He would be a bad workman and a bad Christian if he were. Differently to be admonished are servants and masters. During the game part of the lesson, be really energetic and cheer the kids, and encourage the kids to cheer their team mates on as well. Yea, all of you gird yourselves with humility, to serve one another: for God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace to the humble. 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. Because all that comes from God to us must be by His hand.III. It is this that gives them the right and title they have in Christian morality. (1) We may take the sayings of Scripture strictly to the letter, set them clown as exaggerated, and above our capacities. It is not self-mortifying, but it is dying with Christ. 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. 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 spirit we are of determines the character of our actions whether they are holy or unholy. Colossians. [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?" He is nothing to them; they do not want Him. 5 Likewise, ye younger, be subject unto the elder. 1). It is plain that it must propose some motive and rule which shall touch daily life at every point. The Christian at his daily task is not ever pondering spiritual truths. 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. How easily may their motive come to be that so well expressed in Bible words "Put me into one of the priest's offices, that I may eat a piece of bread."III. MY devout hearers! (1) He is the channel by which all God's goodness is poured upon us. [1924] St. 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 Great, How Servants and Masters are to be Admonished. It is this: "Christ must live it in me." 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. So the apostle means (a)That we refer all to His glory. 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. Without Him we can do nothing, with Him every thing (1 Corinthians 15:10). )Consistency and gratitudeJ. Colossians. 5 Put to death therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, passion, Martin LutherEpistle Sermons, Vol. "If ye then be risen" (Col. iii. 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. Were it not almost an indignity to bring them in reference to His great Majesty? Christ is all to us that we make Him to be. Do we desire to draw attention to ourselves? 3). It is not self-mortifying, but it is dying with Christ. One of the leading peculiarities of the religion of Jesus is that it virtually annihilated the distinction between the secular and the sacred. So in like manner the name of Jesus (Acts 4:7; Matthew 7:22; Matthew 24:5; Matthew 18:20). (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. Works that are the same as to external action are good in one and bad in another. Stewart. 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. 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. 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. What have we to know, but what God hath revealed of himself to us? (3) Owing to a mixture of these we find Christian precept and practice widely sundered. Write "1 Corinthians" on small slips of paper and give them out at the end of class for the students to take home and . Were it not almost an indignity to bring them in reference to His great Majesty? We regularly try but fail to live up to human expectations and traditions. (1)All grace and strength (1 Corinthians 1:30). But whatever it be, reality is its necessary condition. So the apostle means (a)That we refer all to His glory. Or hast thou done anything for man's praise, feeling that the eye whose praise thou prizedst was upon thee? WHY WE ARE TO DO IT.1. 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.3. In the case of the former pursuit will lead away from, in the case of the latter it will lead to, the truth. 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. 5 Likewise, ye younger, be subject unto the elder. 2 Set your mind on the things that are above, not on the things that are upon the earth. 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." 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. "Ephraim is joined to idols, let him alone." Faith and Love Towards Christ. 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? 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. 5 Likewise, ye younger, be subject unto the elder. Westminster Abbey. 3. One question that rises in every mind is this: "How can I live that life of perfect trust in God?" Revival itself is being absolutely filled to overflowing with the Holy Spirit, and that is victorious living. Involves one rule of life for the person in holy orders, and another for the man who has not received a religious vocation. Hast thou ever deeply loved parent, bride, husband, or child? Faith and Love Towards Christ. And who looks down upon us? A. "Ephraim is joined to idols, let him alone." Here we may fall into opposite mistakes. 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. Will not work be done carelessly? 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. 3). Were it not almost an indignity to bring them in reference to His great Majesty? Be their case John Brown (of Wamphray)Christ The Way, The Truth, and The LifeCups Running OverBrokenness, however, is but the beginning of Revival. Whatever mystery a man makes of his object in life, spectators generally arrive at correct conclusions.2. THE SACREDNESS OF COMMON LIFE AND LABOUR. All the wicked dealings and defilement of Ephraim is uncovered--and the Lord said: "I will be unto Ephraim as a lion." i. Not if our Lord be a mere teacher. De Witt Talmage, D. D.)The essence of fieryD. Didst thou find that thou toiledst for them less diligently because thou thoughtest of and toiledst for them? Because all that comes from God to us must be by His hand.III. We shall not need to seek far to discover our risen Lord. 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. 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. 