If by a subtle process it is taken away, all become tarnished and discoloured.(W. 3 For ye died, and your life is hid with Christ in God. Differently to be admonished are servants and masters. Contrariwise, consider what are generally classed as sacred works praying, preaching, administering sacraments, visiting the sick. )PeopleChristians, Colossians, Paul, TimothyPlacesColossaeTopicsAct, Deed, Giving, Praise, Thanks, Whatever, Whatsoever, WhetherOutline1. 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, (c)That we live in entire confidence in and dependence upon Him.4. The rule is short and easy, but of almost infinite use. 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. 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. Does it not give strength to self-denial to take up our cross after Jesus? Again Jehovah said: "Ephraim is like a cake not turned." 2. 21. Involves one rule of life for the person in holy orders, and another for the man who has not received a religious vocation. "For Ye are Dead" (Col. Iii. 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. IIIWhat the Scriptures Principally Teach: the Ruin and Recovery of Man. TOPIC: SECOND INTERACTIVE SECTION (SUMMARY OF LESSONS 14-25) MEMORY VERSE: "Holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience". 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. The rule is short and easy, but of almost infinite use. 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. Differently to be admonished are servants and masters. Here we may fall into opposite mistakes. 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. It is not egoistic to say so, for filling to overflowing is utterly and completely God's work--it is all of grace. Thus, from what they look at and come in contact with, common things acquire uncommon glory.(T. . But, after that he had made mention of these evils, he added and said, "On account of which cometh the wrath of God on the sons of unbelief." The Bible says in Colossians 3:23-24, "whatever you do work at it with all your heart as working for the Lord not for men since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward it is the Lord Christ you are serving." What that verse says is that with your gift you can serve the Lord. Remember these things: The late, great Sunday School teacher . 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. The rule is short and easy, but of almost infinite use. If by a subtle process it is taken away, all become tarnished and discoloured.(W. If it could be shown that its requirements were unreal, its statements exaggerated, its views of attainment unreason. 13.--"Hold fast the form of sound words, which thou hast heard of me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus." (Admonition 6). What it is? 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. 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. Text: Colossians 3, 1-7. There is no act, however little, which Christ does not see and .touch, and which may not tend as much to His honour as the songs of the Seraphim; there is no affection, talent, energy on which He does not put His hand and say, "That is mine," and which may not be transformed into a worship as sincere as that of the communion; no step we can take in life over which He does not watch, and which may not be made a step on the road that brings us nearer Him; no time here or hereafter when it will not be a delightful duty to "do all in the name of the Lord Jesus." 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. A. 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. Was this a hindrance? Nor indeed does infrequency of communication cause any harm where the affection of love remains uninterrupted in one's mind. Christ, therein revealed, has laid hold upon the whole of life. A. Nothing seemed to be able to draw Ephraim's heart away from the idols. Whether you do or not, let me tell you in a few words, what I seem to myself to have learned concerning that peace. Will not work be done carelessly? 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. THE EXTREME BREADTH AND LOFTY SPIRIT OF CHRISTIAN DUTY. He is your King. )The all-pervasiveness of religionW. Do all under the authority of Jesus Christ. (Admonition 6). Gregory to Dominicus, Bishop of Carthage. (2) Is it not an outrage to require that saints should share this honour with Christ as Rome does? Or hast thou done anything for man's praise, feeling that the eye whose praise thou prizedst was upon thee? All divine truths may be reduced to these two heads,--faith and love; what we ought to believe, and what we ought to do. Thanksgiving is one of the most necessary and universal offices of a Christian. "But now do ye also," saith he, "put down all;" [1927] and he makes mention of several more evils of that sort. What people hate is being in earnest at all, and so they do not wish to pray for the grace of God lest they should have to be at the pains of using it. To Dominicus. 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. 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. iii 15. It must have points of contact with every part of my life. 2 Set your mind on the things that are above, not on the things that are upon the earth. Daille.I. 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? "GIVING THANKS INTO GOD AND THE FATHER BY HIM." 