"Ephraim is joined to idols, let him alone." What a multitude of religions there is in this poor wicked world of ours! It is this: "Christ must live it in me." Before we come to speak of some particular cases of deadness, wherein believers are to make use of Christ as the Life, we shall first propose some useful consequences and deductions from what hath been spoken of this life; and, I. Others have a mighty Saviour, because they make Him to be great and mighty. (Admonition 6). 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. 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. 3. 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. OPENING ACTIVITY: Family Portrait. Some Christians loom up in larger proportion than is becoming. Mere precepts cannot touch us at all points, or constrain us to do all things in a teacher's name. 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. For Charles KingsleyAll Saints' Day and Other SermonsMay 5. 15. Some men make Him to be "a root out of a dry ground," "without form or comeliness." Remember these things: The late, great Sunday School teacher . (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. He would be a bad workman and a bad Christian if he were. (3) But based on reality it must also be real to me, or it cannot be my motive. 15. 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. By Jesus this gratitude is to be rendered. Whatever mystery a man makes of his object in life, spectators generally arrive at correct conclusions.2. Do them as thou wouldest if thou sawest God by thee, with prayer that they may be done aright. Clergymen, but not men of other professions and employments. Does it not give strength to self-denial to take up our cross after Jesus? He infers holiness from this also. 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. 15. O wretched Man! (1) He is the channel by which all God's goodness is poured upon us. (5) There are certain solemn times when this great motive is and must be expressly recognized; but when the whole man is possessed with the love of Christ, the whole ordinary being follows the direction of the central impulse. Therefore we must all honour the Son as the Father (John 5:23).3. Gregory to Dominicus, Bishop of Carthage. 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? He eats and drinks to the glory of God, who does so not for pleasure, but for strength for God's service; He sleeps to God's glory, who rests in Christ, hoping to rise to do Him honour; he does his daily task to the glory of God who plies it under the eye of God, and does it or not as and how he thinks God would have it done or not.3. It is His presence by His Spirit in the hearts of His people which is the motive power of their holy life. 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. 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. 3 For ye died, and your life is hid with Christ in God. 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. "Let the peace of God rule in your hearts." Here, as in nature, the deepest is the stillest; but by this very stillness all who are observant know its depth. But it is not thus taken here as if Paul simply intended that in our actions and discourses we should always intermix the word Jesus, or at least preface it. 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. 3). Their labor seems to crystallize and become its own memorial. "Your Life is Hid" (Col. 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. But can, one will say, all the little acts of life be done to Him? (b)That we act according to His will. We take it for granted and so forget it. Stewart. Owing to this enormous abuses have sprung up under the shadow of the Church. 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. What it is? )Christian ends lend grandeur to human lifeT. 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, "Your life is hid" (Col. iii. We must live in close communion with Jesus in the use of all His ordinances (Zechariah 4:12).4. )Every-day religionT. 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. O wretched Man! Think how it would bear on the obscure toilers of Ephesus, Corinth, or Rome. (Acts 4:12; 1 Corinthians 1:12).2. 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. (1) There is a wide difference between persons who pursue objects which only appear real to them, and those whose objects are absolutely real. A large proportion of the infidelity of the working classes is due to this unreal teaching. 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. To Dominicus. It is this that gives them the right and title they have in Christian morality. When He had done that upon earth, He went to heaven, that He might do more than show us, might give us, and live in us that life of trust. "If Ye Then be Risen" (Col. Iii. But whatever it be, reality is its necessary condition. Mallock. The Spirit moves all, and upon this the difference between man's actions depends. )Christian ends lend grandeur to human lifeT. So they are ready to think that they cannot help themselves, that they must fall into sins of infirmity, and thus they cast their faults on God, or they look upon them as no great faults at all, and so they act as though they could not sin. This is the way with worldly people. Paul here clearly gives to Christ the whole of life. Even now the good is gaining the victory, and the King is Christ. It will make contradiction sweet, to bear it meekly with Jesus; poverty, honourable to be poor with Jesus; toil, gladsome to labour for Jesus. (1) He is the channel by which all God's goodness is poured upon us. At the Arno GaebeleinThe Lord of GloryChrist Our Life. But it is not thus taken here as if Paul simply intended that in our actions and discourses we should always intermix the word Jesus, or at least preface it. 2. 5 Put to death therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, passion, Martin LutherEpistle Sermons, Vol. Be their case John Brown (of Wamphray)Christ The Way, The Truth, and The LifeCups Running OverBrokenness, however, is but the beginning of Revival. At the Arno GaebeleinThe Lord of GloryChrist Our Life. By the authority of Christ (Acts 3:6).2. It is worth while to do so. Colossians 3.1 - 17 / Alive in Christ. It is a detestable, an irreligious distinction.I. Guthrie, D. D.)The name of Jesus set in workDr. 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. act what we know in our souls, that we can do nothing good without God. 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. Do you know what it is? how we can obtain it? 