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2 Set your mind on the things that are above, not on the things that are upon the earth. 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. 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. Lesson - The Letter to the Colossians - The New Man and the Old Man. SEEK, THEN, TO MAKE YOUR WHOLE LIFE RELIGIOUS. Do you know what it is? 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. Colossians. It is this: "Christ must live it in me." A. Jacob, D. D.)Doing all in the name of ChristI. (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. (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. 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. 3 For ye died, and your life is hid with Christ in God. 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. THE EXTREME BREADTH AND LOFTY SPIRIT OF CHRISTIAN DUTY. 4 When Christ, who is our life, shall be manifested, then shall ye also with him be manifested in glory. It is not in our power to act as we please, or for our own ends (Romans 14:7-8).2. At the Arno GaebeleinThe Lord of Glory, Christ Our Life. (Admonition 5.) 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. (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. I don't think you'll find any of these clothes at the mall, but you can find them by getting to know God and by becoming more like Him. It says not, "Give your bodies to be burned for the glory of God," but, "Whether ye eat or drink," etc.2. )Christian ends lend grandeur to human lifeT. However extraordinary and extravagant, it is in keeping with the whole spirit of Christianity. While there are many falsehoods, Charles Haddon SpurgeonSpurgeon's Sermons Volume 61: 1915Some General Uses. 3. It is this: "Christ must live it in me." Colossians 3:5-17 5 So put to death the sinful, earthly things lurking within you. It must have points of contact with every part of my life. To live a life of faith for a supply of all things for life and godliness (2 Peter 1 ; John 16:23).6. 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. B. SimpsonDays of Heaven Upon Earth, Fifth Sunday after EpiphanyText: Colossians 3, 12-17. A large proportion of the infidelity of the working classes is due to this unreal teaching. Nothing seemed to be able to draw Ephraim's heart away from the idols. If by a subtle process it is taken away, all become tarnished and discoloured.(W. Remember what we are to God through creation, providence, and grace. Doing every thing in the name of . 2 Set your mind on the things that are above, not on the things that are upon the earth. (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. Clergymen, but not men of other professions and employments. Go, for example, into many of the farms round here, and notice the fire-dogs that stand in the yawning chimney: how they are wrought at the sides into those most blessed of all letters, the I.H.C., by which our dear Lord is set forth. Hast thou ever deeply loved parent, bride, husband, or child? 4. By Jesus this gratitude is to be rendered. We take it for granted and so forget it.1. 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) Is it not an outrage to require that saints should share this honour with Christ as Rome does? Again Jehovah said: "Ephraim is like a cake not turned." But what is it, that it is not enough for him to say, "Do ye put down all," but that he added the conjunction and said, "ye also?" Are they evermore in his view and present to his thoughts? )The all-pervasiveness of religionW. Stewart. (Admonition 5.) I want to emphasize that word "all." 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. [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?" It must therefore be concluded that He is not a creature, but very God. For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in 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. As to daily life. 5 Likewise, ye younger, be subject unto the elder. The Spirit moves all, and upon this the difference between man's actions depends. Some Christians have a very small Saviour, for they are not willing to receive Him fully, and let Him do great and mighty things for them. . 13.--"Hold fast the form of sound words, which thou hast heard of me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus." 1. (6) Such deep constraining motive is not usually displayed before men; but its existence is not easily concealed. Others have a mighty Saviour, because they make Him to be great and mighty. Artizan, labourer, soldier, slave, would learn the truth that God cared for him, and designed him for a glorious destiny. Bad as the world is, what is good in it is due to Christ. 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.II. Colossians 3:17 Whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks through Him to God the Father. is symbolic of heaven and God's way. 2. 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. (2) Our thanks cannot be grateful to the Father except addressed and presented by Christ. 