Observe the extent of this saying. Hast thou ever deeply loved parent, bride, husband, or child? Little things are the very instances of acceptable service in Scripture. (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. Many do not know the right answer, or the full answer. able, it would lose immensely in its character for truth and its power for good.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. (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). We must be supposed to be in Christ first (John 15:4-5).2. Whether you do or not, let me tell you in a few words, what I seem to myself to have learned concerning that peace. One phrase holds it all "He died for me." 3. HOW WE MAY DO IT.1. A good fable for the world, and just as good a fable for the Church. 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. 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. This rule applies to those who are in Christ. 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. )PeopleChristians, Colossians, Paul, TimothyPlacesColossaeTopicsAct, Deed, Giving, Praise, Thanks, Whatever, Whatsoever, WhetherOutline1. Will not work be done carelessly? Preached February 9, 1851. De Witt Talmage, D. D.Plato had a fable which I have now nearly forgotten, but it ran something like this: He said spirits of the other world came back to this world to find, body and find a sphere of work. 1. Others again seem to blend so wholly with other workers that their own individuality can scarcely be traced. Others again seem to blend so wholly with other workers that their own individuality can scarcely be traced. It is through Christ that life is worthy of the name of life. "For Ye are Dead" (Col. Iii. It is this: "Christ must live it in me." 5. And apart from these who learns, in the midst of his conscious and acknowledged besetting sin, to ask for the grace of God? There is nothing can do it but the Cross of Christ and the Spirit of God. 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. When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with Him in glory. 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. B. SimpsonDays of Heaven Upon Earth February 17. Churches are, but not houses we live in. Nay, a good and a spur which quickened every nerve. Hast thou ever deeply loved parent, bride, husband, or child? 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. November 8, 1874. 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 Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with Him in glory. Thanksgiving is one of the most necessary and universal offices of a Christian. )Christian ends lend grandeur to human lifeT. Differently to be admonished are servants and masters. Mere precepts cannot touch us at all points, or constrain us to do all things in a teacher's name. 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? "Your life is hid" (Col. iii. What are we to think about? J. W. Buxton, M. For the instruction of our faith. (b) Being referred to the glory of God, from indifferent they become holy and acceptable to God.3. A. 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. 1. They can tell, and others can tell, how many souls they bring to Christ. "For ye are dead" (Col. iii. 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. Or hast thou done anything for man's praise, feeling that the eye whose praise thou prizedst was upon thee? 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. And so men satisfy themselves with being Christian hearers and heathen livers, without the least suspicion of inconsistency.3. If the Christian law is just another name for the law of truth, love, and holiness, it is quite clear that we shall never get out of the range of that law, neither in this world nor the next. Therefore we must all honour the Son as the Father (John 5:23).3. HOLY MUSIC PRESCRIBED "Giving thanks," etc. 5 Likewise, ye younger, be subject unto the elder. The gospels are filled with the wonderful works of Jesus and His wonderful words. Do them as thou wouldest if thou sawest God by thee, with prayer that they may be done aright. (1) As the name of God signifies the Hebrew word by which the Lord distinguishes Himself, so Jesus is sometimes taken for the name which was given by express Divine command. (2) Is it not an outrage to require that saints should share this honour with Christ as Rome does? 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. A beginning indeed, I find, but no end of thy miseries. Take any life, in any condition or time, and there is help and hope for it in Jesus. 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. To live a life of faith for a supply of all things for life and godliness (2 Peter 1 ; John 16:23).6. So the apostle means (a)That we refer all to His glory. (6) Such deep constraining motive is not usually displayed before men; but its existence is not easily concealed. THE EXTREME BREADTH AND LOFTY SPIRIT OF CHRISTIAN DUTY. All our prayer and praises must be offered in the name of the Lord Jesus. able, it would lose immensely in its character for truth and its power for good. 1). It is plain that it must propose some motive and rule which shall touch daily life at every point. It is not egoistic to say so, for filling to overflowing is utterly and completely God's work--it is all of grace. Because the Father has highly exalted Him, and given Him a name which is above every name (Philippians 2:8-10). 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. (Admonition 6). One phrase holds it all "He died for me." So in like manner the name of Jesus (Acts 4:7; Matthew 7:22; Matthew 24:5; Matthew 18:20). 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. 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. "Your Life is Hid" (Col. Iii. How, then, can they be done? However extraordinary and extravagant, it is in keeping with the whole spirit of Christianity. We shall not need to seek far to discover our risen Lord. 2 Set your mind on the things that are above, not on the things that are upon the earth. 6 Because of these sins, the anger of God is coming. (1) He is the channel by which all God's goodness is poured upon us. impart sweetness to teaching children that in them we receive Jesus? "If ye then be risen" (Col. iii. (Preacher's Analyst. Gregory to Dominicus, Bishop of Carthage. One or two of the world's heroes and sages have won wide admiration and respect, but who has laid his hand on so many hearts and touched for good so many lives? 5 Likewise, ye younger, be subject unto the elder. At the Arno GaebeleinThe Lord of GloryChrist Our Life. Many do not know the right answer, or the full answer. "Whatsoever," etc. We find it perfectly impossible to draw a sharp line. Here we may fall into opposite mistakes. It must therefore be concluded that He is not a creature, but very God. We believe clothes make the person. 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. 3). 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)All our actual supplies (Philippians 4:19).2. Because we cannot be accepted but by Him (Ephesians 1:6; Hebrews 13:15; Hebrews 5:1).4. (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. [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?" Do St. They can tell, and others can tell, how many souls they bring to Christ. (3) Owing to a mixture of these we find Christian precept and practice widely sundered. Our Father, our Friend and Brother, who came down from heaven and suffered for us, is ready to help and reward us. A. Thanksgiving is one of the most necessary and universal offices of a Christian. WHERE IS THE EVIL IN THIS? III, What the Scriptures Principally Teach: the Ruin and Recovery of Man. Owing to this enormous abuses have sprung up under the shadow of the Church. (b)That we act according to His will. Because we are more observed than others. (6) Such deep constraining motive is not usually displayed before men; but its existence is not easily concealed. All our prayer and praises must be offered in the name of the Lord Jesus. 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? He infers holiness from this also. The Spirit moves all, and upon this the difference between man's actions depends. 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, (Colossians iii. Or hast thou done anything for man's praise, feeling that the eye whose praise thou prizedst was upon thee? It must therefore be concluded that He is not a creature, but very God. Pure religion is when the sense of God's love, of the vastness of His claims, of the breadth of His commandments, so works through the life as to make it one organic whole, and when the poor unworthy distinction of secular and sacred is forgotten; when what is most religious is most human, and what is commonest is ennobled and justified by the grace which flows from "Christ our Life."(J. )Christian ends lend grandeur to human lifeT. 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. 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. In the case of the former pursuit will lead away from, in the case of the latter it will lead to, the truth. There are of course many visionaries, men pursuing objects which have no real existence, but to them they are not unreal. Doing every thing in the name of . Now, this definite, absolute and final putting off of ourselves in an act of death, is something we cannot do ourselves. 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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. 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? 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. 13.--"Hold fast the form of sound words, which thou hast heard of me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus." The Cross of Christ and the Spirit of Christian DUTY Christ that life hid. 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