton, M. We must exercise our thoughts much upon Him, and be much taken up with Him in the course of our lives (Psalm 73:23).IV. AugustineOn Continence, Epistle xxxiii. Westminster Abbey. There must be . What a multitude of religions there is in this poor wicked world of ours! Remember these things: The late, great Sunday School teacher . As to deeds of grace. 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. Differently to be admonished are servants and masters. Colossians 3:16 Sermons: Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly; in all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your heart to God. 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. There is nothing can do it but the Cross of Christ and the Spirit of God. By Jesus this gratitude is to be rendered. While there are many falsehoods, Charles Haddon SpurgeonSpurgeon's Sermons Volume 61: 1915Some General Uses. "Your life is hid" (Col. iii. (2) Is it not an outrage to require that saints should share this honour with Christ as Rome does? How easily may their motive come to be that so well expressed in Bible words "Put me into one of the priest's offices, that I may eat a piece of bread.". 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. Do all in the strength of Christ. 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. 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. It is worth while to do so. Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth. (1) There is a wide difference between persons who pursue objects which only appear real to them, and those whose objects are absolutely real. All the wicked dealings and defilement of Ephraim is uncovered--and the Lord said: "I will be unto Ephraim as a lion." A beginning indeed, I find, but no end of thy miseries. 15. The labourer working under the useful light and genial warmth does not lose his time and dazzle his sight in gazing on the sun, but plies his arm with his eye fixed on his work, and so uses for its intended purpose the light God has bestowed. To walk in the religion of the Lord Jesus (Micah 4:5; 2 Timothy 2:19; Matthew 10:22; Luke 21:17; Revelation 2:3, 13).7. Neale.Those old saints of the Middle Ages, how dearly they loved to set the name of Jesus forth everywhere, by all means, in every curious work of art not merely of Church art, mind you, but of household and domestic furniture. (1)All grace and strength (1 Corinthians 1:30). O wretched Man! Thanksgiving is one of the most necessary and universal offices of a Christian. All the wicked dealings and defilement of Ephraim is uncovered--and the Lord said: "I will be unto Ephraim as a lion." If by a subtle process it is taken away, all become tarnished and discoloured.(W. 1). Here we may fall into opposite mistakes. To live a life of faith for a supply of all things for life and godliness (2 Peter 1 ; John 16:23).6. These words cover the whole sphere of Christian activity. The stress lies on "the name of the Lord Jesus."1. Because we cannot be accepted but by Him (Ephesians 1:6; Hebrews 13:15; Hebrews 5:1).4. A. Jacob, D. D.It is one of the most precious effects of Christianity that it gives interest and dignity to commonplace life. "Whether ye eat or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do it to the glory of God."(T. 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? There is something in these words that might surprise us. To Dominicus. 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. Therefore we must all honour the Son as the Father (John 5:23).3. Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth. )The reality of religionDean Alford.I. Because we cannot be accepted but by Him (Ephesians 1:6; Hebrews 13:15; Hebrews 5:1).4. How easily may their motive come to be that so well expressed in Bible words "Put me into one of the priest's offices, that I may eat a piece of bread."III. He is nothing to them; they do not want Him. 3. He exhorts to holiness;10. to put off the old self, and put on Christ;12. exhorting to charity, humility, 18. and other duties.Dictionary of Bible ThemesColossians 3:171512Trinity, equality of2224Christ, the Lord5629work, ordained by God5636work, and rest5909motives, importance8223dedication8409decision-making, and providence8676thanksgiving8809richesColossians 3:1-173254Holy Spirit, fruit ofColossians 3:12-177125elect, theColossians 3:15-176746sanctification, means and results8352thankfulnessColossians 3:16-173218Holy Spirit, and praise5549speech, positive8666praise, manner and methodsLibraryThe Peace of GodBaltimore, U.S., 1874. The aims of an ambitious man and of a true believer have no external difference, yet if you examine the inward springs of both, you will find one a piece of vanity, the other a fruit of charity. For this, which may be understood also figuratively, is said to the former, Children, obey your parents in the Lord: but to Leo the GreatWritings of Leo the GreatThird Sunday after Trinity Humility, Trust, Watchfulness, SufferingText: 1 Peter 5, 5-11. I want to emphasize that word "all." It is as we Andrew MurrayThe Master's IndwellingMeditations of the Misery of a Man not Reconciled to God in Christ. 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. 3). Remember what we are to God through creation, providence, and grace.2. 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. 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. For this, which may be understood also figuratively, is said to the former, Children, obey your parents in the Lord: but to Leo the GreatWritings of Leo the GreatThird Sunday after Trinity Humility, Trust, Watchfulness, SufferingText: 1 Peter 5, 5-11. Think how it would bear on the obscure toilers of Ephesus, Corinth, or Rome. 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. Text: Colossians 3, 1-7. In the case of the former pursuit will lead away from, in the case of the latter it will lead to, the truth. 21. Specifically the name of Christ is the rule. [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?" J. W. Buxton, M. In Jesus we have not a man dead long ago, but a living Saviour and King ever near us, bearing the one name by which we may be saved. 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. Because the Father has highly exalted Him, and given Him a name which is above every name (Philippians 2:8-10). The impiety of those who invoke Christ's name on their wicked courses. 