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. And what have we to do, but what Hugh BinningThe Works of the Rev. Bring common iron into proper contact with the magnet, it will borrow the strange attractive virtue, and itself become magnetic. "Whether ye eat or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do it to the glory of God."(T. )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." It is not egoistic to say so, for filling to overflowing is utterly and completely God's work--it is all of grace. Bring common iron into proper contact with the magnet, it will borrow the strange attractive virtue, and itself become magnetic. [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?" WHY WE ARE TO DO IT.1. Do you know what it is? --Colossians iii. Hugh BinningLinksColossians 3:17 NIVColossians 3:17 NLTColossians 3:17 ESVColossians 3:17 NASBColossians 3:17 KJVColossians 3:17 Bible AppsColossians 3:17 ParallelColossians 3:17 Biblia ParalelaColossians 3:17 Chinese BibleColossians 3:17 French BibleColossians 3:17 German BibleColossians 3:17 CommentariesBible Hub. 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? (2) Observe how such motives act. 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. MY devout hearers! and why so many do not obtain it, and are, therefore, not at peace? Revival itself is being absolutely filled to overflowing with the Holy Spirit, and that is victorious living. Not if our Lord be a mere teacher. One question that rises in every mind is this: "How can I live that life of perfect trust in God?" )PeopleChristians, Colossians, Paul, TimothyPlacesColossaeTopicsAct, Deed, Giving, Praise, Thanks, Whatever, Whatsoever, WhetherOutline1. (Admonition 6). 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. Go, for example, into many of the farms round here, and notice the fire-dogs that stand in the yawning chimney: how they are wrought at the sides into those most blessed of all letters, the I.H.C., by which our dear Lord is set forth. (2) Our thanks cannot be grateful to the Father except addressed and presented by Christ. )Every-day religionT. But what is it, that it is not enough for him to say, "Do ye put down all," but that he added the conjunction and said, "ye also?" AugustineOn Continence"But Now do Ye Also," Saith He, "Put Down All31. (Colossians iii. B. SimpsonDays of Heaven Upon Earth May 18. 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. 3). For Charles KingsleyAll Saints' Day and Other SermonsMay 5. What a multitude of religions there is in this poor wicked world of ours! 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. 1 It is this: "Christ must live it in me." Observe the extent of this saying. You could work every day, hour, and minute the rest of your life and never earn those two gifts. De Witt Talmage, D. D.)The essence of fieryD. The merest crystal fragment, that has been flung out into the field and trampled on the ground, shines like a diamond when sunbeams stoop to kiss it. 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. While there are many falsehoods, Charles Haddon SpurgeonSpurgeon's Sermons Volume 61: 1915Some General Uses. For it is impossible that they should be in the name of Christ except our understandings and will so address them. Works that are the same as to external action are good in one and bad in another. 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. (3) You are to give Him your time and services in teaching the ignorant, etc. gladness to alms-giving to give to Jesus? Let Him be the beginning from whom all flows, the end in whom all are gathered, our aim, our reward. A. 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. 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." 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. 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. )The acceptable prayerH. Do St. Whatever mystery a man makes of his object in life, spectators generally arrive at correct conclusions.2. UNITY AND PEACE. 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. iii 15. (1) If we would be truly Christians, we must have Christ continually before us as the pole star, the rule of our whole life. Churches are, but not houses we live in. Why is it that some of us look on church-going as an irksome task, and the hours spent in God's house as the most wearisome of our lives? Because we are entrusted with such blessings. Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth. 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. One phrase holds it all "He died for me." It is worth while to do so. ", 2. The reason is simply this, that their services are being offered in the wrong name. IIIWhat the Scriptures Principally Teach: the Ruin and Recovery of Man. )The all-pervasiveness of religionW. 13.--"Hold fast the form of sound words, which thou hast heard of me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus." How can we do both at once without distraction study, speak, or do and think of Christ at the same time? (3)Reconciliation with God (2 Corinthians 5:18). (Admonition 5.) And what have we to do, but what Hugh BinningThe Works of the Rev. The conceptions, affections, and resolutions of the soul refer to words and works as being the principles and motives of them. It is worth while to do so. It must have points of contact with every part of my life. (a) As to their inward influence on the man himself. Thus, from what they look at and come in contact with, common things acquire uncommon glory.