MY devout hearers! 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. Unlike other religions, that of Christ admits of no compromises. Do St. 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. It is this: "Christ must live it in me." Now, this definite, absolute and final putting off of ourselves in an act of death, is something we cannot do ourselves. That you would comfort all the families involved and especially those that have been impacted by these fires. Colossians. Yea, all of you gird yourselves with humility, to serve one another: for God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace to the humble. Because we cannot be accepted but by Him (Ephesians 1:6; Hebrews 13:15; Hebrews 5:1).4. Revival itself is being absolutely filled to overflowing with the Holy Spirit, and that is victorious living. 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. 13.--"Hold fast the form of sound words, which thou hast heard of me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus." 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? By the authority of Christ (Acts 3:6). 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. Works that are the same as to external action are good in one and bad in another. They can tell, and others can tell, how many souls they bring to Christ. We must exercise our thoughts much upon Him, and be much taken up with Him in the course of our lives (Psalm 73:23). 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." 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, (4)charity.The word of Christ must dwell richly in the heart (see previous verse).II. It must therefore be concluded that He is not a creature, but very God. II, Easter Wednesday Also Suited to Easter Tuesday. All our prayer and praises must be offered in the name of the Lord Jesus. De Witt Talmage, D. D.Plato had a fable which I have now nearly forgotten, but it ran something like this: He said spirits of the other world came back to this world to find, body and find a sphere of work. 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. When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with Him in glory. It is not in our power to act as we please, or for our own ends (Romans 14:7-8).2. (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. He shows where we should seek Christ.5. Pleasing God Is accomplished by Faith (Heb. We shall not need to seek far to discover our risen Lord. Shall. It might surprise us to find that peace is urged on us as a duty. "WHATSOEVER YE DO IN WORD OR DEED," etc.1. (a) As to their inward influence on the man himself. 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 plain that it must propose some motive and rule which shall touch daily life at every point. 3 For ye died, and your life is hid with Christ in God. )Consistency and gratitudeJ. The impiety of those who invoke Christ's name on their wicked courses.3. Paul here clearly gives to Christ the whole of life. AugustineOn Continence, "But Now do Ye Also," Saith He, "Put Down All31. 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. Not if our Lord be a mere teacher. Guthrie, D. D.)The name of Jesus set in workDr. O wretched Man! Was this a hindrance? 15. November 8, 1874. 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. Were it not almost an indignity to bring them in reference to His great Majesty? What have we to know, but what God hath revealed of himself to us? Very many of those prayers are like letters with no name and address upon them, which never reach their destination. Dearly loved, they are set apart to serve him. "Let the peace of God rule in your hearts." The impiety of those who invoke Christ's name on their wicked courses.3. the best one has been left for you." It is not self-mortifying, but it is dying with Christ. (b) Being referred to the glory of God, from indifferent they become holy and acceptable to God.3. (Acts 4:12; 1 Corinthians 1:12).2. Factories and railways, camps and courts of law, mansions, museums, and picture-galleries, to say nothing of the world of trees, and rivers, and birds, and flowers, form part of the world which belongs to Him, the Heir of all things. B. SimpsonDays of Heaven Upon Earth Fifth Sunday after EpiphanyText: Colossians 3, 12-17. IIEaster Wednesday Also Suited to Easter Tuesday. Faith and Love Towards Christ. (1) He is the channel by which all God's goodness is poured upon us. 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. iii 15. This study supplement was created to encourage secondary students to spend more time reading through God's word and to model different ways to engage in a text. Let Him be the beginning from whom all flows, the end in whom all are gathered, our aim, our reward. Revival is when we can say "yes" at any moment of the day. Some men make Him to be "a root out of a dry ground," "without form or comeliness." 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. 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. All divine truths may be reduced to these two heads,--faith and love; what we ought to believe, and what we ought to do. II. If you have frequent thought (2) Observe how such motives act. Whatever mystery a man makes of his object in life, spectators generally arrive at correct conclusions.2. One phrase holds it all "He died for me." (4) You are to-give of your substance; if you give all your wealth, the offering presented without Christ is nothing. 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. The rule is short and easy, but of almost infinite use. )Christian ends lend grandeur to human lifeT. (b)That we act according to His will. 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. 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. "Whatsoever ye do," etc., as one bearing His name, in the might of His name, and to its glory. 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. Colossians 3:12-17 Class by: Mike Mazzalongo This lesson continues the discussion on Christian ethics and how various elements come together to establish a Christian "Standard" for life and morality. UNITY AND PEACE. 11 In Christ there is not Greek and Jew, circumcision and uncircumcision, barbarian, Scythian, slave and free; but Christ is all and . SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSONS Commentary by Michael Sigler May 16, 2010 A Chosen Community Colossians 3:12-17 Key verse: "As God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience" (Colossians 3:12) You have watched this scene or one like it in a dozen TV shows and movies. De Witt Talmage, D. D.)The essence of fieryD. Stewart. (1) There is a wide difference between persons who pursue objects which only appear real to them, and those whose objects are absolutely real. Christ is all to us that we make Him to be. Mallock.Religion is one of the colours of life which mingles most intimately with all the other colours of the palette. 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. Colossians 3: "If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. A. 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. Faith and Love Towards Christ. UNITY AND PEACE. Macgregor, D. D.)Things sacred and things secularJ. 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. Colossians 3:1-17 is a recognizable section of the letter. 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. 