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, (Admonition 5.) All divine truths may be reduced to these two heads,--faith and love; what we ought to believe, and what we ought to do. 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. Our Father, our Friend and Brother, who came down from heaven and suffered for us, is ready to help and reward us. Owing to this enormous abuses have sprung up under the shadow of the Church. --Colossians iii. 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. Be thine own judge? (3)Reconciliation with God (2 Corinthians 5:18). Hast thou ever deeply loved parent, bride, husband, or child? He infers holiness from this also. 1. Oh, if they would just put themselves at Jesus' feet, and Rev. 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. 11.) 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. Take a man whose motives is the advancement of himself or his family. (Acts 4:12; 1 Corinthians 1:12).2. Take a man whose motives is the advancement of himself or his family. They admire the gospel, but never think of realizing it. 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. 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. And so men satisfy themselves with being Christian hearers and heathen livers, without the least suspicion of inconsistency.3. 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. Churches are, but not houses we live in. Nay, a good and a spur which quickened every nerve. Westminster Abbey. 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. (1) We may take the sayings of Scripture strictly to the letter, set them clown as exaggerated, and above our capacities. All the apparent extravagance of the injunction vanishes when we lay our hands on the secret of the Divine life. The conceptions, affections, and resolutions of the soul refer to words and works as being the principles and motives of them. Revival is when we can say "yes" at any moment of the day. 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. ITS UNIVERSAL OBLIGATION "Whatsoever ye do," etc. (2) Observe how such motives act. 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. That is what the priest will invoke for you all, when you leave this abbey. And so men satisfy themselves with being Christian hearers and heathen livers, without the least suspicion of inconsistency.3. Nothing seemed to be able to draw Ephraim's heart away from the idols. When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with Him in glory. Philemon Forgiving When Forgiving is Hard. A. J. W. Buxton, M. A.As a petition to the Queen can only reach her through the hands of a minister, so we can only approach God the Father through His Son Jesus Christ. And apart from these who learns, in the midst of his conscious and acknowledged besetting sin, to ask for the grace of God? 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. Observe I. The worthiness of Christ. All the wicked dealings and defilement of Ephraim is uncovered--and the Lord said: "I will be unto Ephraim as a lion." We are "the Lord's. 4 When Christ, who is our life, shall be manifested, then shall ye also with him be manifested in glory. Whatever mystery a man makes of his object in life, spectators generally arrive at correct conclusions.2. AugustineOn ContinenceEpistle xxxiii. 5. (6) Such deep constraining motive is not usually displayed before men; but its existence is not easily concealed. Then was it a sacred or a secular work to write "Paradise Lost," Wordsworth's "Excursion," or Cowper's "Task"? To do all by His strength (Acts 4:6-7, 10; 1 Samuel 17:45; Philippians 4:13; 2 Corinthians 12:9). "But now do ye also," saith he, "put down all;" [1927] and he makes mention of several more evils of that sort. The Christian at his daily task is not ever pondering spiritual truths. "Your life is hid" (Col. iii. Colossians 3:12-17 A Christian isn"t measured just by what he doesn"t do, but what he does do as well. What is it that makes our public services in church so frequently cold and spiritless? Has it these points? It is worth while to do so. THE MOTIVE POWER OF A HOLY LIFE. Contrariwise, consider what are generally classed as sacred works praying, preaching, administering sacraments, visiting the sick. It is not self-mortifying, but it is dying with Christ. (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. To Dominicus. One of the leading peculiarities of the religion of Jesus is that it virtually annihilated the distinction between the secular and the sacred. (2) Our thanks cannot be grateful to the Father except addressed and presented by Christ. 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. Bible > Colossians > Chapter 3 > Verse 16 Library Free Downloads eBibles Colossians 3:16 (Preacher's Analyst. THE TEXT IS A REMEDY FOR UNREALITY IN RELIGION.1. It is that which lends them their appearance of depth, and the best of their brilliance. 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. Read Colossians 3:12-17. Nor indeed does infrequency of communication cause any harm where the affection of love remains uninterrupted in one's mind. 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. It is His presence by His Spirit in the hearts of His people which is the motive power of their holy life. 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. It will have all or nothing, the first place or none. If you have frequent thought (b) Being referred to the glory of God, from indifferent they become holy and acceptable to God.3. Doctors tell us that walking is good for our health. )Consistency and gratitudeJ. permeating this life that it hallows everything.1. He is nothing to them; they do not want Him. 