"For Ye are Dead" (Col. Iii. We take it for granted and so forget it.1. (Acts 4:12; 1 Corinthians 1:12).2. Christ, therein revealed, has laid hold upon the whole of life. 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. Colossians. If we were asked this moment if we were filled with the Holy Spirit, how many of us would dare to answer "yes"? Thus, from what they look at and come in contact with, common things acquire uncommon glory.(T. Nor indeed does infrequency of communication cause any harm where the affection of love remains uninterrupted in one's mind. (Colossians iii. WHY WE ARE TO DO IT.1. (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. (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. And the reply was, "The body of a common man, doing a common work, and for a common reward." 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. B. SimpsonDays of Heaven Upon Earth May 18. (1) We have a proof of the divinity of Christ. 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. 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 Great, How Subjects and Prelates are to be Admonished. Didst thou find that thou toiledst for them less diligently because thou thoughtest of and toiledst for them? Others have a mighty Saviour, because they make Him to be great and mighty. 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. 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." But all reproof and chastisement did not bring Ephraim back. (Dean Alford. III. That is what the priest will invoke for you all, when you leave this abbey. 15. 16 Let the Word Martin LutherEpistle Sermons, Vol. For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God. . The key-note of this chapter is that religion is a life in Christ, so all-pervading and all. This round world may therefore become to us a temple, and this little life a song of praise.II. The reason is simply this, that their services are being offered in the wrong name. Colossians Small Group Series Lesson 1 - Introduction & 1:1-23 Background Colossians is one of two letters written by Paul from prison around 60 AD in Caesarea before he was shipped to Rome. cast a holy reverence round a sick room when we minister to Jesus? A. As it overstepped all barriers of climate, colour, and race to call men brethren, so it passed over all barriers of priestly function to make all men holy, and so all men are now made priests unto God. "WHATSOEVER YE DO IN WORD OR DEED," etc.1. Oh, if they would just put themselves at Jesus' feet, and Rev. 15. At the Arno GaebeleinThe Lord of GloryChrist Our Life. We are "the Lord's. "But now do ye also," saith he, "put down all;" [1927] and he makes mention of several more evils of that sort. 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? "Let the peace of God rule in your hearts." THE SACREDNESS OF COMMON LIFE AND LABOUR. 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. (Preacher's Analyst. A. Refer all things to Him. 1. To Dominicus. The verses of this lesson (verses 12-17) focus on Christian virtue, defining and describing Christian character . What have we to know, but what God hath revealed of himself to us? 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. 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. For the instruction of our faith. Nothing so mean that it was thought unworthy of this monogram; nothing so glorious that it was considered unfit to have that excelling glory added thereto. For it is impossible that they should be in the name of Christ except our understandings and will so address them. It is as we Andrew MurrayThe Master's IndwellingMeditations of the Misery of a Man not Reconciled to God in Christ. What is it that makes our public services in church so frequently cold and spiritless? 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. The spirit we are of determines the character of our actions whether they are holy or unholy. Therefore we must all honour the Son as the Father (John 5:23).3. We cannot expect God's blessing on anything not done in Christ's name.(H. Very many of those prayers are like letters with no name and address upon them, which never reach their destination. For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God. 3). Paul here clearly gives to Christ the whole of life. But, after that he had made mention of these evils, he added and said, "On account of which cometh the wrath of God on the sons of unbelief." For Charles KingsleyAll Saints' Day and Other SermonsMay 5. Again Jehovah said: "Ephraim is like a cake not turned." For His glory (1 Corinthians 10:31; John 5:23; Revelation 5:12, 13).5. We take it for granted and so forget it.1. 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. (a) As to their inward influence on the man himself. 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. 