colossians 3:17 object lesson

colossians 3:17 object lesson

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Recur to the motive of the text. 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 love of Christ constraineth us."III. )Consistency and gratitudeJ. For the glory of Christ (Acts 15:26). B. SimpsonDays of Heaven Upon Earth Fifth Sunday after EpiphanyText: Colossians 3, 12-17. Solomon was called to build the temple of the Lord, but every man who is an honest worker, who does his best in the place where heaven has put him, is building up a temple, holy, acceptable to God. To follow His example (Matthew 16:24; 1 John 2:6; 1 Peter 2:21-23).II. 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. 3. Are they evermore in his view and present to his thoughts? Their labor seems to crystallize and become its own memorial. IIIWhat the Scriptures Principally Teach: the Ruin and Recovery of Man. and why so many do not obtain it, and are, therefore, not at peace? Hast thou ever deeply loved parent, bride, husband, or child? "But now do ye also," saith he, "put down all;" [1927] and he makes mention of several more evils of that sort. Works that are the same as to external action are good in one and bad in another. Here we may fall into opposite mistakes. B. SimpsonDays of Heaven Upon Earth February 17. It will make contradiction sweet, to bear it meekly with Jesus; poverty, honourable to be poor with Jesus; toil, gladsome to labour for Jesus. The life of the saint and of the sinner are made up very much of the same commonplace duties, and in all that is patent to the world there may be little difference between them: but the spirit by which they are actuated constitutes a gulf between them as wide as that which divides light and darkness, heaven and hell. Was this a hindrance? To Dominicus. permeating this life that it hallows everything.1. He teaches us now to go beyond developing our philosophy of life which focuses on humanity to develop our theology which focuses on God. permeating this life that it hallows everything. As to deeds of grace. (c)That we live in entire confidence in and dependence upon Him.4. "If Ye Then be Risen" (Col. Iii. able, it would lose immensely in its character for truth and its power for good.2. Observe the extent of this saying. 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? "Ephraim is joined to idols, let him alone." 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. Now, this definite, absolute and final putting off of ourselves in an act of death, is something we cannot do ourselves. 11.) 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. Faith and Love Towards Christ. Or hast thou done anything for man's praise, feeling that the eye whose praise thou prizedst was upon thee? 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 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. 4. 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. 5 Put to death therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, passion, Martin LutherEpistle Sermons, Vol. "The opening verses of chapter 3 sustain the closest connection with the closing verses of chapter 2. 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. Just as the Israelites were his chosen people in Old Testament times, so those composing the church are his family today. 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. (b) Being referred to the glory of God, from indifferent they become holy and acceptable to God.3. As to daily life. (Preacher's Analyst. Be their case John Brown (of Wamphray)Christ The Way, The Truth, and The LifeCups Running OverBrokenness, however, is but the beginning of Revival. Macgregor, D. D.This is one of the bold sweeping statements of Scripture. "GIVING THANKS INTO GOD AND THE FATHER BY HIM." All the apparent extravagance of the injunction vanishes when we lay our hands on the secret of the Divine life. 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. I want to emphasize that word "all." Artizan, labourer, soldier, slave, would learn the truth that God cared for him, and designed him for a glorious destiny. (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. Nothing seemed to be able to draw Ephraim's heart away from the idols. 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. "For ye are dead" (Col. iii. 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. (3) But based on reality it must also be real to me, or it cannot be my motive. 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. 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. 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. and why so many do not obtain it, and are, therefore, not at peace? Now, this definite, absolute and final putting off of ourselves in an act of death, is something we cannot do ourselves. Not if our Lord be a mere teacher. 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. 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." 5 Likewise, ye younger, be subject unto the elder. A workbook for the biblical lesson on the book of Colossians, that teaches we should be light to the world. Whether you do or not, let me tell you in a few words, what I seem to myself to have learned concerning that peace. 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. THE TEXT IS A REMEDY FOR UNREALITY IN RELIGION.1. (1) He is the channel by which all God's goodness is poured upon us. Revival itself is being absolutely filled to overflowing with the Holy Spirit, and that is victorious living. While there are many falsehoods, Charles Haddon SpurgeonSpurgeon's Sermons Volume 61: 1915Some General Uses. Do you know what it is? Some men make Him to be "a root out of a dry ground," "without form or comeliness." Be thine own judge? impart sweetness to teaching children that in them we receive Jesus? 