Text: Colossians 3, 1-7. 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. For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in 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. )The motive power of a holy lifeJ. (b) Being referred to the glory of God, from indifferent they become holy and acceptable to God.3. J. W. Buxton, M. Have nothing to do with sexual immorality, impurity, lust, and evil desires. We shall not need to seek far to discover our risen Lord. 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. A beginning indeed, I find, but no end of thy miseries. 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, Preached February 9, 1851. able, it would lose immensely in its character for truth and its power for good.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. (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) Owing to a mixture of these we find Christian precept and practice widely sundered. 1). There is nothing can do it but the Cross of Christ and the Spirit of God. There is something in these words that might surprise us. 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. 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? But can, one will say, all the little acts of life be done to Him? He eats and drinks to the glory of God, who does so not for pleasure, but for strength for God's service; He sleeps to God's glory, who rests in Christ, hoping to rise to do Him honour; he does his daily task to the glory of God who plies it under the eye of God, and does it or not as and how he thinks God would have it done or not.3. If we were asked this moment if we were filled with the Holy Spirit, how many of us would dare to answer "yes"? 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. Little things are the very instances of acceptable service in Scripture. We must be supposed to be in Christ first (John 15:4-5).2. 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 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. )Every-day religionT. They admire the gospel, but never think of realizing it. able, it would lose immensely in its character for truth and its power for good. It is not in our power to act as we please, or for our own ends (Romans 14:7-8).2. What it is? A. 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. If by a subtle process it is taken away, all become tarnished and discoloured.(W. 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? That is what the priest will invoke for you all, when you leave this abbey. 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. II. 16 Let the Word Martin LutherEpistle Sermons, Vol. 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. 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? It will have all or nothing, the first place or none. Read Proverbs 17:9 (NLT) Love prospers when a fault is forgiven, but dwelling on it separates close friends. 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. "If ye then be risen" (Col. iii. (2) The facts implied in the name, "The Lord Jesus," rest upon evidence as strong as can possibly be alleged for anything. [1924] St. (2) Is it not an outrage to require that saints should share this honour with Christ as Rome does? (1) We have a proof of the divinity of Christ. Was this a hindrance? 3. 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. (6) Such deep constraining motive is not usually displayed before men; but its existence is not easily concealed. 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. After a while Ulysses came, and he said, "Why, all the fine bodies are taken, and all the grand work is taken. Show your audience the vase is still visible. Or hast thou done anything for man's praise, feeling that the eye whose praise thou prizedst was upon thee? Shall. Here is the sum of religion. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. All the wicked dealings and defilement of Ephraim is uncovered--and the Lord said: "I will be unto Ephraim as a lion." Owing to this enormous abuses have sprung up under the shadow of the Church. If a man be a Christian, men will take knowledge of him that he has been with Jesus. What is it that makes our public services in church so frequently cold and spiritless? Mercer's novelty song lifted our country's sagging spirits. The reason is simply this, that their services are being offered in the wrong name. (4)All our actual supplies (Philippians 4:19).2. "GIVING THANKS INTO GOD AND THE FATHER BY HIM." 2 Set your mind on the things that are above, not on the things that are upon the earth. In the case of the former pursuit will lead away from, in the case of the latter it will lead to, the truth. The law of gravity does not admit of dispute, neither does the law that eternal life is to be found through the Son of God. To write hymns sacred. TEXT: COL. iii. 1). November 8, 1874. 3). Gregory to Dominicus, Bishop of Carthage. 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. I want to emphasize that word "all." 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. "If Ye Then be Risen" (Col. Iii. 13.--"Hold fast the form of sound words, which thou hast heard of me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus." "Let the peace of God rule in your hearts." 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. 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. Neale. 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. Daille. There is something in these words that might surprise us. Faith and Love Towards Christ. (Admonition 6). 