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. Hast thou ever deeply loved parent, bride, husband, or child? 5. Some men make Him to be "a root out of a dry ground," "without form or comeliness." 3. 2. There are of course many visionaries, men pursuing objects which have no real existence, but to them they are not unreal. THIS DISTINCTION IS BAD, BECAUSE IT VANISHES ON NEARER OBSERVATION. 3. "Ephraim is joined to idols, let him alone." (2) Observe how such motives act. It is as we Andrew MurrayThe Master's IndwellingMeditations of the Misery of a Man not Reconciled to God in Christ. 1. Mere precepts cannot touch us at all points, or constrain us to do all things in a teacher's name. Then was it a sacred or a secular work to write "Paradise Lost," Wordsworth's "Excursion," or Cowper's "Task"? There they taught us the great lesson "Do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus." It is worth while to do so. THE EXTREME BREADTH AND LOFTY SPIRIT OF CHRISTIAN DUTY. This is the only religious view of life.IV. Lesson - The Letter to the Colossians - The New Man and the Old Man. (1) He is the channel by which all God's goodness is poured upon us. SEEK, THEN, TO MAKE YOUR WHOLE LIFE RELIGIOUS. We are all deserving of his wrath for our rebellion against him, for violating his laws and departing from what is true and right. To Dominicus. There is no higher name for it "is above every name. "Your Life is Hid" (Col. Iii. What a multitude of religions there is in this poor wicked world of ours! Focus on the Meaning: The basic principle is this. While there are many falsehoods, Charles Haddon SpurgeonSpurgeon's Sermons Volume 61: 1915Some General Uses. If we were asked this moment if we were filled with the Holy Spirit, how many of us would dare to answer "yes"? 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. Do you know what it is? 3). how we can obtain it? We cannot expect God's blessing on anything not done in Christ's name.(H. Contrariwise, consider what are generally classed as sacred works praying, preaching, administering sacraments, visiting the sick. (3)Reconciliation with God (2 Corinthians 5:18). (4)All our actual supplies (Philippians 4:19).2. act what we know in our souls, that we can do nothing good without God. THE EXTREME BREADTH AND LOFTY SPIRIT OF CHRISTIAN DUTY. 16 Let the Word Martin LutherEpistle Sermons, Vol. some uses.1. It is worth while to do so. Be thine own judge? There is something in these words that might surprise us. i. Do them as thou wouldest if thou sawest God by thee, with prayer that they may be done aright. (4) Now suppose a man embrace Jesus as his Saviour let Christ's love become the acknowledged fact of His life, then it will become a constraining motive, and will not be contented with influencing some of his faculties, employing some of his time; from the nature of things it must have all Christ is mine, and I am His, and whatever I do, spiritual or secular, business or recreation, I must do all in His name. And so men satisfy themselves with being Christian hearers and heathen livers, without the least suspicion of inconsistency.3. gladness to alms-giving to give to Jesus? They admire the gospel, but never think of realizing it. As it overstepped all barriers of climate, colour, and race to call men brethren, so it passed over all barriers of priestly function to make all men holy, and so all men are now made priests unto God.2. Here we may fall into opposite mistakes. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. This is all the Scriptures teach, and this is all we have to learn. In Jesus we have not a man dead long ago, but a living Saviour and King ever near us, bearing the one name by which we may be saved. (1) As the name of God signifies the Hebrew word by which the Lord distinguishes Himself, so Jesus is sometimes taken for the name which was given by express Divine command. The Bible says in Colossians 3:23-24, "whatever you do work at it with all your heart as working for the Lord not for men since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward it is the Lord Christ you are serving." What that verse says is that with your gift you can serve the Lord. A. For when Adam and Eve, being created after God's own image, and placed in Paradise, that they and their posterity might live in a blessed state of life immortal, having dominion over all earthly creatures, and only restrained from the fruit of one tree, as a sign Lewis BaylyThe Practice of PietyChrist all and in All. 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 Rev. To write hymns sacred. [1924] St. One question that rises in every mind is this: "How can I live that life of perfect trust in God?" iii 15. AugustineOn ContinenceEpistle xxxiii. To go to God through Him (John 15:3, 16; John 16:23-26).2. But all reproof and chastisement did not bring Ephraim back. We find it perfectly impossible to draw a sharp line. Nor indeed does infrequency of communication cause any harm where the affection of love remains uninterrupted in one's mind. (b)That we act according to His will. To follow His example (Matthew 16:24; 1 John 2:6; 1 Peter 2:21-23).II. Colossians. Differently to be admonished are servants and masters. the best one has been left for you." Children, obey your parents in everything, for this pleases the Lord. "GIVING THANKS INTO GOD AND THE FATHER BY HIM." (Acts 4:12; 1 Corinthians 1:12).2. 1). It will make contradiction sweet, to bear it meekly with Jesus; poverty, honourable to be poor with Jesus; toil, gladsome to labour for Jesus. 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. The impiety of those who invoke Christ's name on their wicked courses.3. RCCG SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHER'S MANUAL 26 FEBRUARY 2023. Guthrie, D. D. He who lives for the glory of God has an end in view which lends dignity to the man and to his life. (c)That we live in entire confidence in and dependence upon Him.4. (2) Is it not an outrage to require that saints should share this honour with Christ as Rome does? Mallock.Religion is one of the colours of life which mingles most intimately with all the other colours of the palette. )Consistency and gratitudeJ. 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