To do all by His authority (Matthew 18:18-20; Matthew 28:18-20; 1 Timothy 6:15).3. By Jesus this gratitude is to be rendered. It says not, "Give your bodies to be burned for the glory of God," but, "Whether ye eat or drink," etc.2. THY REMEDY. (Preacher's Analyst. And apart from these who learns, in the midst of his conscious and acknowledged besetting sin, to ask for the grace of God? Bring common iron into proper contact with the magnet, it will borrow the strange attractive virtue, and itself become magnetic. 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. Mallock. Time weakens other forces, but it adds vigour to this.2. Stars planets and the moon are very far away, but they look very close when you look through binoculars like these. The angry, sinful word again and again escapes, and the thought of God at best but follows it.II. 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 you like this lesson, be sure to check out all our free Bible Lessons for Kids. 4. Yes, silver and gold and gems conspired together to mark out this name on the paten, or the chalice, or the shrine; the manufacturer of Limoges worked it out in his enamel; in the monastery potteries they burnt it in on their tiles; in convents they embroidered it on chasuble and cope; in the glorious windows of churches the light came in, sanctified, as it were, and hallowed by the name of the True Light; the poor peasant was encouraged, with his clasp knife, to consecrate his house by carving the same name on the hutch of his door or the barge-boards of his roof; the name of salvation could not be out of place among the dwellings of those who looked to be saved; the name which to adore will be the work of eternity, could never be out of place for the meditation and the worship of earth.(Dr. Very many of those prayers are like letters with no name and address upon them, which never reach their destination. 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? Many do not know the right answer, or the full answer. Were it not almost an indignity to bring them in reference to His great Majesty? 1). (1) We may take the sayings of Scripture strictly to the letter, set them clown as exaggerated, and above our capacities. 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 best one has been left for you." 2. Many do not know the right answer, or the full answer. "Ephraim is joined to idols, let him alone." 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 is the only religious view of life.IV. 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. Gregory to Dominicus, Bishop of Carthage. Our Father, our Friend and Brother, who came down from heaven and suffered for us, is ready to help and reward us. Surely, too, all great music is most truly religious. ", II. 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. 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. (b)That we act according to His will. All our prayer and praises must be offered in the name of the Lord Jesus. 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. 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. Again Jehovah said: "Ephraim is like a cake not turned." 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. 3. But whatever it be, reality is its necessary condition. 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. )The reality of religionDean Alford.I. Whether you do or not, let me tell you in a few words, what I seem to myself to have learned concerning that peace. While there are many falsehoods, Charles Haddon SpurgeonSpurgeon's Sermons Volume 61: 1915Some General Uses. We must live in close communion with Jesus in the use of all His ordinances (Zechariah 4:12).4. We must be supposed to be in Christ first (John 15:4-5).2. cast a holy reverence round a sick room when we minister to Jesus? Their labor seems to crystallize and become its own memorial. He infers holiness from this also. 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. Before the lesson, cut out the die and fold it and glue it together. "Let the peace of God rule in your hearts." Gregory to Dominicus, Bishop of Carthage. He would be a bad workman and a bad Christian if he were. 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. able, it would lose immensely in its character for truth and its power for good.2. (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. This is the only religious view of life.IV. Are they evermore in his view and present to his thoughts? Others again seem to blend so wholly with other workers that their own individuality can scarcely be traced. It is this that gives them the right and title they have in Christian morality. 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 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. 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. Or hast thou done anything for man's praise, feeling that the eye whose praise thou prizedst was upon thee? Lesson Text 6. If we were asked this moment if we were filled with the Holy Spirit, how many of us would dare to answer "yes"? It is as we Andrew MurrayThe Master's IndwellingMeditations of the Misery of a Man not Reconciled to God in Christ. Oh, if they would just put themselves at Jesus' feet, and Rev. 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. Therefore we must all honour the Son as the Father (John 5:23).3. (1) We may take the sayings of Scripture strictly to the letter, set them clown as exaggerated, and above our capacities. Do them as thou wouldest if thou sawest God by thee, with prayer that they may be done aright. 3. "GIVING THANKS INTO GOD AND THE FATHER BY HIM." And what have we to do, but what, Christian Ends Lend Grandeur to Human Life, Method and Music, or the Art of Holy and Happy Living, The Marks, Method, and Motive of the Christian Life, What Particularly We are to Put On. (b)That we act according to His will. 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. 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. (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. 5. act what we know in our souls, that we can do nothing good without God. A. It is as we Andrew MurrayThe Master's IndwellingMeditations of the Misery of a Man not Reconciled to God in Christ. 4. 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? Therefore we must all honour the Son as the Father (John 5:23).3. Mallock. Christ is all to us that we make Him to be. 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. 13.--"Hold fast the form of sound words, which thou hast heard of me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus." Works that are the same as to external action are good in one and bad in another. Little things are the very instances of acceptable service in Scripture. Many do not know the right answer, or the full answer. 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. Because all that comes from God to us must be by His hand.III. IIEaster Wednesday Also Suited to Easter Tuesday. To Dominicus. 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 iii. Guthrie, D. D.)The name of Jesus set in workDr. IIIWhat the Scriptures Principally Teach: the Ruin and Recovery of Man. Many do not know the right answer, or the full answer. Here we may fall into opposite mistakes. Another spirit came and took the body of a poet and did his work. 15 And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to the which also ye were called in one body; and be ye thankful. Mallock.Religion is one of the colours of life which mingles most intimately with all the other colours of the palette. Our Father, our Friend and Brother, who came down from heaven and suffered for us, is ready to help and reward us. He infers holiness from this also. It is not self-mortifying, but it is dying with Christ. [1924] St. (Admonition 5.) If by a subtle process it is taken away, all become tarnished and discoloured.