Were it not almost an indignity to bring them in reference to His great Majesty? "For Ye are Dead" (Col. Iii. 3). Daille. To Dominicus. If religion consists in entering the service of a God who looks not on the outward appearance but on the heart, that religion will be the only true one which produces right dispositions towards Him of faithfulness in all things, the smallest as well as the biggest. [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?" Faith and Love Towards Christ. Some Christians loom up in larger proportion than is becoming. CHRISTIANITY IS A REALITY, AND DEALS WITH REALITIES.1. Others again seem to blend so wholly with other workers that their own individuality can scarcely be traced. 11.) Take any life, in any condition or time, and there is help and hope for it in Jesus. 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. There is something in these words that might surprise us. To do all by His strength (Acts 4:6-7, 10; 1 Samuel 17:45; Philippians 4:13; 2 Corinthians 12:9). O wretched Man! 1). iii 15. Because we are more observed than others. 6 Because of these sins, the anger of God is coming. 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. CHRISTIANITY IS A REALITY, AND DEALS WITH REALITIES.1. 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. Here is the sum of religion. Their labor seems to crystallize and become its own memorial. Owing to this enormous abuses have sprung up under the shadow of the Church. It were well for the Church and the world if we recognized more clearly this breadth of Christian duty. )The reality of religionDean Alford.I. 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." By Jesus this gratitude is to be rendered. Differently to be admonished are servants and masters. Wilkinson, D. D.)Doing all to the Lord JesusE B. Pusey, D. D.All have felt at times a painful void after absorption in active duty. 3 For ye died, and your life is hid with Christ in God. MY devout hearers! A. Jacob, D. D.It is one of the most precious effects of Christianity that it gives interest and dignity to commonplace life. Paul here clearly gives to Christ the whole of life. Mere precepts cannot touch us at all points, or constrain us to do all things in a teacher's name. "But now do ye also," saith he, "put down all;" [1927] and he makes mention of several more evils of that sort. 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. "Ephraim hath made many altars to sin." 2 Tim. There is nothing can do it but the Cross of Christ and the Spirit of God. act what we know in our souls, that we can do nothing good without God. "And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful." And shall not such love quicken us to do all things better. Whatever mystery a man makes of his object in life, spectators generally arrive at correct conclusions.2. There are one or two simple explanations which show that there is no real extravagance in this large demand.1. Our Father, our Friend and Brother, who came down from heaven and suffered for us, is ready to help and reward us. 5 Lesson Theme: "Now What?PUT OFF and PUT ON!" Scripture: Colossians 3:1-10 Memory Verse: Romans 13:14 "But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to fulfill its lusts." Teachers/Parents: As we walk through the book of Colossians we plan to continually connect it back to the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ (which we recently finished Thus, from what they look at and come in contact with, common things acquire uncommon glory.(T. gladness to alms-giving to give to Jesus? 3 For ye died, and your life is hid with Christ in God. 3). (3) But based on reality it must also be real to me, or it cannot be my motive. B. SimpsonDays of Heaven Upon Earth Fifth Sunday after EpiphanyText: Colossians 3, 12-17. International Bible Lesson (Uniform Sunday School Lessons Series) for . Do St. Here you have a compend of the doctrine of the Scriptures. 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 conceptions, affections, and resolutions of the soul refer to words and works as being the principles and motives of them. 3. What combination of forces has cut so deep a groove across the world? Didst thou find that thou toiledst for them less diligently because thou thoughtest of and toiledst for them? A bad sermon on the text, "Behold I stand at the door and knock," is (it would seem) sacred; but to paint the well-known picture illustrating same text was secular. They admire the gospel, but never think of realizing it. 5 Likewise, ye younger, be subject unto the elder. A. What people hate is being in earnest at all, and so they do not wish to pray for the grace of God lest they should have to be at the pains of using it. Neale. And so men satisfy themselves with being Christian hearers and heathen livers, without the least suspicion of inconsistency.3. One phrase holds it all "He died for me." 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. the best one has been left for you." Do you know what it is? Guthrie, D. D.)The name of Jesus set in workDr. Does it not give strength to self-denial to take up our cross after Jesus? "GIVING THANKS INTO GOD AND THE FATHER BY HIM." A bad sermon on the text, "Behold I stand at the door and knock," is (it would seem) sacred; but to paint the well-known picture illustrating same text was secular. The stress lies on "the name of the Lord Jesus."1. Revival itself is being absolutely filled to overflowing with the Holy Spirit, and that is victorious living. )PeopleChristians, Colossians, Paul, TimothyPlacesColossaeTopicsAct, Deed, Giving, Praise, Thanks, Whatever, Whatsoever, WhetherOutline1. Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things." Colossians 3:1-2 Bible Study Notebook Bible Study Tips Bible Study Journal 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. To do all by His strength (Acts 4:6-7, 10; 1 Samuel 17:45; Philippians 4:13; 2 Corinthians 12:9). But, after that he had made mention of these evils, he added and said, "On account of which cometh the wrath of God on the sons of unbelief." The letter of your Holiness, which we received at the hands of the bearer of these presents, so expressed priestly moderation as to soothe us, in a manner, with the bodily presence of its author. 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. Not more cer tainly does the law of gravity reach from world to world than does this law prevail wherever intelligence exists.2. (NASB: Lockman)Greek: kai pan o ti ean poiete en logo e en ergo, panta en onomati kuriou Iesou, eucharistountes to theo patri di' autou.. Amplified: And whatever you do [no matter what it is] in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus and in . I. 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. (E B. Pusey, D. D.)Common work in the name of JesusH. Paul here clearly gives to Christ the whole of life. We must be supposed to be in Christ first (John 15:4-5).2. But, after that he had made mention of these evils, he added and said, "On account of which cometh the wrath of God on the sons of unbelief." (3) Owing to a mixture of these we find Christian precept and practice widely sundered. If they indeed have risen with him, he argues that they should leave the grave of iniquity and the graveclothes of their sins behind, and act as those who are endowed with that superior life, which accounts sin to be death and corruption. (1) Nothing is more common than a man with a powerful motive which rules his whole life gain, ambition, love of family, science, art, victory, the exercise of an energetic nature. 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) Owing to a mixture of these we find Christian precept and practice widely sundered. 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. Differently to be admonished are servants and masters. "Let the peace of God rule in your hearts." Another spirit came and took the body of a poet and did his work. (Colossians iii. So the apostle means (a)That we refer all to His glory. And the reply was, "The body of a common man, doing a common work, and for a common reward." Or is not their influence for the most part rather a constraining power of which he is unconscious, rather than a stimulus carried on by conscious effort? 11.) But all reproof and chastisement did not bring Ephraim back. B. SimpsonDays of Heaven Upon Earth Fifth Sunday after EpiphanyText: Colossians 3, 12-17. What combination of forces has cut so deep a groove across the world? (5) There are certain solemn times when this great motive is and must be expressly recognized; but when the whole man is possessed with the love of Christ, the whole ordinary being follows the direction of the central impulse. That you would comfort all the families involved and especially those that have been impacted by these fires. (1) We may take the sayings of Scripture strictly to the letter, set them clown as exaggerated, and above our capacities. The spirit we are of determines the character of our actions whether they are holy or unholy. 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. This is all the Scriptures teach, and this is all we have to learn. The Christian at his daily task is not ever pondering spiritual truths. Others have a mighty Saviour, because they make Him to be great and mighty. Some men make Him to be "a root out of a dry ground," "without form or comeliness." To Dominicus. IIRisen with Christ'If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. 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. Or is not their influence for the most part rather a constraining power of which he is unconscious, rather than a stimulus carried on by conscious effort? Was this a hindrance? 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. 15. 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. Observe the extent of this saying. 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. Whatsoever ye do in word or deed Let your words be right, and your actions upright. Here, as in nature, the deepest is the stillest; but by this very stillness all who are observant know its depth. Take a man whose motives is the advancement of himself or his family. November 8, 1874. "Whatsoever ye do," etc., as one bearing His name, in the might of His name, and to its glory. This is the way with worldly people. Do all in the name of the Lord Jesus Begin with him, and end with him; invoke his name, and pray for his direction and support, in all that ye do; and thus every work will be crowned with all requisite success. All the wicked dealings and defilement of Ephraim is uncovered--and the Lord said: "I will be unto Ephraim as a lion." (1) If we would be truly Christians, we must have Christ continually before us as the pole star, the rule of our whole life. 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. While there are many falsehoods, Charles Haddon SpurgeonSpurgeon's Sermons Volume 61: 1915, Some General Uses. Let Him be the beginning from whom all flows, the end in whom all are gathered, our aim, our reward. THIS DISTINCTION IS BAD, BECAUSE IT VANISHES ON NEARER OBSERVATION. The letter of your Holiness, which we received at the hands of the bearer of these presents, so expressed priestly moderation as to soothe us, in a manner, with the bodily presence of its author. 