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. Owing to this enormous abuses have sprung up under the shadow of the Church. To go to God through Him (John 15:3, 16; John 16:23-26). 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." AugustineOn ContinenceEpistle xxxiii. 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. (b) Being referred to the glory of God, from indifferent they become holy and acceptable to God.3. Again Jehovah said: "Ephraim is like a cake not turned." That is no religion which we cannot carry with us wherever we go; into our pleasures and sorrows, our business and closets.(J. (Colossians iii. Sunday School Lesson February 26, 2023 Spiritual Disciplines for New Life Colossians 4:2-6 . As to daily life. 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. But whatever it be, reality is its necessary condition. Others have a mighty Saviour, because they make Him to be great and mighty. 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? We take it for granted and so forget it.1. Surely, too, all great music is most truly religious. We cannot expect God's blessing on anything not done in Christ's name.(H. One of the leading peculiarities of the religion of Jesus is that it virtually annihilated the distinction between the secular and the sacred. (c)That we live in entire confidence in and dependence upon Him.4. 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. TOPIC: SECOND INTERACTIVE SECTION (SUMMARY OF LESSONS 14-25) MEMORY VERSE: "Holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience". (Acts 4:12; 1 Corinthians 1:12).2. It is not in our power to act as we please, or for our own ends (Romans 14:7-8). (a) As to their inward influence on the man himself. 13.--"Hold fast the form of sound words, which thou hast heard of me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus." able, it would lose immensely in its character for truth and its power for good.2. He's a religious leader and should understand spiritual lessons but somehow . It is sufficient that we frequently and ordinarily make this application of mind. save that lest they should not think that they did those evils and lived in them with impunity on this account, because their faith set them free from wrath, which cometh upon the sons of unbelief, doing these things, and living in them without faith. "Whatsoever ye do," etc., as one bearing His name, in the might of His name, and to its glory. 4. how we can obtain it? WHERE IS THE EVIL IN THIS? "Ephraim is joined to idols, let him alone." A large proportion of the infidelity of the working classes is due to this unreal teaching. gladness to alms-giving to give to Jesus? Without Him we can do nothing, with Him every thing (1 Corinthians 15:10).4. A. It is an admirable course to ask, "What would Christ have done in these circumstances?". Westminster Abbey. 2. act what we know in our souls, that we can do nothing good without God. It is that which lends them their appearance of depth, and the best of their brilliance. 3). 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. )Christian ends lend grandeur to human lifeT. They admire the gospel, but never think of realizing it. Oh, if they would just put themselves at Jesus' feet, and Rev. "Whatsoever ye do," etc., as one bearing His name, in the might of His name, and to its glory. Has it these points? He is nothing to them; they do not want Him. "Ephraim is like a silly dove without heart." Some Christians have a very small Saviour, for they are not willing to receive Him fully, and let Him do great and mighty things for them. 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. Do them as thou wouldest if thou sawest God by thee, with prayer that they may be done aright. It will have all or nothing, the first place or none. 4. "Ephraim is like a silly dove without heart." (2) The facts implied in the name, "The Lord Jesus," rest upon evidence as strong as can possibly be alleged for anything. 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. Before we come to speak of some particular cases of deadness, wherein believers are to make use of Christ as the Life, we shall first propose some useful consequences and deductions from what hath been spoken of this life; and, I. What it is? (Acts 4:12; 1 Corinthians 1:12).2. MY devout hearers! Where, then, is there any room for dependence on God even with prayer for protection and blessing, since the feeling assumes that they will be granted without any prayer at all. They admire the gospel, but never think of realizing it. It is plain that it must propose some motive and rule which shall touch daily life at every point. some uses.1. 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. 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. Show your audience the vase is still visible. To Dominicus. cast a holy reverence round a sick room when we minister to Jesus? Preached February 9, 1851. Through this lesson children will learn that in order to live a peaceful life they need to fill themselves up with good things. November 8, 1874. "Ephraim hath made many altars to sin." Some Christians loom up in larger proportion than is becoming. Does it not give strength to self-denial to take up our cross after Jesus? Mere precepts cannot touch us at all points, or constrain us to do all things in a teacher's name. 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. cast a holy reverence round a sick room when we minister to Jesus? For it is impossible that they should be in the name of Christ except our understandings and will so address them. 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. 16 Let the Word. 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. Nor indeed does infrequency of communication cause any harm where the affection of love remains uninterrupted in one's mind. 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. gladness to alms-giving to give to Jesus? The stress lies on "the name of the Lord Jesus."1. A large proportion of the infidelity of the working classes is due to this unreal teaching. (6) Such deep constraining motive is not usually displayed before men; but its existence is not easily concealed. 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. But whatever it be, reality is its necessary condition. Gregory to Dominicus, Bishop of Carthage. 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. 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. They can tell, and others can tell, how many souls they bring to Christ. (Admonition 5.) Artizan, labourer, soldier, slave, would learn the truth that God cared for him, and designed him for a glorious destiny. The impiety of those who invoke Christ's name on their wicked courses.3. 