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. Again, is it a sacred or a secular work when a young girl, under a deep sense of duty, consecrates her life to attendance upon a suffering mother? It is worth while to do so. 3). We take it for granted and so forget it.1. And apart from these who learns, in the midst of his conscious and acknowledged besetting sin, to ask for the grace of God? (Preacher's Analyst. Whatever we do in word and in deed no matter what it is, let us do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus and in total dependence upon Him. At the Arno GaebeleinThe Lord of GloryChrist Our Life. B. SimpsonDays of Heaven Upon Earth May 18. (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. Colossians 3:1-17: Holy Living; Colossians 3:1-17 Colossians 3:18-4:6: Responsibilities; Colossians 3:23-25; 4:2-13, 17; EXPOSITOR'S GREEK TESTAMENT. "But now do ye also," saith he, "put down all;" [1927] and he makes mention of several more evils of that sort. "Ephraim is like a silly dove without heart." (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. For it is impossible that they should be in the name of Christ except our understandings and will so address them. (b) Being referred to the glory of God, from indifferent they become holy and acceptable to God.3. "Ephraim is like a silly dove without heart." 3). Bible Passage: Col. 3:12. The reason is simply this, that their services are being offered in the wrong name. For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God. 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. So the apostle means (a)That we refer all to His glory. 11.) A. 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. (Admonition 5.) And what have we to do, but what Hugh BinningThe Works of the Rev. Our Father, our Friend and Brother, who came down from heaven and suffered for us, is ready to help and reward us. 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. 2. 2 Set your mind on the things that are above, not on the things that are upon the earth. To do all by His strength (Acts 4:6-7, 10; 1 Samuel 17:45; Philippians 4:13; 2 Corinthians 12:9). It is not egoistic to say so, for filling to overflowing is utterly and completely God's work--it is all of grace. Even now the good is gaining the victory, and the King is Christ. 2. It is not in our power to act as we please, or for our own ends (Romans 14:7-8).2. Are they evermore in his view and present to his thoughts? 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. Therefore we must all honour the Son as the Father (John 5:23).3. All divine truths may be reduced to these two heads,--faith and love; what we ought to believe, and what we ought to do. UNITY AND PEACE. Some men make Him to be "a root out of a dry ground," "without form or comeliness." IIIWhat the Scriptures Principally Teach: the Ruin and Recovery of Man. some uses.1. We take it for granted and so forget it.1. (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 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. Mere precepts cannot touch us at all points, or constrain us to do all things in a teacher's name. We must not so take the precept as if we were obliged in every act and word to raise our thoughts directly to Christ. 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. Do you know what it is? Nor indeed does infrequency of communication cause any harm where the affection of love remains uninterrupted in one's mind. (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. 16 Let the Word Martin LutherEpistle Sermons, Vol. 4 When Christ, who is our life, shall be manifested, then shall ye also with him be manifested in glory. AugustineOn ContinenceEpistle xxxiii. He shows where we should seek Christ.5. The rule is short and easy, but of almost infinite use. 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? [1924] St. And who looks down upon us? While there are many falsehoods, Charles Haddon SpurgeonSpurgeon's Sermons Volume 61: 1915Some General Uses. 15. If we were asked this moment if we were filled with the Holy Spirit, how many of us would dare to answer "yes"? 3). For the confirmation of faith. Here you have a compend of the doctrine of the Scriptures. (2) How many of us fall short of this.(J. The impiety of those who invoke Christ's name on their wicked courses. 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. (E B. Pusey, D. D.)Common work in the name of JesusH. Not if our Lord be a mere teacher. It is that which lends them their appearance of depth, and the best of their brilliance. B. SimpsonDays of Heaven Upon Earth Fifth Sunday after EpiphanyText: Colossians 3, 12-17. (3) But based on reality it must also be real to me, or it cannot be my motive. 5 Lesson Theme: "Now What?PUT OFF and PUT ON!" Scripture: Colossians 3:1-10 Memory Verse: Romans 13:14 "But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to fulfill its lusts." Teachers/Parents: As we walk through the book of Colossians we plan to continually connect it back to the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ (which we recently finished (Dean Alford. AugustineOn ContinenceEpistle xxxiii. If by a subtle process it is taken away, all become tarnished and discoloured.(W. Text: Colossians 3, 1-7. (4)All our actual supplies (Philippians 4:19).2. They must have supreme reference to him (1 Corinthians 10:31); they must be done under his warrant or authority, in the strength of his grace, after his own glorious example, and with ultimate regard to his glory. 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. 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