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. I want to emphasize that word "all." You could work every day, hour, and minute the rest of your life and never earn those two gifts. It is not in our power to act as we please, or for our own ends (Romans 14:7-8). Others have a mighty Saviour, because they make Him to be great and mighty. Colossians Small Group Series Lesson 1 - Introduction & 1:1-23 Background Colossians is one of two letters written by Paul from prison around 60 AD in Caesarea before he was shipped to Rome. (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. 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. These words cover the whole sphere of Christian activity. 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? Do them as thou wouldest if thou sawest God by thee, with prayer that they may be done aright. 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. Neale. To write hymns sacred. And apart from these who learns, in the midst of his conscious and acknowledged besetting sin, to ask for the grace of God? "But now do ye also," saith he, "put down all;" [1927] and he makes mention of several more evils of that sort. 3). 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. gladness to alms-giving to give to Jesus? UNITY AND PEACE. This is the way with worldly people. 15. Owing to this enormous abuses have sprung up under the shadow of the Church. 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. 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. We must be supposed to be in Christ first (John 15:4-5). O wretched Man! To Dominicus. While there are many falsehoods, Charles Haddon SpurgeonSpurgeon's Sermons Volume 61: 1915Some General Uses. MY devout hearers! 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. MY 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. 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. This is the way with worldly people. One phrase holds it all "He died for me." Mallock. 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. MY devout hearers! 11.) (3) You are to give Him your time and services in teaching the ignorant, etc. THIS DISTINCTION IS BAD, BECAUSE IT VANISHES ON NEARER OBSERVATION. 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. [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?" A good fable for the world, and just as good a fable for the Church. Because the Father has highly exalted Him, and given Him a name which is above every name (Philippians 2:8-10). The key-note of this chapter is that religion is a life in Christ, so all-pervading and all. John 17:1-9 God's voice always leads us to glorify Him and accomplish His purposes. 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. 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. (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. All the wicked dealings and defilement of Ephraim is uncovered--and the Lord said: "I will be unto Ephraim as a lion." (1) If we would be truly Christians, we must have Christ continually before us as the pole star, the rule of our whole life. Nay, a good and a spur which quickened every nerve. "Let the peace of God rule in your hearts." )Christian ends lend grandeur to human lifeT. 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. (2) How many of us fall short of this.(J. (Admonition 5.) Object lessons are powerful tools to teach long-lasting lessons. 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. 4 When Christ, who is our life, shall be manifested, then shall ye also with him be manifested in glory. 21. B. SimpsonDays of Heaven Upon Earth February 17. 5. 2 Set your mind on the things that are above, not on the things that are upon the earth. and why so many do not obtain it, and are, therefore, not at peace? 1). 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. [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?" Has it these points? But, after that He had Made Mention of These Evils "But Now do Ye Also," Saith He, "Put Down All How Servants and Masters are to be Admonished. When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with Him in glory. 8 Be sober, be watchful: your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: 9 whom withstand stedfast Martin LutherEpistle Sermons, Vol. CHRISTIANITY IS A REALITY, AND DEALS WITH REALITIES.1. 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. )Christian ends lend grandeur to human lifeT. (2) Is it not an outrage to require that saints should share this honour with Christ as Rome does? There they taught us the great lesson "Do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus." He teaches us now to go beyond developing our philosophy of life which focuses on humanity to develop our theology which focuses on God. It is that which lends them their appearance of depth, and the best of their brilliance. In the case of the former pursuit will lead away from, in the case of the latter it will lead to, the truth. (6) Such deep constraining motive is not usually displayed before men; but its existence is not easily concealed. While there are many falsehoods, Charles Haddon SpurgeonSpurgeon's Sermons Volume 61: 1915Some General Uses. 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. (Admonition 6). gladness to alms-giving to give to Jesus? Many do not know the right answer, or the full answer. cast a holy reverence round a sick room when we minister to Jesus? What He was and did for us, and above all what He now is and does, explains it. The World Is Watching Us - Colossians 3:12-14 - Thursday, June 25th, 2020. 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. A good fable for the world, and just as good a fable for the Church. 