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. B. SimpsonDays of Heaven Upon Earth February 17. However extraordinary and extravagant, it is in keeping with the whole spirit of Christianity. )Consistency and gratitudeJ. 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. 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. A. 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. 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. "Ephraim is like a silly dove without heart." Remember These Things . One of the leading peculiarities of the religion of Jesus is that it virtually annihilated the distinction between the secular and the sacred. Here you have a compend of the doctrine of the Scriptures. For Charles KingsleyAll Saints' Day and Other SermonsMay 5. 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. Here is the sum of religion. act what we know in our souls, that we can do nothing good without God. i. TEXT: COL. iii. 3 For ye died, and your life is hid with Christ in God. --Colossians iii. i. 13.--"Hold fast the form of sound words, which thou hast heard of me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus." 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 . O wretched Man! Not more cer tainly does the law of gravity reach from world to world than does this law prevail wherever intelligence exists.2. It is not self-mortifying, but it is dying with Christ. 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. )Consistency and gratitudeJ. "For ye are dead" (Col. iii. Without Him we can do nothing, with Him every thing (1 Corinthians 15:10).4. Remember what we are to God through creation, providence, and grace.2. "If Ye Then be Risen" (Col. Iii. 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? (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. 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. --Colossians iii. It is not egoistic to say so, for filling to overflowing is utterly and completely God's work--it is all of grace. The spirit we are of determines the character of our actions whether they are holy or unholy. There are of course many visionaries, men pursuing objects which have no real existence, but to them they are not unreal. Just as the Lord has forgiven you, so also you must forgive. One question that rises in every mind is this: "How can I live that life of perfect trust in God?" This implies three things.1. 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. Time weakens other forces, but it adds vigour to this.2. (b) Being referred to the glory of God, from indifferent they become holy and acceptable to God.3. For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God. (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. Contrariwise, consider what are generally classed as sacred works praying, preaching, administering sacraments, visiting the sick. Others again seem to blend so wholly with other workers that their own individuality can scarcely be traced. 3. THY REMEDY. i. If a man be a Christian, men will take knowledge of him that he has been with Jesus. We must exercise our thoughts much upon Him, and be much taken up with Him in the course of our lives (Psalm 73:23). Remember these things: The late, great Sunday School teacher . (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. MY devout hearers! Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth. It is through Christ that life is worthy of the name of life. All we have to do is to present our empty, broken self, MUCH is said in reproof of Ephraim by the prophet Hosea. 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. "But now do ye also," saith he, "put down all;" [1927] and he makes mention of several more evils of that sort. It is not egoistic to say so, for filling to overflowing is utterly and completely God's work--it is all of grace. He would be a bad workman and a bad Christian if he were. Observe the extent of this saying. And what have we to do, but what Hugh BinningThe Works of the Rev. (2) The facts implied in the name, "The Lord Jesus," rest upon evidence as strong as can possibly be alleged for anything. A. Jacob, D. D.)Doing all in the name of ChristI. 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. 4. The unconverted require a radical change before they can carry it out. "Whatsoever ye do," etc., as one bearing His name, in the might of His name, and to its glory. and why so many do not obtain it, and are, therefore, not at peace? That is what the priest will invoke for you all, when you leave this abbey. MEMORY VERSE: Colossians 3:2 "Set your affections on things above, not on things on the earth." BOOK TO REMEMBER: 1 Corinthians. It says not, "Give your bodies to be burned for the glory of God," but, "Whether ye eat or drink," etc.2. (b)That we act according to His will. What a multitude of religions there is in this poor wicked world of ours! "For Ye are Dead" (Col. Iii. (2) Is it not an outrage to require that saints should share this honour with Christ as Rome does? Others have a mighty Saviour, because they make Him to be great and mighty. To Dominicus. It must therefore be concluded that He is not a creature, but very God. 5 Likewise, ye younger, be subject unto the elder. A beginning indeed, I find, but no end of thy miseries. 