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. (b) Being referred to the glory of God, from indifferent they become holy and acceptable to God.3. (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. 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. Works that are the same as to external action are good in one and bad in another. and why so many do not obtain it, and are, therefore, not at peace? Because "we live and die to the Lord." In the case of the former pursuit will lead away from, in the case of the latter it will lead to, the truth. Were it not almost an indignity to bring them in reference to His great Majesty? (2) Is it not an outrage to require that saints should share this honour with Christ as Rome does? "And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful." Sunday, but not other six days. 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? impart sweetness to teaching children that in them we receive Jesus? It is sufficient that we frequently and ordinarily make this application of mind. Here, as in nature, the deepest is the stillest; but by this very stillness all who are observant know its depth. We shall not need to seek far to discover our risen Lord. It is not egoistic to say so, for filling to overflowing is utterly and completely God's work--it is all of grace. When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with Him in glory. He would be a bad workman and a bad Christian if he were. There is nothing can do it but the Cross of Christ and the Spirit 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. AugustineOn Continence"But Now do Ye Also," Saith He, "Put Down All31. (1) If we would be truly Christians, we must have Christ continually before us as the pole star, the rule of our whole life. "And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful." III, What the Scriptures Principally Teach: the Ruin and Recovery of Man. Hast thou ever deeply loved parent, bride, husband, or child? Here we may fall into opposite mistakes. B. SimpsonDays of Heaven Upon Earth Fifth Sunday after EpiphanyText: Colossians 3, 12-17. The rule is short and easy, but of almost infinite use. It is this: "Christ must live it in me." Owing to this enormous abuses have sprung up under the shadow of the Church. "Whether ye eat or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do it to the glory of God."(T. When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with Him in glory. A. --Colossians iii. Therefore we must all honour the Son as the Father (John 5:23).3. 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. 15. 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. How, then, can they be done? Many do not know the right answer, or the full answer. i. There is nothing can do it but the Cross of Christ and the Spirit of God. 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. 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? For Charles KingsleyAll Saints' Day and Other SermonsMay 5. Christian obedience must all the while be mingled with thanksgiving to God the Father. and why so many do not obtain it, and are, therefore, not at peace? But Christ claimed the world for Himself and His Father, in the sense that He claimed everything in the world. 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. impart sweetness to teaching children that in them we receive Jesus? 1. It says not, "Give your bodies to be burned for the glory of God," but, "Whether ye eat or drink," etc. (b)That we act according to His will. "Your Life is Hid" (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. There is something in these words that might surprise us. 3). It must therefore be concluded that He is not a creature, but very God. All the apparent extravagance of the injunction vanishes when we lay our hands on the secret of the Divine life. Each object adds a 3-D visual to stimulate interest as well as help retain the message in memory. We must live in close communion with Jesus in the use of all His ordinances (Zechariah 4:12).4. 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.3. "WHATSOEVER YE DO IN WORD OR DEED," etc.1. We shall not need to seek far to discover our risen Lord. 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. We find it perfectly impossible to draw a sharp line. Philemon Forgiving When Forgiving is Hard. 2 Tim. Refer all things to Him. (Dean Alford. 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. It is not self-mortifying, but it is dying with Christ. I want to emphasize that word "all." Because we cannot be accepted but by Him (Ephesians 1:6; Hebrews 13:15; Hebrews 5:1).4. UNITY AND PEACE. TEXT: COL. iii. 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. Most objects are everyday items that you can pick up around the house and be ready to teach a fun Bible lesson for children's church, Sunday school, Awana or family devotional in a . The impiety of those who invoke Christ's name on their wicked courses.3. (2) Our thanks cannot be grateful to the Father except addressed and presented by Christ. What is it that makes our public services in church so frequently cold and spiritless? For the sake of Christ (Mark 9:41).3. Without Him we can do nothing, with Him every thing (1 Corinthians 15:10).4. 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. Ulysses said, "What's that?" 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. "Whether ye eat or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do it to the glory of God."(T. 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. For the instruction of our faith. Even now the good is gaining the victory, and the King is Christ. This implies three things.1. [1924] St. Was this a hindrance? 