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. The Spirit moves all, and upon this the difference between man's actions depends. (Dean Alford. Mallock.Religion is one of the colours of life which mingles most intimately with all the other colours of the palette. They can tell, and others can tell, how many souls they bring to Christ. iii 15. Colossians. It is this: "Christ must live it in me." It is sufficient that we frequently and ordinarily make this application of mind. While there are many falsehoods, Charles Haddon SpurgeonSpurgeon's Sermons Volume 61: 1915Some General Uses. There are one or two simple explanations which show that there is no real extravagance in this large demand.1. 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. It is as we Andrew MurrayThe Master's IndwellingMeditations of the Misery of a Man not Reconciled to God in Christ. 21. TEXT: COL. iii. IIEaster Wednesday Also Suited to Easter Tuesday. If by a subtle process it is taken away, all become tarnished and discoloured.(W. The Gospel Lived Colossians 3:1-17 A new life (1-4). The peace of God. 3). To Dominicus. Shall Charles Haddon SpurgeonSpurgeon's Sermons Volume 17: 1871Christ is AllMY text is so very short that you cannot forget it; and, I am quite certain, if you are Christians at all, you will be sure to agree with it. "If ye then be risen" (Col. iii. 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. Guthrie, D. D.)The name of Jesus set in workDr. "Don't forget your coat!" "Don't forget your scarf!" "Don't forget your mittens!". Owing to this enormous abuses have sprung up under the shadow of the Church. 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. One question that rises in every mind is this: "How can I live that life of perfect trust in God?" 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. These words may be taken as an independent precept (Ephesians 5:20) or a reason for the preceding rule, a title under which we ought to do all things in the name of Christ, so that our whole life may be an act of gratitude through Christ, which is to be preferred.1. Parkhurst, Jr. "Whatsoever," etc. 3. (2) We must use words of wisdom (Book of Proverbs), words of truth and soberness (Acts 23:25), words of righteousness (Job 6:25), wholesome words (2 Timothy 1:13), words of eternal life (John 6:68). )Christian ends lend grandeur to human lifeT. I want to emphasize that word "all." (Acts 4:12; 1 Corinthians 1:12). 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. 4. There is nothing can do it but the Cross of Christ and the Spirit of God. We must live in close communion with Jesus in the use of all His ordinances (Zechariah 4:12).4. Specifically the name of Christ is the rule. 2 Set your mind on the things that are above, not on the things that are upon the earth. Whatever mystery a man makes of his object in life, spectators generally arrive at correct conclusions.2. It is this that gives them the right and title they have in Christian morality. "Ephraim is like a silly dove without heart." 15. how we can obtain it? 1. [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?" And who looks down upon us? Mallock.Religion is one of the colours of life which mingles most intimately with all the other colours of the palette. B. SimpsonDays of Heaven Upon Earth Fifth Sunday after EpiphanyText: Colossians 3, 12-17. 3). 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. (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. )The reality of religionDean Alford.I. 13.--"Hold fast the form of sound words, which thou hast heard of me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus." 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. Bring common iron into proper contact with the magnet, it will borrow the strange attractive virtue, and itself become magnetic. It is worth while to do so. (Admonition 6). "Whether ye eat or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do it to the glory of God."(T. Colossians. To live a life of faith for a supply of all things for life and godliness (2 Peter 1 ; John 16:23).6. A beginning indeed, I find, but no end of thy miseries. 13.--"Hold fast the form of sound words, which thou hast heard of me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus." That is no religion which we cannot carry with us wherever we go; into our pleasures and sorrows, our business and closets. To Dominicus. He infers holiness from this also. And what have we to do, but what Hugh BinningThe Works of the Rev. III. And apart from these who learns, in the midst of his conscious and acknowledged besetting sin, to ask for the grace of God? We believe that Botany 500, Guest Jeans, Gucci, Christian Dior, etc, all say something about the person wearing those clothes. Nay, a good and a spur which quickened every nerve. Observe the extent of this saying. You can go out at night and look through the binoculars and see stars, planets, and the moon. Text: Colossians 3, 1-7. Meditations of the Misery of a Man not Reconciled to God in Christ. Take any life, in any condition or time, and there is help and hope for it in Jesus. gladness to alms-giving to give to Jesus? Application:1. 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. 5. Recur to the motive of the text. This is the way with worldly people. The peace of God. (1)All grace and strength (1 Corinthians 1:30). (2) Is it not an outrage to require that saints should share this honour with Christ as Rome does? 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. The peace of God. Whether you do or not, let me tell you in a few words, what I seem to myself to have learned concerning that peace. 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. 8 Be sober, be watchful: your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: 9 whom withstand stedfast, 2 Tim. 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. Each object adds a 3-D visual to stimulate interest as well as help retain the message in memory. "Ephraim is joined to idols, let him alone." iii 15. Refer all things to Him. "But now do ye also," saith he, "put down all;" [1927] and he makes mention of several more evils of that sort. Be thine own judge? 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. What have we to know, but what God hath revealed of himself to us? A. (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. 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. O wretched Man! One spirit came and took the body of a king and did his work. "GIVING THANKS INTO GOD AND THE FATHER BY HIM." International Bible Lessons. some uses.1. (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. Then was it a sacred or a secular work to write "Paradise Lost," Wordsworth's "Excursion," or Cowper's "Task"? At the end of this post we have attached the full curriculum that includes some very helpful Bible background and commentary to help you as you prepare to lead. Sunday, but not other six days. Daille. Revival itself is being absolutely filled to overflowing with the Holy Spirit, and that is victorious living. How Subjects and Prelates are to be Admonished. When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with Him in glory. Here, as in nature, the deepest is the stillest; but by this very stillness all who are observant know its depth. It is as we Andrew MurrayThe Master's IndwellingMeditations of the Misery of a Man not Reconciled to God in Christ. Be cause all we are, have, or can do, is of Christ (1 Corinthians 3:22, 23). (1) If we would be truly Christians, we must have Christ continually before us as the pole star, the rule of our whole life. O wretched Man! As to deeds of grace. Observe the extent of this saying. Revival is when we can say "yes" at any moment of the day. These words may be taken as an independent precept (Ephesians 5:20) or a reason for the preceding rule, a title under which we ought to do all things in the name of Christ, so that our whole life may be an act of gratitude through Christ, which is to be preferred.1. It might surprise us to find that peace is urged on us as a duty. Do you know what it is? "And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful." 