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. some uses.1. (2) Is it not an outrage to require that saints should share this honour with Christ as Rome does? Object Lessons from the Gospels (Matthew through John) Once children see the big picture of God using Israel to prepare the world for redemption, you can teach children about the means God uses for that redemption: JESUS! 2. Therefore we must all honour the Son as the Father (John 5:23).3. O wretched Man! [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?" O wretched Man! It is that we are slow to learn in. Let Him be the beginning from whom all flows, the end in whom all are gathered, our aim, our reward. 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. It is as we Andrew MurrayThe Master's IndwellingMeditations of the Misery of a Man not Reconciled to God in Christ. He's a religious leader and should understand spiritual lessons but somehow . Bad as the world is, what is good in it is due to Christ. WHERE IS THE EVIL IN THIS? 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. 5 Likewise, ye younger, be subject unto the elder. When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with Him in glory. In the case of the former pursuit will lead away from, in the case of the latter it will lead to, the truth. (6) Such deep constraining motive is not usually displayed before men; but its existence is not easily concealed. The ultimate Goal of the Christian life is to please God. 15. Paul here clearly gives to Christ the whole of life. 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. 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. Here we may fall into opposite mistakes. (b)That we act according to His will. (3)Reconciliation with God (2 Corinthians 5:18). It is as we Andrew MurrayThe Master's IndwellingMeditations of the Misery of a Man not Reconciled to God in Christ. 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. However extraordinary and extravagant, it is in keeping with the whole spirit of Christianity. 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. 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. "For Ye are Dead" (Col. Iii. Don't be greedy, for a greedy person is an idolater, worshiping the things of this world. 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. In the case of the former pursuit will lead away from, in the case of the latter it will lead to, the truth. November 8, 1874. [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?" All the apparent extravagance of the injunction vanishes when we lay our hands on the secret of the Divine life. Others again seem to blend so wholly with other workers that their own individuality can scarcely be traced. Again Jehovah said: "Ephraim is like a cake not turned." It will make contradiction sweet, to bear it meekly with Jesus; poverty, honourable to be poor with Jesus; toil, gladsome to labour for Jesus. And shall not such love quicken us to do all things better. B. SimpsonDays of Heaven Upon Earth May 18. (1) We have a proof of the divinity of Christ. Be cause all we are, have, or can do, is of Christ (1 Corinthians 3:22, 23). Macgregor, D. D.This is one of the bold sweeping statements of Scripture. 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. This is all the Scriptures teach, and this is all we have to learn. 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 If then ye were raised together with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated on the right hand of God. 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. 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? THIS DISTINCTION IS RADICALLY IRRELIGIOUS, Implies that all things are not of God. A. It must have points of contact with every part of my life. 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. 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. Mere precepts cannot touch us at all points, or constrain us to do all things in a teacher's name. Hast thou ever deeply loved parent, bride, husband, or child? Stewart. 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. Be cause all we are, have, or can do, is of Christ (1 Corinthians 3:22, 23). Will not work be done carelessly? But whatever it be, reality is its necessary condition. 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. For His glory (1 Corinthians 10:31; John 5:23; Revelation 5:12, 13).5. He infers holiness from this also. 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. Inscribed on our hearts are reasons which must secure obedience. Are they evermore in his view and present to his thoughts? 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. 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." )Christian ends lend grandeur to human lifeT. A beginning indeed, I find, but no end of thy miseries. What is it that makes our public services in church so frequently cold and spiritless? 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. Time weakens other forces, but it adds vigour to this.2. Colossians 3:4.--Christ who is our life. Involves one rule of life for the person in holy orders, and another for the man who has not received a religious vocation. That you would comfort all the families involved and especially those that have been impacted by these fires. 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. But Christ claimed the world for Himself and His Father, in the sense that He claimed everything in the world. Bring common iron into proper contact with the magnet, it will borrow the strange attractive virtue, and itself become magnetic. "If Ye Then be Risen" (Col. 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