13.--"Hold fast the form of sound words, which thou hast heard of me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus." It is not self-mortifying, but it is dying with Christ. Here is the sum of religion. We take it for granted and so forget it.1. MY devout hearers! A. 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. 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 this: "Christ must live it in me." It is that we are slow to learn in. We must exercise our thoughts much upon Him, and be much taken up with Him in the course of our lives (Psalm 73:23).IV. 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. 1. What combination of forces has cut so deep a groove across the world? 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. 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. 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. "Ephraim is like a silly dove without heart." 11.) Then, have them take turns rolling the die and placing the clothes on the doll (do . 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. Whether you do or not, let me tell you in a few words, what I seem to myself to have learned concerning that peace. 5. 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. Refer all things to Him. )The reality of religionDean Alford.I. That is no religion which we cannot carry with us wherever we go; into our pleasures and sorrows, our business and closets. Because we cannot be accepted but by Him (Ephesians 1:6; Hebrews 13:15; Hebrews 5:1). Have nothing to do with sexual immorality, impurity, lust, and evil desires. 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? We must live in close communion with Jesus in the use of all His ordinances (Zechariah 4:12). 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. Let Him be the beginning from whom all flows, the end in whom all are gathered, our aim, our reward. ; they can only be acceptable in Him. )Christian ends lend grandeur to human lifeT. 2. (3) But based on reality it must also be real to me, or it cannot be my motive. )The acceptable prayerH. What a multitude of religions there is in this poor wicked world of ours! THY REMEDY. It is that we are slow to learn in. Gregory to Dominicus, Bishop of Carthage. 3). But what is it, that it is not enough for him to say, "Do ye put down all," but that he added the conjunction and said, "ye also?" For Charles KingsleyAll Saints' Day and Other SermonsMay 5. Even now the good is gaining the victory, and the King is Christ. It is as we Andrew MurrayThe Master's IndwellingMeditations of the Misery of a Man not Reconciled to God in Christ. )Every-day religionT. This clever object lesson demonstrates that something can be there but invisible. 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. 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. Does it not give strength to self-denial to take up our cross after Jesus? Nor indeed does infrequency of communication cause any harm where the affection of love remains uninterrupted in one's mind. ITS UNIVERSAL OBLIGATION "Whatsoever ye do," etc. Remember what we are to God through creation, providence, and grace.2. It is this that gives them the right and title they have in Christian morality. 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. 4 When Christ, who is our life, shall be manifested, then shall ye also with him be manifested in glory. Remember, the Lord forgave you, so you must forgive others. 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 is not self-mortifying, but it is dying with Christ. It is not in our power to act as we please, or for our own ends (Romans 14:7-8).2. Text: Colossians 3, 1-7. It is plain that it must propose some motive and rule which shall touch daily life at every point. Thanksgiving is one of the most necessary and universal offices of a Christian. Christ, therein revealed, has laid hold upon the whole of life. Lessons: 1. B. SimpsonDays of Heaven Upon Earth Fifth Sunday after EpiphanyText: Colossians 3, 12-17. Revival itself is being absolutely filled to overflowing with the Holy Spirit, and that is victorious living. OPENING ACTIVITY: Family Portrait. how we can obtain it? 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." 3). 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. How can we do both at once without distraction study, speak, or do and think of Christ at the same time? 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. 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. There is to be , (1)Humbleness of mind;(2)longsuffering;(3)meekness; above all(4)charity.The word of Christ must dwell richly in the heart (see previous verse).II. (2) Is it not an outrage to require that saints should share this honour with Christ as Rome does? (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. Mallock. WHAT THIS IS.1. Mere precepts cannot touch us at all points, or constrain us to do all things in a teacher's name. Refer all things to Him. For the confirmation of faith. (b) Being referred to the glory of God, from indifferent they become holy and acceptable to God.3. 2. (2) Our thanks cannot be grateful to the Father except addressed and presented by Christ. Very many of those prayers are like letters with no name and address upon them, which never reach their destination. 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. For the sake of Christ (Mark 9:41).3. Oh, if they would just put themselves at Jesus' feet, and Rev. If by a subtle process it is taken away, all become tarnished and discoloured.(W. This is all the Scriptures teach, and this is all we have to learn. 