3). 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. Owing to this enormous abuses have sprung up under the shadow of the Church. "Ephraim hath made many altars to sin." Bible Verse: Colossians 3:12-17 Created Date: May, 2016 Video Length: 35:39 Transcript Length: 7 minute read PDF Buy PDF Buy Watch YouTube Prime Vimeo "If Ye Then be Risen" (Col. Iii. 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. CHRISTIANITY IS A REALITY, AND DEALS WITH REALITIES.1. I have three packets which most of you will recognize. When He had done that upon earth, He went to heaven, that He might do more than show us, might give us, and live in us that life of trust. Others have a mighty Saviour, because they make Him to be great and mighty. Specifically the name of Christ is the rule. )The reality of religionDean Alford.I. 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.3. Colossians 3:1-17 is a recognizable section of the letter. Bible > Colossians > Chapter 3 > Verse 16 Library Free Downloads eBibles Colossians 3:16 (3)Reconciliation with God (2 Corinthians 5:18). (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. Whether you do or not, let me tell you in a few words, what I seem to myself to have learned concerning that peace. HOW IT IS TO BE CARRIED OUT "In the name of the Lord Jesus." Here, as in nature, the deepest is the stillest; but by this very stillness all who are observant know its depth. "Let the peace of God rule in your hearts." (1) There is a wide difference between persons who pursue objects which only appear real to them, and those whose objects are absolutely real. 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. While there are many falsehoods, Charles Haddon SpurgeonSpurgeon's Sermons Volume 61: 1915Some General Uses. CHRISTIANITY IS A REALITY, AND DEALS WITH REALITIES.1. Here, as in nature, the deepest is the stillest; but by this very stillness all who are observant know its depth. Whatever mystery a man makes of his object in life, spectators generally arrive at correct conclusions.2. If we were asked this moment if we were filled with the Holy Spirit, how many of us would dare to answer "yes"? i. Not more cer tainly does the law of gravity reach from world to world than does this law prevail wherever intelligence exists.2. They admire the gospel, but never think of realizing it. 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. Men have taken it into their heads to invent various systems of religion and if you look round the world, you will see scores of different sects; but it is a great fact that, while there is a multitude of false religions, there is but one that is true. It must therefore be concluded that He is not a creature, but very God. (2) Observe how such motives act. The It is a privilege to have peace, but it would appear, Observe in this chapter that he begins by reminding the saints of their having risen with Christ. Thus, from what they look at and come in contact with, common things acquire uncommon glory.(T. As to daily life. You care about what your children are wearing, but do they know that God cares . A beginning indeed, I find, but no end of thy miseries. Some people are so afraid of joy, that they seem to labour under the delusion that all who are devout must be unhappy. )PeopleChristians, Colossians, Paul, TimothyPlacesColossaeTopicsAct, Deed, Giving, Praise, Thanks, Whatever, Whatsoever, WhetherOutline1. 11.) The distinction between things secular and things sacred has wrought unspeakable mischief. 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. 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. 5. Daille.I. In the case of the former pursuit will lead away from, in the case of the latter it will lead to, the truth. J. W. Buxton, M. 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. Observe I. They can tell, and others can tell, how many souls they bring to Christ. Blot out that name and you blot out the best part of history, all that is purest in morals, elevating in literature, gentle in manners, merciful in laws. Recur to the motive of the text. Does it not give strength to self-denial to take up our cross after Jesus? If a man be a Christian, men will take knowledge of him that he has been with Jesus. Yea, all of you gird yourselves with humility, to serve one another: for God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace to the humble. Because we cannot be accepted but by Him (Ephesians 1:6; Hebrews 13:15; Hebrews 5:1). 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. Here you have a compend of the doctrine of the Scriptures. Some men make Him to be "a root out of a dry ground," "without form or comeliness." Do all under the authority of Jesus Christ. "If Ye Then be Risen" (Col. Iii. MY devout hearers! (1) There is a wide difference between persons who pursue objects which only appear real to them, and those whose objects are absolutely real. 3). (2) Is it not an outrage to require that saints should share this honour with Christ as Rome does? Men have taken it into their heads to invent various systems of religion and if you look round the world, you will see scores of different sects; but it is a great fact that, while there is a multitude of false religions, there is but one that is true. AugustineOn Continence"But Now do Ye Also," Saith He, "Put Down All31. To go to God through Him (John 15:3, 16; John 16:23-26).2. Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth. It is through Christ that life is worthy of the name of life. (3) Owing to a mixture of these we find Christian precept and practice widely sundered. One question that rises in every mind is this: "How can I live that life of perfect trust in God?" Works that are the same as to external action are good in one and bad in another. 4 When Christ, who is our life, shall be manifested, then shall ye also with him be manifested in glory. (b) Being referred to the glory of God, from indifferent they become holy and acceptable to God.3. These words cover the whole sphere of Christian activity. (1) He is the channel by which all God's goodness is poured upon us. IIRisen with Christ'If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. Some Christians loom up in larger proportion than is becoming. February 17. 21. For it is impossible that they should be in the name of Christ except our understandings and will so address them. IIEaster Wednesday Also Suited to Easter Tuesday. B. SimpsonDays of Heaven Upon Earth, May 18. The peace of God. Then was it a sacred or a secular work to write "Paradise Lost," Wordsworth's "Excursion," or Cowper's "Task"? 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