It might surprise us to find that peace is urged on us as a duty. Here you have a compend of the doctrine of the Scriptures. (2) Is it not an outrage to require that saints should share this honour with Christ as Rome does? "Whether ye eat or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do it to the glory of God."(T. Do St. J. W. Buxton, M. 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. And who looks down upon us? 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? (4)All our actual supplies (Philippians 4:19).2. "Do all." 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. IIIWhat the Scriptures Principally Teach: the Ruin and Recovery of Man. 5. Paul here clearly gives to Christ the whole of life. 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. Owing to this enormous abuses have sprung up under the shadow of the Church. 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. (2) Is it not an outrage to require that saints should share this honour with Christ as Rome does? It is worth while to do so. 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. Text: Colossians 3, 1-7. Not more cer tainly does the law of gravity reach from world to world than does this law prevail wherever intelligence exists.2. (Colossians iii. 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. )Christian ends lend grandeur to human lifeT. Art, science, politics, business, everyday duty, instead of being detached from religion, have such intimate relations with it that they are, or may be, and ought to be, themselves essentially religious. Preached February 9, 1851. Pure religion is when the sense of God's love, of the vastness of His claims, of the breadth of His commandments, so works through the life as to make it one organic whole, and when the poor unworthy distinction of secular and sacred is forgotten; when what is most religious is most human, and what is commonest is ennobled and justified by the grace which flows from "Christ our Life.". We shall not need to seek far to discover our risen Lord. 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. A beginning indeed, I find, but no end of thy miseries. The Spirit moves all, and upon this the difference between man's actions depends. (Acts 4:12; 1 Corinthians 1:12).2. Colossians. To live a life of faith for a supply of all things for life and godliness (2 Peter 1 ; John 16:23). And who has not seen the dullest rain-cloud, when it turned its weeping face to the sun, change into glory, and, in the bow that spans it, present to the eyes of age and infancy, alike of the philosopher who studies, and of the simple joyous child who runs to catch it, the most brilliant and beautiful phenomenon in nature? 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. We must be supposed to be in Christ first (John 15:4-5).2. (Admonition 6). Where, then, is there any room for dependence on God even with prayer for protection and blessing, since the feeling assumes that they will be granted without any prayer at all.2. "Ephraim is joined to idols, let him alone." 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. They admire the gospel, but never think of realizing it. Surely, too, all great music is most truly religious. 3). 3). On the contrary, great love shows itself most in little acts. The faithful neither rejoice, nor speak, nor act, but in the name of God but here it is required that our whole life be referred to the name of Christ. Bring common iron into proper contact with the magnet, it will borrow the strange attractive virtue, and itself become magnetic. cast a holy reverence round a sick room when we minister to Jesus? Artizan, labourer, soldier, slave, would learn the truth that God cared for him, and designed him for a glorious destiny. 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. For the confirmation of faith. 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. 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. 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. Little things are the very instances of acceptable service in Scripture. Colossians 3:4.--Christ who is our life. Pleasing God Is accomplished by Faith (Heb. 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. To do all by His strength (Acts 4:6-7, 10; 1 Samuel 17:45; Philippians 4:13; 2 Corinthians 12:9). Be their case John Brown (of Wamphray)Christ The Way, The Truth, and The LifeCups Running OverBrokenness, however, is but the beginning of Revival. This is the way with worldly people. In Colossians 3:16-17, Paul describes a life that is happy in God. Here, as in nature, the deepest is the stillest; but by this very stillness all who are observant know its depth. But our Lord, being God, became man, bore our sins and carried our sorrows, grew up through our life, and tasted death for every man. To go to God through Him (John 15:3, 16; John 16:23-26).2. MEMORY VERSE: Colossians 3:2 "Set your affections on things above, not on things on the earth." BOOK TO REMEMBER: 1 Corinthians. It is plain that it must propose some motive and rule which shall touch daily life at every point. 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. 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. But all reproof and chastisement did not bring Ephraim back. What combination of forces has cut so deep a groove across the world? 16 Let the Word Martin LutherEpistle Sermons, Vol. (2) Observe how such motives act. The author of nature and the author of Christianity give tokens of being one and the same, in that their principles are alike simple, universal, imperious, inexorable. By Jesus this gratitude is to be rendered. Whether you do or not, let me tell you in a few words, what I seem to myself to have learned concerning that peace. 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. 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. The faithful neither rejoice, nor speak, nor act, but in the name of God but here it is required that our whole life be referred to the name of Christ. Are they evermore in his view and present to his thoughts? "Whatsoever," etc. (2) Observe how such motives act. "But now do ye also," saith he, "put down all;" [1927] and he makes mention of several more evils of that sort. It is this: "Christ must live it in me." (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. 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. 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. Does it not give strength to self-denial to take up our cross after Jesus? To Dominicus. 