11.) B. SimpsonDays of Heaven Upon Earth February 17. What it is? This is the only religious view of life.IV. There are of course many visionaries, men pursuing objects which have no real existence, but to them they are not unreal. AugustineOn Continence"But Now do Ye Also," Saith He, "Put Down All31. The angry, sinful word again and again escapes, and the thought of God at best but follows it.II. Go, for example, into many of the farms round here, and notice the fire-dogs that stand in the yawning chimney: how they are wrought at the sides into those most blessed of all letters, the I.H.C., by which our dear Lord is set forth. i. Paul here clearly gives to Christ the whole of life. The impiety of those who invoke Christ's name on their wicked courses.3. Will not work be done carelessly? Read Colossians 3:12-17. 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. AugustineOn Continence"But Now do Ye Also," Saith He, "Put Down All31. Because all that comes from God to us must be by His hand.III. 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. Nothing seemed to be able to draw Ephraim's heart away from the idols. (c)That we live in entire confidence in and dependence upon Him.4. All the wicked dealings and defilement of Ephraim is uncovered--and the Lord said: "I will be unto Ephraim as a lion." (2) Some religious people, like the former, strain the Bible to its literal meaning, and then require that meaning in full, and thus lead to the same point, and encourage indolence and unbelief. Revival is when we can say "yes" at any moment of the day. There is nothing can do it but the Cross of Christ and the Spirit of God. --Colossians iii. Here we may fall into opposite mistakes. God is waiting this morning to mark the opening hours for every ready and willing heart with a touch of life and power that will lift our lives to higher pleasures and offer to our vision grander horizons of hope and holy service. (1) We have a proof of the divinity of Christ. If it could be shown that its requirements were unreal, its statements exaggerated, its views of attainment unreason. (Admonition 5.) The Christian at his daily task is not ever pondering spiritual truths. 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. B. SimpsonDays of Heaven Upon Earth Fifth Sunday after EpiphanyText: Colossians 3, 12-17. Colossians Study Supplement by Bible Lessons for Teens 5.0 (1) $4.99 PDF Many of the lessons I create focus on a theme, but this material takes a different approach. This is all the Scriptures teach, and this is all we have to learn. 3. 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. 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. (2) Observe how such motives act. He infers holiness from this also. It is that we are slow to learn in. 21. Neale. It is as we Andrew MurrayThe Master's IndwellingMeditations of the Misery of a Man not Reconciled to God in Christ. )Christian ends lend grandeur to human lifeT. Whatever mystery a man makes of his object in life, spectators generally arrive at correct conclusions.2. All divine truths may be reduced to these two heads,--faith and love; what we ought to believe, and what we ought to do. Colossians 3:4.--Christ who is our life. God is waiting this morning to mark the opening hours for every ready and willing heart with a touch of life and power that will lift our lives to higher pleasures and offer to our vision grander horizons of hope and holy service. "Your Life is Hid" (Col. Iii. Take any life, in any condition or time, and there is help and hope for it in Jesus. HOW WE MAY DO IT.1. A large proportion of the infidelity of the working classes is due to this unreal teaching. AugustineOn ContinenceEpistle xxxiii. We must exercise our thoughts much upon Him, and be much taken up with Him in the course of our lives (Psalm 73:23).IV. This is the way with worldly people. And apart from these who learns, in the midst of his conscious and acknowledged besetting sin, to ask for the grace of God? 4 3. (a) As to their inward influence on the man himself. B. SimpsonDays of Heaven Upon Earth Fifth Sunday after EpiphanyText: Colossians 3, 12-17. Recur to the motive of the text. In the case of the former pursuit will lead away from, in the case of the latter it will lead to, the truth. Others have a mighty Saviour, because they make Him to be great and mighty. 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. 1). 3 For ye died, and your life is hid with Christ in God. On the contrary, great love shows itself most in little acts. Colossians 3:1-17 1. The stress lies on "the name of the Lord Jesus."1. "Ephraim hath made many altars to sin." 15. Application:1. The Spirit moves all, and upon this the difference between man's actions depends. 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 verses of this lesson (verses 12-17) focus on Christian virtue, defining and describing Christian character . 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. Stewart. Show your audience the vase is still visible. Gregory to Dominicus, Bishop of Carthage. how we can obtain it? There is something in these words that might surprise us. Application:1. On the contrary, great love shows itself most in little acts. He is nothing to them; they do not want Him. 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. 1. Take any life, in any condition or time, and there is help and hope for it in Jesus. "If Ye Then be Risen" (Col. Iii. "Your life is hid" (Col. iii. 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. If by a subtle process it is taken away, all become tarnished and discoloured.(W. 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. Was this a hindrance? 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. (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. J. W. Buxton, M. A.Wherever we are called to work we must dedicate the labours of our hands or our brain to God, doing all in the name of the Lord Jesus. By Jesus this gratitude is to be rendered. 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. God is waiting this morning to mark the opening hours for every ready and willing heart with a touch of life and power that will lift our lives to higher pleasures and offer to our vision grander horizons of hope and holy service. i. Time weakens other forces, but it adds vigour to this.2. By Jesus this gratitude is to be rendered. 