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. 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. Be their case John Brown (of Wamphray)Christ The Way, The Truth, and The LifeCups Running OverBrokenness, however, is but the beginning of Revival. (Colossians iii. 2. 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, Preached February 9, 1851. There is no need to enter into the various component elements which go to make up this moral force. Hast thou ever deeply loved parent, bride, husband, or child? 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. "Ephraim is joined to idols, let him alone." Works that are the same as to external action are good in one and bad in another. 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. 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. iii 15. 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. 'If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. In the case of the former pursuit will lead away from, in the case of the latter it will lead to, the truth. It must have points of contact with every part of my life. Some men make Him to be "a root out of a dry ground," "without form or comeliness." 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. [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?" THY REMEDY. 2 Set your mind on the things that are above, not on the things that are upon the earth. Has it these points? We should say all words and practice all deeds in harmony with the revelation of Jesus Christ, namely, under His authority and as His followers. The Spirit moves all, and upon this the difference between man's actions depends. On the contrary, great love shows itself most in little acts. To follow His example (Matthew 16:24; 1 John 2:6; 1 Peter 2:21-23).II. Now, this definite, absolute and final putting off of ourselves in an act of death, is something we cannot do ourselves. The peace of God. Gregory to Dominicus, Bishop of Carthage. 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. 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. Macgregor, D. D.This is one of the bold sweeping statements of Scripture. Do them as thou wouldest if thou sawest God by thee, with prayer that they may be done aright. (2) How many of us fall short of this.(J. 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. A. 11.) Do St. 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. "Your Life is Hid" (Col. Iii. [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?" The conceptions, affections, and resolutions of the soul refer to words and works as being the principles and motives of them. Whatsoever ye do in word or deed Let your words be right, and your actions upright. Clergymen, but not men of other professions and employments. Colossians. 5. 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. IIEaster Wednesday Also Suited to Easter Tuesday. Preached February 9, 1851. "Your Life is Hid" (Col. Iii. 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. Be their case, Brokenness, however, is but the beginning of Revival. "Let the peace of God rule in your hearts." 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. But having begun at the beginning, and taken the step of salvation by faith, the walk has to be carried on by following this injunction, which means . 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. 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. Thanksgiving is one of the most necessary and universal offices of a Christian. Some men make Him to be "a root out of a dry ground," "without form or comeliness." Colossians 3:4.--Christ who is our life. Owing to this enormous abuses have sprung up under the shadow of the Church. 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. 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? 4 When Christ, who is our life, shall be manifested, then shall ye also with him be manifested in glory. What God hath joined together let no man put asunder; and He has wedded religion and life. 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. He is nothing to them; they do not want Him. 12 Put on therefore, as God's elect, holy and beloved, a heart of compassion, kindness, lowliness, meekness, longsuffering; 13 forbearing one another, and forgiving each other, if any man have a complaint against any; even as the Lord forgave you, so also do ye: 14 and above all these things put on love, which is the bond of perfectness. But can, one will say, all the little acts of life be done to Him? Not more cer tainly does the law of gravity reach from world to world than does this law prevail wherever intelligence exists. 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. And shall not such love quicken us to do all things better. AugustineOn ContinenceEpistle xxxiii. They admire the gospel, but never think of realizing it. Let Him be the beginning from whom all flows, the end in whom all are gathered, our aim, our reward. All our prayer and praises must be offered in the name of the Lord Jesus. AugustineOn ContinenceEpistle xxxiii. 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. 5 Likewise, ye younger, be subject unto the elder. All the apparent extravagance of the injunction vanishes when we lay our hands on the secret of the Divine life. When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with Him in glory. All the wicked dealings and defilement of Ephraim is uncovered--and the Lord said: "I will be unto Ephraim as a lion." Therefore we must all honour the Son as the Father (John 5:23).3. Others again seem to blend so wholly with other workers that their own individuality can scarcely be traced. 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