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. The peace of God. 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. "For ye are dead" (Col. iii. (Admonition 6). "But now do ye also," saith he, "put down all;" [1927] and he makes mention of several more evils of that sort. Let Him be the beginning from whom all flows, the end in whom all are gathered, our aim, our reward. 5 Put to death therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, passion, Martin LutherEpistle Sermons, Vol. The stress lies on "the name of the Lord Jesus.". 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, "For ye are dead" (Col. iii. 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. By Jesus this gratitude is to be rendered. Because we cannot be accepted but by Him (Ephesians 1:6; Hebrews 13:15; Hebrews 5:1).4. 3). 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. )PeopleChristians, Colossians, Paul, TimothyPlacesColossaeTopicsAct, Deed, Giving, Praise, Thanks, Whatever, Whatsoever, WhetherOutline1. 2 Set your mind on the things that are above, not on the things that are upon the earth. Mere precepts cannot touch us at all points, or constrain us to do all things in a teacher's name. Gregory to Dominicus, Bishop of Carthage. 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. Some Christians loom up in larger proportion than is becoming. 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 not in our power to act as we please, or for our own ends (Romans 14:7-8). Application: 1. One way to make sure that you are at peace with the people around you is by filling yourself with good things, such as God's word. (Dean Alford. (4)All our actual supplies (Philippians 4:19).2. De Witt Talmage, D. D.)The essence of fieryD. Whatsoever ye do in word or deed Let your words be right, and your actions upright. But Christ claimed the world for Himself and His Father, in the sense that He claimed everything in the world. Whether you do or not, let me tell you in a few words, what I seem to myself to have learned concerning that peace. A. Such an object is consciously present when he chooses to reflect on it, but day by day in the toil and struggle he is not ever thinking of it, but he is pursuing it. 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. There are of course many visionaries, men pursuing objects which have no real existence, but to them they are not unreal. save that lest they should not think that they did those evils and lived in them with impunity on this account, because their faith set them free from wrath, which cometh upon the sons of unbelief, doing these things, and living in them without faith. There are one or two simple explanations which show that there is no real extravagance in this large demand. Clergymen, but not men of other professions and employments. 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 Christian at his daily task is not ever pondering spiritual truths. Now, this definite, absolute and final putting off of ourselves in an act of death, is something we cannot do ourselves. The impiety of those who invoke Christ's name on their wicked courses. It is plain that it must propose some motive and rule which shall touch daily life at every point. THE SACREDNESS OF COMMON LIFE AND LABOUR. 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. B. SimpsonDays of Heaven Upon Earth February 17. "Your Life is Hid" (Col. Iii. B. SimpsonDays of Heaven Upon Earth Fifth Sunday after EpiphanyText: Colossians 3, 12-17. They can tell, and others can tell, how many souls they bring to Christ. But all reproof and chastisement did not bring Ephraim back. Others again seem to blend so wholly with other workers that their own individuality can scarcely be traced. 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. 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. 2. 2 Tim. "Your life is hid" (Col. iii. 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. 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. Blot out that name and you blot out the best part of history, all that is purest in morals, elevating in literature, gentle in manners, merciful in laws. cast a holy reverence round a sick room when we minister to Jesus? )The reality of religionDean Alford.I. "GIVING THANKS INTO GOD AND THE FATHER BY HIM." . What God hath joined together let no man put asunder; and He has wedded religion and life. [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 will make contradiction sweet, to bear it meekly with Jesus; poverty, honourable to be poor with Jesus; toil, gladsome to labour for Jesus. (1) There is a wide difference between persons who pursue objects which only appear real to them, and those whose objects are absolutely real. (2) How many of us fall short of this.(J. 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?" "Your Life is Hid" (Col. Iii. 13.--"Hold fast the form of sound words, which thou hast heard of me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus." Thanksgiving is one of the most necessary and universal offices of a Christian. All the wicked dealings and defilement of Ephraim is uncovered--and the Lord said: "I will be unto Ephraim as a lion." 5 Likewise, ye younger, be subject unto the elder. "Your life is hid" (Col. iii. "WHATSOEVER YE DO IN WORD OR DEED," etc.1. A. Some men make Him to be "a root out of a dry ground," "without form or comeliness." (1) We have a proof of the divinity of Christ. 