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. Remember, the Lord forgave you, so you must forgive others. 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. It must have points of contact with every part of my life. J. W. Buxton, M. Here you have a compend of the doctrine of the Scriptures. Nor indeed does infrequency of communication cause any harm where the affection of love remains uninterrupted in one's mind. (3) Owing to a mixture of these we find Christian precept and practice widely sundered. The angry, sinful word again and again escapes, and the thought of God at best but follows it. (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). how we can obtain it? 1). Mere precepts cannot touch us at all points, or constrain us to do all things in a teacher's name. (Acts 4:12; 1 Corinthians 1:12).2. Many do not know the right answer, or the full answer. 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. "Ephraim is like a silly dove without heart." "Whatsoever," etc. All the wicked dealings and defilement of Ephraim is uncovered--and the Lord said: "I will be unto Ephraim as a lion." Whatever mystery a man makes of his object in life, spectators generally arrive at correct conclusions.2. 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. J. W. Buxton, M. And what have we to do, but what Hugh BinningThe Works of the Rev. . It is this: "Christ must live it in me." 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. (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. If we were asked this moment if we were filled with the Holy Spirit, how many of us would dare to answer "yes"? Contrariwise, consider what are generally classed as sacred works praying, preaching, administering sacraments, visiting the sick. The angry, sinful word again and again escapes, and the thought of God at best but follows it.II. 1. IIRisen with Christ'If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. Observe the extent of this saying. 13.--"Hold fast the form of sound words, which thou hast heard of me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus." )Christian ends lend grandeur to human lifeT. He was in advance even of the earliest seeker that Easter morning, and He will be waiting for us before the break of day with His glad "All Hail," if we have only eyes to see, "Your life is hid" (Col. iii. Beginning in verse 12 Paul describes what spiritual clothing followers of Jesus must wear. 5. For the instruction of our faith. A large proportion of the infidelity of the working classes is due to this unreal teaching. (6) Such deep constraining motive is not usually displayed before men; but its existence is not easily concealed. 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." A good fable for the world, and just as good a fable for the Church. It is that which lends them their appearance of depth, and the best of their brilliance. Hugh BinningLinksColossians 3:17 NIVColossians 3:17 NLTColossians 3:17 ESVColossians 3:17 NASBColossians 3:17 KJVColossians 3:17 Bible AppsColossians 3:17 ParallelColossians 3:17 Biblia ParalelaColossians 3:17 Chinese BibleColossians 3:17 French BibleColossians 3:17 German BibleColossians 3:17 CommentariesBible Hub, (4)charity.The word of Christ must dwell richly in the heart (see previous verse).II. "If ye then be risen" (Col. iii. Mallock.Religion is one of the colours of life which mingles most intimately with all the other colours of the palette. There is nothing left for me" And some one replied, "Ah! (Colossians iii. 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. Lesson Context 5. [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. THE TEXT IS A REMEDY FOR UNREALITY IN RELIGION.1. 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. What God hath joined together let no man put asunder; and He has wedded religion and life. Wilkinson, D. D.)Doing all to the Lord JesusE B. Pusey, D. D.All have felt at times a painful void after absorption in active duty. Therefore we must all honour the Son as the Father (John 5:23). And who looks down upon us? We take it for granted and so forget it.1. To live a life of faith for a supply of all things for life and godliness (2 Peter 1 ; John 16:23). 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. It is not self-mortifying, but it is dying with Christ. 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. We must be supposed to be in Christ first (John 15:4-5).2. If a man be a Christian, men will take knowledge of him that he has been with Jesus. Now, seeing that we are raised with Christ, certain behavior is appropriate to us. gladness to alms-giving to give to Jesus? Christian obedience must all the while be mingled with thanksgiving to God the Father. THIS DISTINCTION IS RADICALLY IRRELIGIOUS, Implies that all things are not of God. 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. (Colossians iii. It were well for the Church and the world if we recognized more clearly this breadth of Christian duty. (1) We may take the sayings of Scripture strictly to the letter, set them clown as exaggerated, and above our capacities. Application:1. J. W. Buxton, M. A.As a petition to the Queen can only reach her through the hands of a minister, so we can only approach God the Father through His Son Jesus Christ. Nor indeed does infrequency of communication cause any harm where the affection of love remains uninterrupted in one's mind. (Dean Alford. How, then, can they be done? Others again seem to blend so wholly with other workers that their own individuality can scarcely be traced. Faith and Love Towards Christ. But Christ claimed the world for Himself and His Father, in the sense that He claimed everything in the world. 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. 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 egoistic to say so, for filling to overflowing is utterly and completely God's work--it is all of grace. Some men make Him to be "a root out of a dry ground," "without form or comeliness." 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. Sunday, but not other six days. The gospels are filled with the wonderful works of Jesus and His wonderful words. 1). Wilkinson, D. D.)Doing all to the Lord JesusE B. Pusey, D. 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