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. 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. Christian obedience must all the while be mingled with thanksgiving to God the Father. Didst thou find that thou toiledst for them less diligently because thou thoughtest of and toiledst for them? The impiety of those who invoke Christ's name on their wicked courses. 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. What God hath joined together let no man put asunder; and He has wedded religion and life. and why so many do not obtain it, and are, therefore, not at peace? The key-note of this chapter is that religion is a life in Christ, so all-pervading and all. 14 Above all, put on love-the perfect bond . (2) Observe how such motives act. 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. 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.2. Owing to this enormous abuses have sprung up under the shadow of the Church. 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. It is a detestable, an irreligious distinction.I. Mere precepts cannot touch us at all points, or constrain us to do all things in a teacher's name. 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. It is that which lends them their appearance of depth, and the best of their brilliance. Does it not give strength to self-denial to take up our cross after Jesus? 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. 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. 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) 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. 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. Neale. (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. )The reality of religionDean Alford.I. some uses.1. How can we do both at once without distraction study, speak, or do and think of Christ at the same time? Daille. HOW IT IS TO BE CARRIED OUT "In the name of the Lord Jesus." HOW IT IS TO BE CARRIED OUT "In the name of the Lord Jesus." Be thine own judge? 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. It is this that gives them the right and title they have in Christian morality. But it is necessary that we have this deposition so formed in our hearts, that when circumstances allow us to think of Christ our souls may lean that way as being habituated to it.II. For Charles KingsleyAll Saints' Day and Other SermonsMay 5. If we were asked this moment if we were filled with the Holy Spirit, how many of us would dare to answer "yes"? It is not egoistic to say so, for filling to overflowing is utterly and completely God's work--it is all of grace. 21. II. 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. the best one has been left for you." (6) Such deep constraining motive is not usually displayed before men; but its existence is not easily concealed. Children, obey your parents in everything, for this pleases the Lord. 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. Do you know what it is? Churches are, but not houses we live in. This round world may therefore become to us a temple, and this little life a song of praise.II. impart sweetness to teaching children that in them we receive Jesus? To Dominicus. Now, this definite, absolute and final putting off of ourselves in an act of death, is something we cannot do ourselves. Christ, therein revealed, has laid hold upon the whole of life. There is nothing can do it but the Cross of Christ and the Spirit of God. B. SimpsonDays of Heaven Upon Earth May 18. 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. They admire the gospel, but never think of realizing it. 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. how we can obtain it? A. AugustineOn ContinenceEpistle xxxiii. Nothing seemed to be able to draw Ephraim's heart away from the idols. Do them as thou wouldest if thou sawest God by thee, with prayer that they may be done aright. IIIWhat the Scriptures Principally Teach: the Ruin and Recovery of Man. But it is necessary that we have this deposition so formed in our hearts, that when circumstances allow us to think of Christ our souls may lean that way as being habituated to it.II. It says not, "Give your bodies to be burned for the glory of God," but, "Whether ye eat or drink," etc. Whatever mystery a man makes of his object in life, spectators generally arrive at correct conclusions.2. Here we may fall into opposite mistakes. "If Ye Then be Risen" (Col. Iii. Was this a hindrance? 15. Be sure to point out the three following points: 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." 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. Yea, all of you gird yourselves with humility, to serve one another: for God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace to the humble. B. SimpsonDays of Heaven Upon Earth February 17. By Lois Parker Edstrom. Nothing seemed to be able to draw Ephraim's heart away from the idols. IIEaster Wednesday Also Suited to Easter Tuesday. (2) Is it not an outrage to require that saints should share this honour with Christ as Rome does? 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. (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 not egoistic to say so, for filling to overflowing is utterly and completely God's work--it is all of grace. 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. Even now the good is gaining the victory, and the King is Christ. Westminster Abbey. If by a subtle process it is taken away, all become tarnished and discoloured.(W. (1) We may take the sayings of Scripture strictly to the letter, set them clown as exaggerated, and above our capacities. We must not so take the precept as if we were obliged in every act and word to raise our thoughts directly to Christ. cast a holy reverence round a sick room when we minister to Jesus? To walk in the religion of the Lord Jesus (Micah 4:5; 2 Timothy 2:19; Matthew 10:22; Luke 21:17; Revelation 2:3, 13).7. 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. 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. AugustineOn Continence"But Now do Ye Also," Saith He, "Put Down All31. While there are many falsehoods, Charles Haddon SpurgeonSpurgeon's Sermons Volume 61: 1915Some General Uses. (1) We must avoid words that would dishonour Christ - vain words (Ephesians 5:6), bitter words (Job 6:3), deceitful words (Psalm 36:3), idle words (Matthew 12:36). (1) We have a proof of the divinity of Christ. TEXT: COL. iii. 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. 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. We shall not need to seek far to discover our risen Lord. 