HOW WE MAY DO IT.1. He infers holiness from this also. It is this that gives them the right and title they have in Christian morality. (2) Observe how such motives act. IIEaster Wednesday Also Suited to Easter Tuesday. It says not, "Give your bodies to be burned for the glory of God," but, "Whether ye eat or drink," etc. Factories and railways, camps and courts of law, mansions, museums, and picture-galleries, to say nothing of the world of trees, and rivers, and birds, and flowers, form part of the world which belongs to Him, the Heir of all things. 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. (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 Kids Bible lessons and ministry resources that teach from the New Testament book of Colossians. 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. Bible > Colossians > Chapter 3 > Verse 17 Library Free Downloads eBibles Colossians 3:17 None but pure gold may receive the special goldsmith's mark, none but true, honest work can bear the mark of the Lord Jesus.(H. 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. 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. Remember what we are to God through creation, providence, and grace.2. Observe the extent of this saying. 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. He also gave you eternal life. Will not work be done carelessly? Does it not give strength to self-denial to take up our cross after Jesus? These words cover the whole sphere of Christian activity. 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.2. Didst thou find that thou toiledst for them less diligently because thou thoughtest of and toiledst for them? MEMORY VERSE: Colossians 3:2 "Set your affections on things above, not on things on the earth." BOOK TO REMEMBER: 1 Corinthians. If it could be shown that its requirements were unreal, its statements exaggerated, its views of attainment unreason. And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him. 1. A. Owing to this enormous abuses have sprung up under the shadow of the Church. the best one has been left for you." Because we cannot be accepted but by Him (Ephesians 1:6; Hebrews 13:15; Hebrews 5:1).4. i. Be thine own judge? THE MOTIVE POWER OF A HOLY LIFE. "Ephraim hath made many altars to sin." 3. 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. During the game part of the lesson, be really energetic and cheer the kids, and encourage the kids to cheer their team mates on as well. 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. CHRISTIANITY IS A REALITY, AND DEALS WITH REALITIES.1. [1924], 31. 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. 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. Bring common iron into proper contact with the magnet, it will borrow the strange attractive virtue, and itself become magnetic. 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. While there are many falsehoods, Charles Haddon SpurgeonSpurgeon's Sermons Volume 61: 1915, Some General Uses. 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. (3) Owing to a mixture of these we find Christian precept and practice widely sundered. Revival itself is being absolutely filled to overflowing with the Holy Spirit, and that is victorious living. What it is? They admire the gospel, but never think of realizing it. Or hast thou done anything for man's praise, feeling that the eye whose praise thou prizedst was upon thee? We must live in close communion with Jesus in the use of all His ordinances (Zechariah 4:12).4. 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. 'If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. Focus on the Meaning: The basic principle is this. - T. C. I. HOLY WALKING DESCRIBED. 3. Here we may fall into opposite mistakes. It says not, "Give your bodies to be burned for the glory of God," but, "Whether ye eat or drink," etc.2. J. W. Buxton, M. It is sufficient that we frequently and ordinarily make this application of mind. 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. 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 men make Him to be "a root out of a dry ground," "without form or comeliness." (Colossians iii. (2)Adoption (Ephesians 1:5). (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. Write Colossians 3:17. The highest end of duty. And apart from these who learns, in the midst of his conscious and acknowledged besetting sin, to ask for the grace of God? While there are many falsehoods, Charles Haddon SpurgeonSpurgeon's Sermons Volume 61: 1915Some General Uses. (Dean Alford. 2 Tim. The Gospel Lived Colossians 3:1-17 A new life (1-4). i. (3) Owing to a mixture of these we find Christian precept and practice widely sundered. 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. IIEaster Wednesday Also Suited to Easter Tuesday. Remember These Things . Do them as thou wouldest if thou sawest God by thee, with prayer that they may be done aright. 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. But Christ claimed the world for Himself and His Father, in the sense that He claimed everything in the world. Faith and Love Towards Christ. There is nothing can do it but the Cross of Christ and the Spirit of God. Farag, Jun 26, 2020. THE SACREDNESS OF COMMON LIFE AND LABOUR. IT IS A DISTINCTION WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN UTTERLY FOREIGN TO THE MIND OF AN EARLY CHRISTIAN, AND IS QUITE OPPOSED TO THE SPIRIT OF THE NEW TESTAMENT. Thus, from what they look at and come in contact with, common things acquire uncommon glory.(T. (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). Give each kid a large sheet of drawing paper and markers. 3). 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. 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. 5 Put to death therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, passion, Martin LutherEpistle Sermons, Vol. 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! 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. Observe the extent of this saying. (1) There is a wide difference between persons who pursue objects which only appear real to them, and those whose objects are absolutely real. 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. B. SimpsonDays of Heaven Upon Earth May 18. 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. act what we know in our souls, that we can do nothing good without God. 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. It says not, "Give your bodies to be burned for the glory of God," but, "Whether ye eat or drink," etc.2. (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. It is plain that it must propose some motive and rule which shall touch daily life at every point. MY devout hearers! (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. Again Jehovah said: "Ephraim is like a cake not turned." 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. 16 Let the Word. 1). And apart from these who learns, in the midst of his conscious and acknowledged besetting sin, to ask for the grace of God? i. (a) As to their inward influence on the man himself. 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. 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. He is nothing to them; they do not want Him. The spirit we are of determines the character of our actions whether they are holy or unholy. It might surprise us to find that peace is urged on us as a duty. Here, as in nature, the deepest is the stillest; but by this very stillness all who are observant know its depth. One spirit came and took the body of a king and did his work. Art, science, politics, business, everyday duty, instead of being detached from religion, have such intimate relations with it that they are, or may be, and ought to be, themselves essentially religious. All divine truths may be reduced to these two heads,--faith and love; what we ought to believe, and what we ought to do. 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. To Dominicus. 21. (Dean Alford. (3)Reconciliation with God (2 Corinthians 5:18). 4. Christ is all to us that we make Him to be. 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. 1). AugustineOn ContinenceEpistle xxxiii. Or hast thou done anything for man's praise, feeling that the eye whose praise thou prizedst was upon thee? 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. (Acts 4:12; 1 Corinthians 1:12).2. De Witt Talmage, D. D.)The essence of fieryD. "The love of Christ constraineth us."III. Don't be greedy, for a greedy person is an idolater, worshiping the things of this world. He shows where we should seek Christ.5. 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. (c)That we live in entire confidence in and dependence upon Him.4. How, then, can they be done? Paul focuses on the positive aspect of a new life. He would be a bad workman and a bad Christian if he were. (Preacher's Analyst. 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 For ye died, and your life is hid with Christ in God. Or is not their influence for the most part rather a constraining power of which he is unconscious, rather than a stimulus carried on by conscious effort? "And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful." We must not so take the precept as if we were obliged in every act and word to raise our thoughts directly to Christ. So in like manner the name of Jesus (Acts 4:7; Matthew 7:22; Matthew 24:5; Matthew 18:20). 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. 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