(W. Do them as thou wouldest if thou sawest God by thee, with prayer that they may be done aright. The angry, sinful word again and again escapes, and the thought of God at best but follows it.II. (1) We have a proof of the divinity of Christ. J. W. Buxton, M. 2 Set your mind on the things that are above, not on the things that are upon the earth. The rule is short and easy, but of almost infinite use. We must be supposed to be in Christ first (John 15:4-5).2. 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. B. SimpsonDays of Heaven Upon Earth February 17. It might surprise us to find that peace is urged on us as a duty. This is the way with worldly people. (2) How many of us fall short of this.(J. Westminster Abbey. )Christian ends lend grandeur to human lifeT. Because the Father has highly exalted Him, and given Him a name which is above every name (Philippians 2:8-10). 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. [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?" 14 Above all, put on love-the perfect bond . Clergymen, but not men of other professions and employments. It is not self-mortifying, but it is dying with Christ. 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. They can tell, and others can tell, how many souls they bring to Christ. TEXT: COL. iii. If by a subtle process it is taken away, all become tarnished and discoloured.(W. Paul here clearly gives to Christ the whole of life. ITS UNVARYING SPIRIT "Giving thanks to God and-the Father by Him." Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth. 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. 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. One question that rises in every mind is this: "How can I live that life of perfect trust in God?" It is that which lends them their appearance of depth, and the best of their brilliance. 1). (2) How many of us fall short of this.(J. "Ephraim is like a silly dove without heart." It is sufficient that we frequently and ordinarily make this application of mind. It can be challenging to explain to young children especially. It is a privilege to have peace, but it would appear Frederick W. RobertsonSermons Preached at Brighton, Christ is AllObserve in this chapter that he begins by reminding the saints of their having risen with Christ. The impiety of those who invoke Christ's name on their wicked courses. One of the leading peculiarities of the religion of Jesus is that it virtually annihilated the distinction between the secular and the sacred. 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. If a man be a Christian, men will take knowledge of him that he has been with Jesus. A. Jacob, D. D.)Doing all in the name of ChristI. 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. "Ephraim is like a silly dove without heart." (1) There is a wide difference between persons who pursue objects which only appear real to them, and those whose objects are absolutely real. 12 Therefore, God's chosen ones, holy and loved, put on heartfelt compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience, 13 accepting one another and forgiving one another if anyone has a complaint against another. B. SimpsonDays of Heaven Upon Earth Fifth Sunday after EpiphanyText: Colossians 3, 12-17. As to ordinary matters men, e.g., think it unlikely they will die to-day because they have lived safely through so many dangers, and take it for granted that their food will nourish them because it has always done so. But it is necessary that we have this deposition so formed in our hearts, that when circumstances allow us to think of Christ our souls may lean that way as being habituated to it.II. 3. Colossians 3:4.--Christ who is our life. the best one has been left for you." 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. 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. 1). 3. It was written by the apostle Paul (1:1) while he was a prisoner in Rome . After a while Ulysses came, and he said, "Why, all the fine bodies are taken, and all the grand work is taken. One question that rises in every mind is this: "How can I live that life of perfect trust in God?" (3) But based on reality it must also be real to me, or it cannot be my motive. (c)That we live in entire confidence in and dependence upon Him.4. We take it for granted and so forget it.1. 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? Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth. It says not, "Give your bodies to be burned for the glory of God," but, "Whether ye eat or drink," etc.2. Observe the extent of this saying. So the apostle means (a)That we refer all to His glory. Remember what we are to God through creation, providence, and grace.2. All our prayer and praises must be offered in the name of the Lord Jesus. Daille. 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. What is it that makes our public services in church so frequently cold and spiritless? Be cause all we are, have, or can do, is of Christ (1 Corinthians 3:22, 23). In both is the same quiet exertion of power, the same calm majesty of law, and the laws of each can never be trifled with with impunity. Here is the sum of religion. "If ye then be risen" (Col. iii. When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with Him in glory. 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. 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. Just as the Israelites were his chosen people in Old Testament times, so those composing the church are his family today. AugustineOn ContinenceEpistle xxxiii. (c)That we live in entire confidence in and dependence upon Him.4. How, then, can they be done? And so men satisfy themselves with being Christian hearers and heathen livers, without the least suspicion of inconsistency.3. able, it would lose immensely in its character for truth and its power for good.2. Yes, silver and gold and gems conspired together to mark out this name on the paten, or the chalice, or the shrine; the manufacturer of Limoges worked it out in his enamel; in the monastery potteries they burnt it in on their tiles; in convents they embroidered it on chasuble and cope; in the glorious windows of churches the light came in, sanctified, as it were, and hallowed by the name of the True Light; the poor peasant was encouraged, with his clasp knife, to consecrate his house by carving the same name on the hutch of his door or the barge-boards of his roof; the name of salvation could not be out of place among the dwellings of those who looked to be saved; the name which to adore will be the work of eternity, could never be out of place for the meditation and the worship of earth.(Dr. The conceptions, affections, and resolutions of the soul refer to words and works as being the principles and motives of them. Contrariwise, consider what are generally classed as sacred works praying, preaching, administering sacraments, visiting the sick. (b) Being referred to the glory of God, from indifferent they become holy and acceptable to God.3. permeating this life that it hallows everything.1. )The all-pervasiveness of religionW. Little things are the very instances of acceptable service in Scripture. )PeopleChristians, Colossians, Paul, TimothyPlacesColossaeTopicsAct, Deed, Giving, Praise, Thanks, Whatever, Whatsoever, WhetherOutline1. (6) Such deep constraining motive is not usually displayed before men; but its existence is not easily concealed. Nay, a good and a spur which quickened every nerve. 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. 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