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 not self-mortifying, but it is dying with Christ. Great, moreover, is the power of charity, beloved brother, which binds hearts one to another in mutual affection with the Saint Gregory the Greatthe Epistles of Saint Gregory the GreatHow Servants and Masters are to be Admonished. (2) Observe how such motives act. 2 Set your mind on the things that are above, not on the things that are upon the earth. Because we are entrusted with such blessings. (1) Nothing is more common than a man with a powerful motive which rules his whole life gain, ambition, love of family, science, art, victory, the exercise of an energetic nature. (Admonition 5.) 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. 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. TEXT: COL. iii. (Romans 14:8.) Whether you do or not, let me tell you in a few words, what I seem to myself to have learned concerning that peace. 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. The Spirit moves all, and upon this the difference between man's actions depends. This implies three things.1. i. 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. 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. When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with Him in glory. Whether you do or not, let me tell you in a few words, what I seem to myself to have learned concerning that peace. After a while Ulysses came, and he said, "Why, all the fine bodies are taken, and all the grand work is taken. (1) He is the channel by which all God's goodness is poured upon us. 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. Then, have them take turns rolling the die and placing the clothes on the doll (do . Soldiers march to battle to trumpet and drum, etc., and it is an excellent thing when Christian men know how to sing as well as work. Yea, all of you gird yourselves with humility, to serve one another: for God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace to the humble. Easter Wednesday Also Suited to Easter Tuesday. AugustineOn ContinenceEpistle xxxiii. We take it for granted and so forget it.1. 2. (3) He sacrifices those which are in their nature indifferent; e.g., if this rule is observed in eating and drinking, acts indifferent in their nature,(a) the sacred name will purge them of the excess of intemperance on the one hand, and the foolish scruples of superstition on the other. Take any life, in any condition or time, and there is help and hope for it in Jesus. AugustineOn Continence"But Now do Ye Also," Saith He, "Put Down All31. Many do not know the right answer, or the full answer. To Dominicus. The Christian at his daily task is not ever pondering spiritual truths. Ulysses said, "What's that?" (3) Owing to a mixture of these we find Christian precept and practice widely sundered. (b)That we act according to His will. There are of course many visionaries, men pursuing objects which have no real existence, but to them they are not unreal. De Witt Talmage, D. D.)The essence of fieryD. What it is? 21. 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. What it is? The refrain actually came from a sermon and was delivered like a sermon: While there are many falsehoods, Charles Haddon SpurgeonSpurgeon's Sermons Volume 61: 1915Some General Uses. Here we may fall into opposite mistakes. 5 Likewise, ye younger, be subject unto the elder. 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. (2) How many of us fall short of this. TOPIC: SECOND INTERACTIVE SECTION (SUMMARY OF LESSONS 14-25) MEMORY VERSE: "Holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience". Will not work be done carelessly? The spirit we are of determines the character of our actions whether they are holy or unholy. 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. Here is the sum of religion. It must therefore be concluded that He is not a creature, but very God. (1) If we would be truly Christians, we must have Christ continually before us as the pole star, the rule of our whole life. permeating this life that it hallows everything.1. (2) How many of us fall short of this.(J. 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. Has it these points? Colossians 3:4.--Christ who is our life. 5. THE TEXT IS A REMEDY FOR UNREALITY IN RELIGION.1. It were well for the Church and the world if we recognized more clearly this breadth of Christian duty. He infers holiness from this also. Westminster Abbey. I want to emphasize that word "all." CHRISTIANITY IS A REALITY, AND DEALS WITH REALITIES.1. 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. UNITY AND PEACE. It is as we Andrew MurrayThe Master's IndwellingMeditations of the Misery of a Man not Reconciled to God in Christ. The rule is short and easy, but of almost infinite use. There is something in these words that might surprise us. Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth. That is no religion which we cannot carry with us wherever we go; into our pleasures and sorrows, our business and closets. - where all that you say, and all that you do--is done in His name. 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. (2) He perfects and enlivens those of our works which of themselves are commanded of God, engrafting on them the true motive and directing them to the true end. 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. (3) Owing to a mixture of these we find Christian precept and practice widely sundered. 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. If they indeed have risen with him, he argues that they should leave the grave of iniquity and the graveclothes of their sins behind, and act as those who are endowed with that superior life, which accounts sin to be death and corruption. When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with Him in glory. able, it would lose immensely in its character for truth and its power for good.2. 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