(T. 16 Let the Word Martin LutherEpistle Sermons, Vol. For the confirmation of faith. There is nothing can do it but the Cross of Christ and the Spirit of God. We must be supposed to be in Christ first (John 15:4-5).2. 3). Because all that comes from God to us must be by His hand.III. (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. 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." Nay, a good and a spur which quickened every nerve. We find it perfectly impossible to draw a sharp line. But Christ claimed the world for Himself and His Father, in the sense that He claimed everything in the world. 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. 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. 1. It is worth while to do so. (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. 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. Oh, if they would just put themselves at Jesus' feet, and, Text: Colossians 3, 12-17. . 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. But all reproof and chastisement did not bring Ephraim back. At the, Colossians 3:4.--Christ who is our life. 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. A Member of the Grace Advance Fellowship of Churches. Some Christians loom up in larger proportion than is becoming. WHAT THIS IS.1. O wretched Man! We shall not need to seek far to discover our risen Lord. This round world may therefore become to us a temple, and this little life a song of praise.II. )Consistency and gratitudeJ. Let Him be the beginning from whom all flows, the end in whom all are gathered, our aim, our reward. It is a detestable, an irreligious distinction.I. Do you like to take walks? some uses.1. Stewart. Hugh BinningLinksColossians 3:17 NIVColossians 3:17 NLTColossians 3:17 ESVColossians 3:17 NASBColossians 3:17 KJVColossians 3:17 Bible AppsColossians 3:17 ParallelColossians 3:17 Biblia ParalelaColossians 3:17 Chinese BibleColossians 3:17 French BibleColossians 3:17 German BibleColossians 3:17 CommentariesBible Hub, (2)longsuffering;(3)meekness; above all(4)charity.The word of Christ must dwell richly in the heart (see previous verse).II. 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. 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. 16 Let the Word Martin LutherEpistle Sermons, Vol. [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?" 5 Likewise, ye younger, be subject unto the elder. 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. 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. Or hast thou done anything for man's praise, feeling that the eye whose praise thou prizedst was upon thee? 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. 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. Because all that comes from God to us must be by His hand.III. 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. November 8, 1874. 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. It is not egoistic to say so, for filling to overflowing is utterly and completely God's work--it is all of grace. It is plain that it must propose some motive and rule which shall touch daily life at every point. Daille. If it could be shown that its requirements were unreal, its statements exaggerated, its views of attainment unreason. UNITY AND PEACE. Oh, if they would just put themselves at Jesus' feet, and Rev. This is the only religious view of life.IV. Easter Wednesday Also Suited to Easter Tuesday. But what is it, that it is not enough for him to say, "Do ye put down all," but that he added the conjunction and said, "ye also?" 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. It is an admirable course to ask, "What would Christ have done in these circumstances?". Lesson 12: February 19, 2023-Clothed with Christ-Colossians 3:5-17 By Jesus this gratitude is to be rendered. For the glory of Christ (Acts 15:26). "Your life is hid" (Col. iii. (2) The facts implied in the name, "The Lord Jesus," rest upon evidence as strong as can possibly be alleged for anything. gladness to alms-giving to give to Jesus? For the instruction of our faith. 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. Daille. As to daily life. 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. 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. A. 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. Do them as thou wouldest if thou sawest God by thee, with prayer that they may be done aright. "And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful." What He was and did for us, and above all what He now is and does, explains it. I. Sunday, but not other six days. One question that rises in every mind is this: "How can I live that life of perfect trust in God?" It might surprise us to find that peace is urged on us as a duty. 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. For it is impossible that they should be in the name of Christ except our understandings and will so address them. 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