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. A. THE SACREDNESS OF COMMON LIFE AND LABOUR. A large proportion of the infidelity of the working classes is due to this unreal teaching. WHERE IS THE EVIL IN THIS? Many do not know the right answer, or the full answer. We must be supposed to be in Christ first (John 15:4-5).2. And shall not such love quicken us to do all things better. THIS DISTINCTION IS RADICALLY IRRELIGIOUS, Implies that all things are not of God. )PeopleChristians, Colossians, Paul, TimothyPlacesColossaeTopicsAct, Deed, Giving, Praise, Thanks, Whatever, Whatsoever, WhetherOutline1. (b) They are seldom loudly professed, so seldom that a man professing loudly a given motive arouses suspicion that he is acting on some other, and only using this as a blind. 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 Take a man whose motives is the advancement of himself or his family. And who looks down upon us? What combination of forces has cut so deep a groove across the world? (2) The facts implied in the name, "The Lord Jesus," rest upon evidence as strong as can possibly be alleged for anything. Are they evermore in his view and present to his thoughts? 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." (c)That we live in entire confidence in and dependence upon Him.4. 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. Daille. Our Father, our Friend and Brother, who came down from heaven and suffered for us, is ready to help and reward us. It is not self-mortifying, but it is dying with Christ. November 8, 1874. Specifically the name of Christ is the rule. November 8, 1874. O wretched Man! THE MOTIVE POWER OF A HOLY LIFE. 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. 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. 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. 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. "But now do ye also," saith he, "put down all;" [1927] and he makes mention of several more evils of that sort. Bad as the world is, what is good in it is due to Christ. "If Ye Then be Risen" (Col. Iii. The rule is short and easy, but of almost infinite use. 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. 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. He shows where we should seek Christ.5. 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. Our Father, our Friend and Brother, who came down from heaven and suffered for us, is ready to help and reward us. We cannot expect God's blessing on anything not done in Christ's name. Whatever mystery a man makes of his object in life, spectators generally arrive at correct conclusions.2. It is that which lends them their appearance of depth, and the best of their brilliance. 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. There they taught us the great lesson "Do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus." If a man be a Christian, men will take knowledge of him that he has been with Jesus. There is nothing can do it but the Cross of Christ and the Spirit of God. Stewart. I do. 1. Surely, too, all great music is most truly religious. If a man be a Christian, men will take knowledge of him that he has been with Jesus. )The reality of religionDean Alford.I. Most objects are everyday items that you can pick up around the house and be ready to teach a fun Bible lesson for children's church, Sunday school, Awana or family devotional in a . able, it would lose immensely in its character for truth and its power for good.2. Therefore we must all honour the Son as the Father (John 5:23). They admire the gospel, but never think of realizing it. CHRISTIANITY IS A REALITY, AND DEALS WITH REALITIES.1. Whether you do or not, let me tell you in a few words, what I seem to myself to have learned concerning that peace. Be thine own judge? Possible to eat and drink to the glory of God.II. (3) But based on reality it must also be real to me, or it cannot be my motive. [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?" 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. 2 Set your mind on the things that are above, not on the things that are upon the earth. Revival itself is being absolutely filled to overflowing with the Holy Spirit, and that is victorious living. It is that which lends them their appearance of depth, and the best of their brilliance. When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with Him in glory. 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. Colossians. Churches are, but not houses we live in. You care about what your children are wearing, but do they know that God cares . "For ye are dead" (Col. iii. 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. To write hymns sacred. To go to God through Him (John 15:3, 16; John 16:23-26).2. This is the way with worldly people. It is as we Andrew MurrayThe Master's Indwelling, Meditations of the Misery of a Man not Reconciled to God in Christ. As a little square serves an artificer to design and mark out a multitude of lines, and to correct those that are amiss, so by this little rule there is no human action respecting which we cannot ascertain whether it is right or wrong; nor is there any part of our lives which this rule is not capable of guiding and forming to perfection.3. (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). (4)All our actual supplies (Philippians 4:19).2. It is not self-mortifying, but it is dying with Christ. 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. (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. November 8, 1874. And what have we to do, but what Hugh BinningThe Works of the Rev. 13.--"Hold fast the form of sound words, which thou hast heard of me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus." gladness to alms-giving to give to Jesus? "For Ye are Dead" (Col. Iii. For the confirmation of faith. Lesson 11: February 12, 2023-Full Life in Christ-Colossians 2:6-15. (2)Adoption (Ephesians 1:5). That is what the priest will invoke for you all, when you leave this abbey. 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? Sunday, but not other six days. 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. 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. That is what the priest will invoke for you all, when you leave this abbey. We cannot expect God's blessing on anything not done in Christ's name.(H. 11.) Preached February 9, 1851. 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 . 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. Mallock. You are being renewed in knowledge according to the image of your Creator. Also, print the paper dolls and clothes (one of each for each child). iii 15. Others have a mighty Saviour, because they make Him to be great and mighty. Or hast thou done anything for man's praise, feeling that the eye whose praise thou prizedst was upon thee? 