What combination of forces has cut so deep a groove across the world? 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. On the contrary, great love shows itself most in little acts. Do them as thou wouldest if thou sawest God by thee, with prayer that they may be done aright. 21. )The acceptable prayerH. 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? And so men satisfy themselves with being Christian hearers and heathen livers, without the least suspicion of inconsistency.3. "For Ye are Dead" (Col. Iii. Application:1. TEXT: COL. iii. We can glorify God by honoring God in how we speak and live. After a while Ulysses came, and he said, "Why, all the fine bodies are taken, and all the grand work is taken. 13 Bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances you may have against one 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. If we were asked this moment if we were filled with the Holy Spirit, how many of us would dare to answer "yes"? 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. The worthiness of Christ. 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. "Whatsoever ye do," etc., as one bearing His name, in the might of His name, and to its glory. Nay, a good and a spur which quickened every nerve. It is this that gives them the right and title they have in Christian morality. Here you have a compend of the doctrine of the Scriptures. (2) Observe how such motives act. 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. Some Christians loom up in larger proportion than is becoming. CHRISTIANITY IS A REALITY, AND DEALS WITH REALITIES.1. 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. 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. Christian families, founded on the holy bond of marriage, are appointed, in the divine order of things, to be the nurseries of the future generation. The Christian at his daily task is not ever pondering spiritual truths. Because we have the prospect of an abundant reward according to our works. The name of Christ is the greatest power in the universe. Guthrie, D. D. He who lives for the glory of God has an end in view which lends dignity to the man and to his life. Before we come to speak of some particular cases of deadness, wherein believers are to make use of Christ as the Life, we shall first propose some useful consequences and deductions from what hath been spoken of this life; and, I. Again Jehovah said: "Ephraim is like a cake not turned." 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. 5 Likewise, ye younger, be subject unto the elder. 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. Again Jehovah said: "Ephraim is like a cake not turned." "Ephraim is like a silly dove without heart." Their labor seems to crystallize and become its own memorial. 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. Recur to the motive of the text. What it is? We find it perfectly impossible to draw a sharp line. 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. [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?" De Witt Talmage, D. D.)The essence of fieryD. 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. Are they evermore in his view and present to his thoughts? 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. Guthrie, D. D.)The name of Jesus set in workDr. (2) Observe how such motives act. 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. 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. (3) But based on reality it must also be real to me, or it cannot be my motive. 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. What it is? The Spirit moves all, and upon this the difference between man's actions depends. J. W. Buxton, M. What combination of forces has cut so deep a groove across the world? Differently to be admonished are servants and masters. (2) How many of us fall short of this.(J. Another spirit came and took the body of a poet and did his work. (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." (Admonition 5.) Thus, from what they look at and come in contact with, common things acquire uncommon glory.(T. Again, is it a sacred or a secular work when a young girl, under a deep sense of duty, consecrates her life to attendance upon a suffering mother? the best one has been left for you." able, it would lose immensely in its character for truth and its power for good.2. Again Jehovah said: "Ephraim is like a cake not turned." 3). But all reproof and chastisement did not bring Ephraim back. They admire the gospel, but never think of realizing it. 1). Mere precepts cannot touch us at all points, or constrain us to do all things in a teacher's name. 13.--"Hold fast the form of sound words, which thou hast heard of me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus." Has it these points? Colossians 3 Commentary . Some Christians loom up in larger proportion than is becoming. 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. When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with Him in glory. 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. Here we may fall into opposite mistakes. It is worth while to do so. We cannot expect God's blessing on anything not done in Christ's name.(H. 12 Therefore, as God's chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. The idea of being raised with Christ was introduced back in Colossians 2:12, where Paul used baptism to illustrate this spiritual reality. 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. Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth. 1. 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. and why so many do not obtain it, and are, therefore, not at peace? Neale. 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. Bad as the world is, what is good in it is due to Christ. It is plain that it must propose some motive and rule which shall touch daily life at every point. (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. 3). 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. By Mike Dawson Pastor Emeritus, First Baptist Church, Columbia Focal Passage: Colossians 3:1-17 Johnny Mercer wrote a song in 1944 that became very popular while Americans struggled under the burden of World War II. act what we know in our souls, that we can do nothing good without God. )The reality of religionDean Alford.I. What He was and did for us, and above all what He now is and does, explains it. How, then, can they be done? (1)All grace and strength (1 Corinthians 1:30). 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. Colossians 3 Spiritual Inspiration Word Of God Christian Quotes Gods Love "Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. save that lest they should not think that they did those evils and lived in them with impunity on this account, because their faith set them free from wrath, which cometh upon the sons of unbelief, doing these things, and living in them without faith. The belief in Christ is not only the unavoidable conclusion of a sound mind from evidence, but the only satisfactory way to account for the state of the world in which we find ourselves. For the instruction of our faith. It is as we Andrew MurrayThe Master's IndwellingMeditations of the Misery of a Man not Reconciled to God in Christ. 4 When Christ, who is our life, shall be manifested, then shall ye also with him be manifested in glory. That is what the priest will invoke for you all, when you leave this abbey. 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. HOW WE MAY DO IT.1. 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. The key-note of this chapter is that religion is a life in Christ, so all-pervading and all. 16 Let the Word Martin LutherEpistle Sermons, Vol. A. 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. Because all that comes from God to us must be by His hand.III. In Jesus we have not a man dead long ago, but a living Saviour and King ever near us, bearing the one name by which we may be saved. 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. 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. 4. 15. [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?" By Jesus this gratitude is to be rendered. 15. Neale. Many do not know the right answer, or the full answer. )The acceptable prayerH. 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. 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. 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. "Ephraim is joined to idols, let him alone." How many, if they pray at all, hope to do right and escape flagrant wrong almost through the intention of doing or not doing, and think that if they call upon God in some general way things will not be much amiss with them.3. Be thine own judge? Do St. Lesson Text 6. (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. Are they evermore in his view and present to his thoughts? There is to be , (1)Humbleness of mind;(2)longsuffering;(3)meekness; above all(4)charity.The word of Christ must dwell richly in the heart (see previous verse).II. 2. If a man be a Christian, men will take knowledge of him that he has been with Jesus. Christ is all to us that we make Him to be. 21. Guthrie, D. D. He who lives for the glory of God has an end in view which lends dignity to the man and to his life. (Admonition 5.) This is all the Scriptures teach, and this is all we have to learn. (2) He perfects and enlivens those of our works which of themselves are commanded of God, engrafting on them the true motive and directing them to the true end. Refer all things to Him. Not if our Lord be a mere teacher. 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. Observe the extent of this saying. Neale. how we can obtain it? The conceptions, affections, and resolutions of the soul refer to words and works as being the principles and motives of them. The peace of God. Points of Information: Colossians. )The reality of religionDean Alford.I. A. (1) We may take the sayings of Scripture strictly to the letter, set them clown as exaggerated, and above our capacities. Let Him be the beginning from whom all flows, the end in whom all are gathered, our aim, our reward. They can tell, and others can tell, how many souls they bring 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. By Jesus this gratitude is to be rendered. Revival is when we can say "yes" at any moment of the day. 4. UNITY AND PEACE. We must live in close communion with Jesus in the use of all His ordinances (Zechariah 4:12).4. They admire the gospel, but never think of realizing 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. Revival itself is being absolutely filled to overflowing with the Holy Spirit, and that is victorious living. All the wicked dealings and defilement of Ephraim is uncovered--and the Lord said: "I will be unto Ephraim as a lion." 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. 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 is no need to enter into the various component elements which go to make up this moral force. "Let the peace of God rule in your hearts." UNITY AND PEACE. 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. 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