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. UNITY AND PEACE. It is not self-mortifying, but it is dying with Christ. Hast thou ever deeply loved parent, bride, husband, or child? 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. A. "If ye then be risen" (Col. iii. Not if our Lord be a mere teacher. AugustineOn Continence"But Now do Ye Also," Saith He, "Put Down All31. Were it not almost an indignity to bring them in reference to His great Majesty? (Dean Alford. Has it these points? 1. 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. If it could be shown that its requirements were unreal, its statements exaggerated, its views of attainment unreason. What it is? A beginning indeed, I find, but no end of thy miseries. "Ephraim is joined to idols, let him alone." 4. 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. 2. What people hate is being in earnest at all, and so they do not wish to pray for the grace of God lest they should have to be at the pains of using it. All the wicked dealings and defilement of Ephraim is uncovered--and the Lord said: "I will be unto Ephraim as a lion." He shows where we should seek Christ.5. Does it not give strength to self-denial to take up our cross after Jesus? Gregory to Dominicus, Bishop of Carthage. 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. 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. 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. Here is the sum of religion. [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?" But can, one will say, all the little acts of life be done to Him? Bad as the world is, what is good in it is due to Christ. "For ye are dead" (Col. iii. The key-note of this chapter is that religion is a life in Christ, so all-pervading and all. (3) Owing to a mixture of these we find Christian precept and practice widely sundered. 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. 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. (2) The facts implied in the name, "The Lord Jesus," rest upon evidence as strong as can possibly be alleged for anything. gladness to alms-giving to give to Jesus? Before the lesson, cut out the die and fold it and glue it together. A. 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. The key-note of this chapter is that religion is a life in Christ, so all-pervading and all. (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. But our Lord, being God, became man, bore our sins and carried our sorrows, grew up through our life, and tasted death for every man. The 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. Bible Passage: Col. 3:12. (2) Is it not an outrage to require that saints should share this honour with Christ as Rome does? It is not self-mortifying, but it is dying with Christ. --Colossians iii. IIEaster Wednesday Also Suited to Easter Tuesday. Therefore we must all honour the Son as the Father (John 5:23).3. AugustineOn ContinenceEpistle xxxiii. gladness to alms-giving to give to Jesus? "WHATSOEVER YE DO IN WORD OR DEED," etc.1. 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. (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. 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. And who has not seen the dullest rain-cloud, when it turned its weeping face to the sun, change into glory, and, in the bow that spans it, present to the eyes of age and infancy, alike of the philosopher who studies, and of the simple joyous child who runs to catch it, the most brilliant and beautiful phenomenon in nature? A. It is not egoistic to say so, for filling to overflowing is utterly and completely God's work--it is all of grace. (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. Specifically the name of Christ is the rule. O wretched Man! But all reproof and chastisement did not bring Ephraim back. III. All divine truths may be reduced to these two heads,--faith and love; what we ought to believe, and what we ought to do. The monk or the nun is a "religious;" if any be not a priest, or monk, or nun, that person need not be so religious. 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. A large proportion of the infidelity of the working classes is due to this unreal teaching. It is as we Andrew MurrayThe Master's IndwellingMeditations of the Misery of a Man not Reconciled to God in Christ. The letter of your Holiness, which we received at the hands of the bearer of these presents, so expressed priestly moderation as to soothe us, in a manner, with the bodily presence of its author. J. W. Buxton, M. 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. 3 For ye died, and your life is hid with Christ in God. UNITY AND PEACE. It is this: "Christ must live it in me." "For Ye are Dead" (Col. Iii. (1) If we would be truly Christians, we must have Christ continually before us as the pole star, the rule of our whole life. (c)That we live in entire confidence in and dependence upon Him.4. (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. Have Him before thee as the pattern whom thou art to copy; the Redeemer in whom is thy strength, the Master and Friend whom thou art to serve and please, thy Creator and thy heaven.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. 2 Set your mind on the things that are above, not on the things that are upon the earth. iii 15. 1). Take any life, in any condition or time, and there is help and hope for it in Jesus. (Acts 4:12; 1 Corinthians 1:12).2. At the Arno GaebeleinThe Lord of GloryChrist Our Life. (Colossians iii. 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. And apart from these who learns, in the midst of his conscious and acknowledged besetting sin, to ask for the grace of God? Were it not almost an indignity to bring them in reference to His great Majesty? 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. Text: Colossians 3, 1-7. 3). 3 For ye died, and your life is hid with Christ in God. iii 15. 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. 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. 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. "GIVING THANKS INTO GOD AND THE FATHER BY HIM." One spirit came and took the body of a king and did his work. Colossians 3:4.--Christ who is our life. )PeopleChristians, Colossians, Paul, TimothyPlacesColossaeTopicsAct, Deed, Giving, Praise, Thanks, Whatever, Whatsoever, WhetherOutline1. If we were asked this moment if we were filled with the Holy Spirit, how many of us would dare to answer "yes"? 5. HOW WE MAY DO IT.1. 2. 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. For the instruction of our faith. II. (c)That we live in entire confidence in and dependence upon Him.4. Has it these points? Hast thou ever deeply loved parent, bride, husband, or child? THE TEXT IS A REMEDY FOR UNREALITY IN RELIGION.1. 16 Let the Word Martin LutherEpistle Sermons, Vol. Nor indeed does infrequency of communication cause any harm where the affection of love remains uninterrupted in one's mind. Not if our Lord be a mere teacher. Others again seem to blend so wholly with other workers that their own individuality can scarcely be traced. As to daily life. 11.) Because we are more observed than others. some uses.1. Because the Father has highly exalted Him, and given Him a name which is above every name (Philippians 2:8-10). II. 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. Owing to this enormous abuses have sprung up under the shadow of the Church. November 8, 1874. 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. Get our app to see bulletins, watch live video, give online, and more! IIIWhat the Scriptures Principally Teach: the Ruin and Recovery of Man. All our prayer and praises must be offered in the name of the Lord Jesus. 3). 1. (1) If we would be truly Christians, we must have Christ continually before us as the pole star, the rule of our whole life. 3). 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. (Admonition 6). How, then, can they be done? On the contrary, great love shows itself most in little acts. (1) He is the channel by which all God's goodness is poured upon us. And the reply was, "The body of a common man, doing a common work, and for a common reward." III. In the case of the former pursuit will lead away from, in the case of the latter it will lead to, the truth. how we can obtain it? (a) As to their inward influence on the man himself. 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. 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." For this, which may be understood also figuratively, is said to the former, Children, obey your parents in the Lord: but to, Text: 1 Peter 5, 5-11. What a multitude of religions there is in this poor wicked world of ours! Revival is when we can say "yes" at any moment of the day. As to deeds of grace. 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? Will not work be done carelessly? Mere precepts cannot touch us at all points, or constrain us to do all things in a teacher's name. There is nothing can do it but the Cross of Christ and the Spirit of God. At the Arno GaebeleinThe Lord of GloryChrist Our Life. The Christian at his daily task is not ever pondering spiritual truths. (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.