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) 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. Clergymen, but not men of other professions and employments. B. SimpsonDays of Heaven Upon Earth Fifth Sunday after EpiphanyText: Colossians 3, 12-17. 16 Let the Word Martin LutherEpistle Sermons, Vol. Now, this definite, absolute and final putting off of ourselves in an act of death, is something we cannot do ourselves. 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. Here is the sum of religion. 11.) Hast thou ever deeply loved parent, bride, husband, or child? J. W. Buxton, M. (Colossians iii. How can we do both at once without distraction study, speak, or do and think of Christ at the same time? 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. Owing to this enormous abuses have sprung up under the shadow of the Church. (3)Reconciliation with God (2 Corinthians 5:18). 13.--"Hold fast the form of sound words, which thou hast heard of me, in faith and love which is in Christ 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 Rev. We take it for granted and so forget it.1. A beginning indeed, I find, but no end of thy miseries. The reason is simply this, that their services are being offered in the wrong name. A beginning indeed, I find, but no end of thy miseries. 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. Supposing this we must exercise faith upon Him, and have constant recourse to Him, in all that we do for the supplies of His grace and Spirit (1 Peter 2:20; 1 Peter 5:7; John 16:16, 23, 26).3. 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. This is the only religious view of life.IV. 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. On the contrary, great love shows itself most in little acts. Let Him be the beginning from whom all flows, the end in whom all are gathered, our aim, our reward. "Ephraim hath made many altars to sin." 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. Revival is when we can say "yes" at any moment of the day. It must have points of contact with every part of my life. "The love of Christ constraineth us."III. None but pure gold may receive the special goldsmith's mark, none but true, honest work can bear the mark of the Lord Jesus.(H. --Colossians iii. Without Him we can do nothing, with Him every thing (1 Corinthians 15:10). 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. 5. 3). 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. 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. It is this that gives them the right and title they have in Christian morality. 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. Mallock. 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. "Let the peace of God rule in your hearts." Because we cannot be accepted but by Him (Ephesians 1:6; Hebrews 13:15; Hebrews 5:1). THE EXTREME BREADTH AND LOFTY SPIRIT OF CHRISTIAN DUTY. 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. 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 they taught us the great lesson "Do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus." (2) Our thanks cannot be grateful to the Father except addressed and presented by Christ. 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. )The all-pervasiveness of religionW. Specifically the name of Christ is the rule. There must be . Unlike other religions, that of Christ admits of no compromises. We cannot expect God's blessing on anything not done in Christ's name.(H. It might surprise us to find that peace is urged on us as a duty. 13.--"Hold fast the form of sound words, which thou hast heard of me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus." A good fable for the world, and just as good a fable for the Church. 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. 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. Then was it a sacred or a secular work to write "Paradise Lost," Wordsworth's "Excursion," or Cowper's "Task"? 1311 3rd-5th-17, 2014-1312) Know God's Word Work hard with excellence, as working for the Lord. (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. 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. In Colossians 3:12-17 Paul is continuing to show what a life raised with Christ looks like. Yea, all of you gird yourselves with humility, to serve one another: for God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace to the humble. (2) Observe how such motives act. )PeopleChristians, Colossians, Paul, TimothyPlacesColossaeTopicsAct, Deed, Giving, Praise, Thanks, Whatever, Whatsoever, WhetherOutline1. What it is? "Him hath God exalted to be a Prince and a Saviour.". Daille.I. )Christian ends lend grandeur to human lifeT. One phrase holds it all "He died for me." "Ephraim is like a silly dove without heart." Bible > Colossians > Chapter 3 > Verse 16 Library Free Downloads eBibles Colossians 3:16 It is not egoistic to say so, for filling to overflowing is utterly and completely God's work--it is all of grace. (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. Little things are the very instances of acceptable service in Scripture. (c)That we live in entire confidence in and dependence upon Him.4. But whatever it be, reality is its necessary condition. It is not egoistic to say so, for filling to overflowing is utterly and completely God's work--it is all of grace. So the apostle means (a)That we refer all to His glory. Christ is all to us that we make Him to be. WHAT THIS IS.1. Without Him we can do nothing, with Him every thing (1 Corinthians 15:10).4. There is something in these words that might surprise us. 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. Colossians 3:1-4. is also included in the commentary below, because these four verses reveal the foundation in Christ for the way of life . Object lesson - God's Creation - colossians 1:16. 15. Do St. 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. To Dominicus. There is nothing left for me" And some one replied, "Ah! To Dominicus. 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. 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. By Jesus this gratitude is to be rendered. 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. 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. Observe I. 1. But all reproof and chastisement did not bring Ephraim back. It is worth while to do so. And shall not such love quicken us to do all things better. IIEaster Wednesday Also Suited to Easter Tuesday. There is no higher name for it "is above every name. 4. "WHATSOEVER YE DO IN WORD OR DEED," etc.1. And the reply was, "The body of a common man, doing a common work, and for a common reward." 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. 2. 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. 21. Preached February 9, 1851. 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. 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