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. This is the way with worldly people. Christian obedience must all the while be mingled with thanksgiving to God the Father. Their labor seems to crystallize and become its own memorial. 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. 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. A beginning indeed, I find, but no end of thy miseries. THY REMEDY. It is this that gives them the right and title they have in Christian morality. They can tell, and others can tell, how many souls they bring to Christ. Paul here clearly gives to Christ the whole of life. "Ephraim is like a silly dove without heart." 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." 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. While there are many falsehoods, Charles Haddon SpurgeonSpurgeon's Sermons Volume 61: 1915Some General Uses. 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. (1) We may take the sayings of Scripture strictly to the letter, set them clown as exaggerated, and above our capacities. The belief in Christ is not only the unavoidable conclusion of a sound mind from evidence, but the only satisfactory way to account for the state of the world in which we find ourselves. and why so many do not obtain it, and are, therefore, not at peace? Be their case, Brokenness, however, is but the beginning of Revival. In our current environment, if you want to cause offense, then all you have to do is read Colossians 3:18-4:1 regarding our roles in family and society: Wives, submit to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord. 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. Beginning in verse 12 Paul describes what spiritual clothing followers of Jesus must wear. And what have we to do, but what Hugh BinningThe Works of the Rev. [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?" Therefore we must "walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise" (Ephesians 5:15). 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. "If Ye Then be Risen" (Col. Iii. Paul focuses on the positive aspect of a new life. (c)That we live in entire confidence in and dependence upon Him.4. If religion consists in entering the service of a God who looks not on the outward appearance but on the heart, that religion will be the only true one which produces right dispositions towards Him of faithfulness in all things, the smallest as well as the biggest. While there are many falsehoods, Charles Haddon SpurgeonSpurgeon's Sermons Volume 61: 1915, Some General Uses. These are the sins of the world, and not for Christians to partake in. Neale. Now, this definite, absolute and final putting off of ourselves in an act of death, is something we cannot do ourselves. Here we may fall into opposite mistakes. 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. Many Christians seem to think that in the daily deeds and words of life they either cannot or else must sin, and that these two are much the same. cast a holy reverence round a sick room when we minister to Jesus? For the instruction of our faith. He shows where we should seek Christ.5. It might surprise us to find that peace is urged on us as a duty. 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) There is a wide difference between persons who pursue objects which only appear real to them, and those whose objects are absolutely real. [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?" 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. 3). 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. i. 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. 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? A. While there are many falsehoods, Charles Haddon SpurgeonSpurgeon's Sermons Volume 61: 1915Some General Uses. 4 3. the best one has been left for you." 1). What God hath joined together let no man put asunder; and He has wedded religion and life. Now, this definite, absolute and final putting off of ourselves in an act of death, is something we cannot do ourselves. So in like manner the name of Jesus (Acts 4:7; Matthew 7:22; Matthew 24:5; Matthew 18:20). For the confirmation of faith. (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). 3). WHERE IS THE EVIL IN THIS? THE SACREDNESS OF COMMON LIFE AND LABOUR. (2) The facts implied in the name, "The Lord Jesus," rest upon evidence as strong as can possibly be alleged for anything. (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. Differently to be admonished are servants and masters. Many do not know the right answer, or the full answer. It is His presence by His Spirit in the hearts of His people which is the motive power of their holy life. For this, which may be understood also figuratively, is said to the former, Children, obey your parents in the Lord: but to Leo the GreatWritings of Leo the GreatThird Sunday after Trinity Humility, Trust, Watchfulness, SufferingText: 1 Peter 5, 5-11. 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. (3)Reconciliation with God (2 Corinthians 5:18). Others have a mighty Saviour, because they make Him to be great and mighty. "Your life is hid" (Col. iii. We take it for granted and so forget it.1. 4 When Christ, who is our life, shall be manifested, then shall ye also with him be manifested in glory. 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. 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."

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