12 Put on therefore, as God's elect, holy and beloved, a heart of compassion, kindness, lowliness, meekness, longsuffering; 13 forbearing one another, and forgiving each other, if any man have a complaint against any; even as the Lord forgave you, so also do ye: 14 and above all these things put on love, which is the bond of perfectness. Thanksgiving is one of the most necessary and universal offices of a Christian. Are they evermore in his view and present to his thoughts? After a while Ulysses came, and he said, "Why, all the fine bodies are taken, and all the grand work is taken. (c)That we live in entire confidence in and dependence upon Him.4. It will have all or nothing, the first place or none. Little things are the very instances of acceptable service in Scripture. (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. 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. We take it for granted and so forget it.1. Nor indeed does infrequency of communication cause any harm where the affection of love remains uninterrupted in one's mind. How, then, can they be done? As to daily life. If we were asked this moment if we were filled with the Holy Spirit, how many of us would dare to answer "yes"? 12 Put on therefore, as God's elect, holy and beloved, a heart of compassion, kindness, lowliness, meekness, longsuffering; 13 forbearing one another, and forgiving each other, if any man have a complaint against any; even as the Lord forgave you, so also do ye: 14 and above all these things put on love, which is the bond of perfectness. TEXT: COL. iii. (2) Is it not an outrage to require that saints should share this honour with Christ as Rome does? It is this: "Christ must live it in me." 11.) It must have points of contact with every part of my life. Also, print the paper dolls and clothes (one of each for each child). AugustineOn ContinenceEpistle xxxiii. And shall not such love quicken us to do all things better. 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.". What have we to know, but what God hath revealed of himself to us? Even now the good is gaining the victory, and the King is Christ. )The reality of religionDean Alford.I. Then was it a sacred or a secular work to write "Paradise Lost," Wordsworth's "Excursion," or Cowper's "Task"? (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. 3). Think how it would bear on the obscure toilers of Ephesus, Corinth, or Rome. In the case of the former pursuit will lead away from, in the case of the latter it will lead to, the truth. Another spirit came and took the body of a poet and did his work. (Dean Alford. (Dean Alford. 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. 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. Because we cannot be accepted but by Him (Ephesians 1:6; Hebrews 13:15; Hebrews 5:1).4. Bible > Colossians > Chapter 3 > Verse 17 Library Free Downloads eBibles Colossians 3:17 Another spirit came and took the body of a poet and did his work. So the apostle means , (a)That we refer all to His glory. 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. Faith and Love Towards Christ. 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. All our prayer and praises must be offered in the name of the Lord Jesus. Colossians 3 Commentary . There are of course many visionaries, men pursuing objects which have no real existence, but to them they are not unreal. The World Is Watching Us - Colossians 3:12-14 - Thursday, June 25th, 2020. One offers it in his own name, he is sacrificing to selfishness; another offers it in the name of fashion, another in the name of respectability, but there can be no reality in our services unless offered in the name of Christ.(H. 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. We must live in close communion with Jesus in the use of all His ordinances (Zechariah 4:12).4. )The all-pervasiveness of religionW. Here we may fall into opposite mistakes. Preached February 9, 1851. (2) Observe how such motives act. To Dominicus. some uses.1. If it could be shown that its requirements were unreal, its statements exaggerated, its views of attainment unreason. J. W. Buxton, M. A.Wherever we are called to work we must dedicate the labours of our hands or our brain to God, doing all in the name of the Lord Jesus. 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. 5. 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 facts implied in the name, "The Lord Jesus," rest upon evidence as strong as can possibly be alleged for anything. It must therefore be concluded that He is not a creature, but very God. (4) You are to-give of your substance; if you give all your wealth, the offering presented without Christ is nothing. Because the Father has highly exalted Him, and given Him a name which is above every name (Philippians 2:8-10). The reason is simply this, that their services are being offered in the wrong name. 3 For ye died, and your life is hid with Christ in God. AugustineOn ContinenceEpistle xxxiii. So in like manner the name of Jesus (Acts 4:7; Matthew 7:22; Matthew 24:5; Matthew 18:20). Differently to be admonished are servants and masters. "Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things." Colossians 3:2 NIV. 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. The conceptions, affections, and resolutions of the soul refer to words and works as being the principles and motives of them. Little things are the very instances of acceptable service in Scripture. 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. 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