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. Gratitude. Our Father, our Friend and Brother, who came down from heaven and suffered for us, is ready to help and reward us. Others again seem to blend so wholly with other workers that their own individuality can scarcely be traced. 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. Are they evermore in his view and present to his thoughts? 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. The Unforgiving Servant Object Lesson Use the following object lesson as you tell the story of The Unforgiving Servant from Matthew 18:21-35 in your own words. The Christian at his daily task is not ever pondering spiritual truths. 2 Set your mind on the things that are above, not on the things that are upon the earth. )Christian ends lend grandeur to human lifeT. To Dominicus. Guthrie, D. D.)The name of Jesus set in workDr. (1) There is a wide difference between persons who pursue objects which only appear real to them, and those whose objects are absolutely real. 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. Gregory to Dominicus, Bishop of Carthage. 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. Dr. Steve Viars December 24, 1994 Colossians 3:17. document. In the case of the former pursuit will lead away from, in the case of the latter it will lead to, the truth. The peace of God. SS Lessons; Tennescene; Radio B&R; Sunday School Lessons . What have we to know, but what God hath revealed of himself to us? In the case of the former pursuit will lead away from, in the case of the latter it will lead to, the truth. Some men make Him to be "a root out of a dry ground," "without form or comeliness." 2 Tim. Revival is when we can say "yes" at any moment of the day. 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. 3). (Dean Alford. Recur to the motive of the text. And apart from these who learns, in the midst of his conscious and acknowledged besetting sin, to ask for the grace of God? 5 Likewise, ye younger, be subject unto the elder. The Spirit moves all, and upon this the difference between man's actions depends. Application:1. When thou hast learned to do all things to Jesus, it will shed pleasure over all dull things, softness over hard things, peace over trial. The impiety of those who invoke Christ's name on their wicked courses.3. "But now do ye also," saith he, "put down all;" [1927] and he makes mention of several more evils of that sort. Was this a hindrance? Preached February 9, 1851. 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. Mere precepts cannot touch us at all points, or constrain us to do all things in a teacher's name. He shows where we should seek Christ.5. 2 Set your mind on the things that are above, not on the things that are upon the earth. All our prayer and praises must be offered in the name of the Lord Jesus. Does it not give strength to self-denial to take up our cross after Jesus? )Christian ends lend grandeur to human lifeT. One phrase holds it all "He died for me." TEXT: COL. iii. I. Some men make Him to be "a root out of a dry ground," "without form or comeliness." Here we may fall into opposite mistakes. )The all-pervasiveness of religionW. Ulysses said, "What's that?" It is not egoistic to say so, for filling to overflowing is utterly and completely God's work--it is all of grace. Bad as the world is, what is good in it is due to Christ. As a little square serves an artificer to design and mark out a multitude of lines, and to correct those that are amiss, so by this little rule there is no human action respecting which we cannot ascertain whether it is right or wrong; nor is there any part of our lives which this rule is not capable of guiding and forming to perfection.3. HOW WE MAY DO IT.1. Many do not know the right answer, or the full answer. THE EXTREME BREADTH AND LOFTY SPIRIT OF CHRISTIAN DUTY. Each object adds a 3-D visual to stimulate interest as well as help retain the message in memory. 15. IIEaster Wednesday Also Suited to Easter Tuesday. None but pure gold may receive the special goldsmith's mark, none but true, honest work can bear the mark of the Lord Jesus.(H. [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?" Have Him before thee as the pattern whom thou art to copy; the Redeemer in whom is thy strength, the Master and Friend whom thou art to serve and please, thy Creator and thy heaven.1. --Colossians iii. 13.--"Hold fast the form of sound words, which thou hast heard of me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus." All the wicked dealings and defilement of Ephraim is uncovered--and the Lord said: "I will be unto Ephraim as a lion." The angry, sinful word again and again escapes, and the thought of God at best but follows it. It is as we Andrew MurrayThe Master's IndwellingMeditations of the Misery of a Man not Reconciled to God in Christ. Bring common iron into proper contact with the magnet, it will borrow the strange attractive virtue, and itself become magnetic. 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. (3) Owing to a mixture of these we find Christian precept and practice widely sundered. And what have we to do, but what Hugh BinningThe Works of the Rev. A. If by a subtle process it is taken away, all become tarnished and discoloured.(W. He's a religious leader and should understand spiritual lessons but somehow . Faith and Love Towards Christ. IIEaster Wednesday Also Suited to Easter Tuesday. Do you know what it is? His name gives power to prayer; it is not so much your earnestness and sincerity, but His blood that speaks to God. It is His presence by His Spirit in the hearts of His people which is the motive power of their holy life. Yea, all of you gird yourselves with humility, to serve one another: for God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace to the humble. "For Ye are Dead" (Col. Iii. Faith and Love Towards Christ. But all reproof and chastisement did not bring Ephraim back. 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 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 Schleiermacher, Unity and Peace. For the confirmation of faith. (Dean Alford. 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. Then was it a sacred or a secular work to write "Paradise Lost," Wordsworth's "Excursion," or Cowper's "Task"? Forgive as the Lord forgave you. It will make contradiction sweet, to bear it meekly with Jesus; poverty, honourable to be poor with Jesus; toil, gladsome to labour for Jesus. He is nothing to them; they do not want Him. 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