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. To Dominicus. )Christian ends lend grandeur to human lifeT. (Dean Alford. )Every-day religionT. ", II. At the Arno GaebeleinThe Lord of GloryChrist Our Life. At the Arno GaebeleinThe Lord of GloryChrist Our Life. (b) Being referred to the glory of God, from indifferent they become holy and acceptable to God.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. While there are many falsehoods, Charles Haddon SpurgeonSpurgeon's Sermons Volume 61: 1915Some General Uses. Let Him be the beginning from whom all flows, the end in whom all are gathered, our aim, our reward. It is not in our power to act as we please, or for our own ends (Romans 14:7-8).2. (2) Our thanks cannot be grateful to the Father except addressed and presented by Christ. Faith and Love Towards Christ. Therefore we must all honour the Son as the Father (John 5:23).3. gladness to alms-giving to give to Jesus? 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) 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. "Ephraim is like a silly dove without heart." 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. They must have supreme reference to him (1 Corinthians 10:31); they must be done under his warrant or authority, in the strength of his grace, after his own glorious example, and with ultimate regard to his glory. UNITY AND PEACE. 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. Here, as in nature, the deepest is the stillest; but by this very stillness all who are observant know its depth. Take a man whose motives is the advancement of himself or his family. 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. Specifically the name of Christ is the rule. Here is the sum of religion. What a multitude of religions there is in this poor wicked world of ours! When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with Him in glory. These words cover the whole sphere of Christian activity. The spirit we are of determines the character of our actions whether they are holy or unholy. (b) Being referred to the glory of God, from indifferent they become holy and acceptable to God.3. (1) If we would be truly Christians, we must have Christ continually before us as the pole star, the rule of our whole life. B. SimpsonDays of Heaven Upon Earth Fifth Sunday after EpiphanyText: Colossians 3, 12-17. (Admonition 6). able, it would lose immensely in its character for truth and its power for good.2. We must not so take the precept as if we were obliged in every act and word to raise our thoughts directly to Christ. As to daily life. 16 Let the Word Martin LutherEpistle Sermons, Vol. For the confirmation of faith. Thanksgiving is one of the most necessary and universal offices of a Christian. The rule is short and easy, but of almost infinite use. They admire the gospel, but never think of realizing it. We must live in close communion with Jesus in the use of all His ordinances (Zechariah 4:12). )The motive power of a holy lifeJ. 3). (Admonition 5.) Or hast thou done anything for man's praise, feeling that the eye whose praise thou prizedst was upon thee? (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. 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. "Whatsoever," etc. 1). 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. 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. By Jesus this gratitude is to be rendered. Nay, a good and a spur which quickened every nerve. (2) How many of us fall short of this.(J. O wretched Man! It is His presence by His Spirit in the hearts of His people which is the motive power of their holy life. The spirit we are of determines the character of our actions whether they are holy or unholy. Yea, all of you gird yourselves with humility, to serve one another: for God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace to the humble. Christ is all to us that we make Him to be. Mere precepts cannot touch us at all points, or constrain us to do all things in a teacher's name. Faith and Love Towards Christ. (2) The name of God is taken for the power, authority, and will of God (Deuteronomy 18:19; 2 Kings 2:24; Psalm 20:7; Psalm 89:16, 24; 1 Samuel 17:45; 2 Chronicles 14:11). There is nothing can do it but the Cross of Christ and the Spirit of God. A. 2 Tim. (Admonition 6). 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?" I want to emphasize that word "all." Macgregor, D. D.)Things sacred and things secularJ. This round world may therefore become to us a temple, and this little life a song of praise.II. "For ye are dead" (Col. iii. He would be a bad workman and a bad Christian if he were. Our words, thoughts, desires, labours, etc., are to be under the habitual influence of a sacred and sanctifying power which lies lurking in the name of the Lord Jesus. 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?" B. SimpsonDays of Heaven Upon Earth, February 17. (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. Here, as in nature, the deepest is the stillest; but by this very stillness all who are observant know its depth. "Ephraim is joined to idols, let him alone." 2. Scripture: Colossians 3:12-17 Memory Verse: Colossians 3:14 "But above all these things put on love, which is the bond of perfection." Lesson Focus: Continuing in our "Jesus is Risen!Now What?" theme, our answer this week is "LOVE".These few verses in Colossians describe a kind of recipe for the model On it separates close friends thou done anything for man 's praise, THANKS, Whatever,,... 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