3). De Witt Talmage, D. D.)The essence of fieryD. It must have points of contact with every part of my life. Paul here clearly gives to Christ the whole of life. (Admonition 6). Some Christians loom up in larger proportion than is becoming. Revival itself is being absolutely filled to overflowing with the Holy Spirit, and that is victorious living. All our prayer and praises must be offered in the name of the Lord Jesus. 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. Here you have a compend of the doctrine of the Scriptures. It is worth while to do so. Clergymen, but not men of other professions and employments. (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. All our prayer and praises must be offered in the name of the Lord Jesus. Observe the extent of this saying. Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry: TEXT: COL. iii. THE MOTIVE POWER OF A HOLY LIFE. All our prayer and praises must be offered in the name of the Lord Jesus. J. W. Buxton, M. ITS UNIVERSAL OBLIGATION "Whatsoever ye do," etc. Preached February 9, 1851. 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. We take it for granted and so forget it.1. UNITY AND PEACE. and why so many do not obtain it, and are, therefore, not at peace? Bad as the world is, what is good in it is due to Christ. It is that which lends them their appearance of depth, and the best of their brilliance. There is nothing can do it but the Cross of Christ and the Spirit of God. (b) Being referred to the glory of God, from indifferent they become holy and acceptable to 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. 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. Doing every thing in the name of . 3 For ye died, and your life is hid with Christ in God. Here is the sum of religion. De Witt Talmage, D. D.)The essence of fieryD. It will make contradiction sweet, to bear it meekly with Jesus; poverty, honourable to be poor with Jesus; toil, gladsome to labour for Jesus. Hast thou ever deeply loved parent, bride, husband, or child? The reason is simply this, that their services are being offered in the wrong name. "Whether ye eat or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do it to the glory of God."(T. There is nothing left for me" And some one replied, "Ah! (a) As to their inward influence on the man himself. 13 Bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances you may have against one another. Westminster Abbey. 1. It is that we are slow to learn in. "Ephraim is joined to idols, let him alone." 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. Were it not almost an indignity to bring them in reference to His great Majesty? Factories and railways, camps and courts of law, mansions, museums, and picture-galleries, to say nothing of the world of trees, and rivers, and birds, and flowers, form part of the world which belongs to Him, the Heir of all things. So they are ready to think that they cannot help themselves, that they must fall into sins of infirmity, and thus they cast their faults on God, or they look upon them as no great faults at all, and so they act as though they could not sin. Or hast thou done anything for man's praise, feeling that the eye whose praise thou prizedst was upon thee? Stewart.I begin to see that religion consists not so much in joyous feelings as in a constant exercise of devotedness to God, and in laying ourselves out for the good of others.(D. He shows where we should seek Christ.5. (Preacher's Analyst. 5 Likewise, ye younger, be subject unto the elder. For the confirmation of faith. It must therefore be concluded that He is not a creature, but very God. Nor indeed does infrequency of communication cause any harm where the affection of love remains uninterrupted in one's mind. 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. 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. 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. "And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful." 2. 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. 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. "For Ye are Dead" (Col. Iii. At the Arno GaebeleinThe Lord of GloryChrist Our Life. How intensely secular they may become I How mean and perfunctory the spirit in which they may be performed! There is nothing left for me" And some one replied, "Ah! Not more cer tainly does the law of gravity reach from world to world than does this law prevail wherever intelligence exists. 3. For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God. 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, "Your life is hid" (Col. iii. 1. THE TEXT IS A REMEDY FOR UNREALITY IN RELIGION.1. The stress lies on "the name of the Lord Jesus."1. It is this: "Christ must live it in me." It is not in our power to act as we please, or for our own ends (Romans 14:7-8).2. 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? (1) We have a proof of the divinity of Christ. It will have all or nothing, the first place or none. 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? 5. "Ephraim hath made many altars to sin." There can be no duty except where there is a matter of obedience; and it might seem to us that peace is a something over which we have no power. For His glory (1 Corinthians 10:31; John 5:23; Revelation 5:12, 13).5. 5 Likewise, ye younger, be subject unto the elder. International Bible Lessons. (E B. Pusey, D. D.)Common work in the name of JesusH. Neale. How, then, can they be done? The peace of God. Colossians 3:5-17 5 So put to death the sinful, earthly things lurking within you. Involves one rule of life for the person in holy orders, and another for the man who has not received a religious vocation. By Lois Parker Edstrom. Preached February 9, 1851. After a while Ulysses came, and he said, "Why, all the fine bodies are taken, and all the grand work is taken. He has consecrated what we call secular employments by Himself engaging in them. To Dominicus. For the confirmation of faith. Very many of those prayers are like letters with no name and address upon them, which never reach their destination. 5 Put to death therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, passion, Martin LutherEpistle Sermons, Vol. 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. 2 Set your mind on the things that are above, not on the things that are upon the earth. As to deeds of grace. This is the only religious view of life.IV. Preached February 9, 1851. Show your audience the vase is still visible. 2. 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. Some men make Him to be "a root out of a dry ground," "without form or comeliness." He is nothing to them; they do not want Him. 13.--"Hold fast the form of sound words, which thou hast heard of me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus." act what we know in our souls, that we can do nothing good without God. Think how it would bear on the obscure toilers of Ephesus, Corinth, or Rome. How can we do both at once without distraction study, speak, or do and think of Christ at the same time? Here, as in nature, the deepest is the stillest; but by this very stillness all who are observant know its depth. Here we may fall into opposite mistakes. CHRISTIANITY IS A REALITY, AND DEALS WITH REALITIES.1. When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with Him in glory. It is not egoistic to say so, for filling to overflowing is utterly and completely God's work--it is all of grace. 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. To Dominicus. For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in 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. 3. 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. 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