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. There is something in these words that might surprise us. "If ye then be risen" (Col. iii. (3)Reconciliation with God (2 Corinthians 5:18). "Ephraim is joined to idols, let him alone." The angry, sinful word again and again escapes, and the thought of God at best but follows it.II. It is not egoistic to say so, for filling to overflowing is utterly and completely God's work--it is all of grace. Observe the extent of this saying. 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. 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. One question that rises in every mind is this: "How can I live that life of perfect trust in God?" 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. "Your Life is Hid" (Col. Iii. 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. Here we may fall into opposite mistakes. "If Ye Then be Risen" (Col. Iii. For the glory of Christ (Acts 15:26). A. Their labor seems to crystallize and become its own memorial. Sunday, but not other six days. 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. (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. THE TEXT IS A REMEDY FOR UNREALITY IN RELIGION.1. iii 15. Because the Father has highly exalted Him, and given Him a name which is above every name (Philippians 2:8-10). To live a life of faith for a supply of all things for life and godliness (2 Peter 1 ; John 16:23).6. 2 Tim. . The rule is short and easy, but of almost infinite use. 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. And so men satisfy themselves with being Christian hearers and heathen livers, without the least suspicion of inconsistency.3. Very many of those prayers are like letters with no name and address upon them, which never reach their destination. (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. I want to emphasize that word "all." 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. --Colossians iii. Colossians 3:1-17 1. Thus, from what they look at and come in contact with, common things acquire uncommon glory.(T. What is it that makes our public services in church so frequently cold and spiritless? 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. MY devout hearers! 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. AugustineOn Continence"But Now do Ye Also," Saith He, "Put Down All31. Refer all things to Him. Was this a hindrance? Let Him be the beginning from whom all flows, the end in whom all are gathered, our aim, our reward. Nor indeed does infrequency of communication cause any harm where the affection of love remains uninterrupted in one's mind. It is not in our power to act as we please, or for our own ends (Romans 14:7-8).2. And what have we to do, but what Hugh BinningThe Works of the Rev. 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. Therefore we must all honour the Son as the Father (John 5:23).3. The reason is simply this, that their services are being offered in the wrong name. 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. 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. But can, one will say, all the little acts of life be done to Him? Others again seem to blend so wholly with other workers that their own individuality can scarcely be traced. 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. 3. It must therefore be concluded that He is not a creature, but very God. (b) Being referred to the glory of God, from indifferent they become holy and acceptable to God.3. act what we know in our souls, that we can do nothing good without God. 3). The impiety of those who invoke Christ's name on their wicked courses.3. )The reality of religionDean Alford.I. "Whatsoever ye do," etc., as one bearing His name, in the might of His name, and to its glory. [1924] St. A. Neale. Nothing seemed to be able to draw Ephraim's heart away from the idols. "If Ye Then be Risen" (Col. Iii. 3). We thank him. Gregory to Dominicus, Bishop of Carthage. 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. Lesson 12: February 19, 2023-Clothed with Christ-Colossians 3:5-17 2. It says not, "Give your bodies to be burned for the glory of God," but, "Whether ye eat or drink," etc.2. Little things are the very instances of acceptable service in Scripture. Jesus paid the price, and he gave it to you. 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. And shall not such love quicken us to do all things better. "For Ye are Dead" (Col. Iii. On the contrary, great love shows itself most in little acts. Daille. For the instruction of our faith. There is no need to enter into the various component elements which go to make up this moral force. 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. TEXT: COL. iii. 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. There is something in these words that might surprise us. Some Christians loom up in larger proportion than is becoming. We shall not need to seek far to discover our risen Lord. And the reply was, "The body of a common man, doing a common work, and for a common reward." 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. Will not work be done carelessly? Here you have a compend of the doctrine of the Scriptures. 5. At the Arno GaebeleinThe Lord of GloryChrist Our 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. 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. There they taught us the great lesson "Do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus." After a while Ulysses came, and he said, "Why, all the fine bodies are taken, and all the grand work is taken. Bible > Colossians > Chapter 3 > Verse 16 Library Free Downloads eBibles Colossians 3:16 Does it not give strength to self-denial to take up our cross after Jesus? A. Faith and Love Towards Christ. 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? All our prayer and praises must be offered in the name of the Lord Jesus. (2)Adoption (Ephesians 1:5). "WHATSOEVER YE DO IN WORD OR DEED," etc.1. (c)That we live in entire confidence in and dependence upon Him.4. 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. TEXT: COL. iii. WHY WE ARE TO DO IT.1. 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. 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. They can tell, and others can tell, how many souls they bring to Christ. 21. The Christian at his daily task is not ever pondering spiritual truths. 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. It must therefore be concluded that He is not a creature, but very God. When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with Him in glory. 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. Owing to this enormous abuses have sprung up under the shadow of the Church. We must not so take the precept as if we were obliged in every act and word to raise our thoughts directly to Christ. how we can obtain 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. And what have we to do, but what Hugh BinningThe Works of the Rev. Nothing seemed to be able to draw Ephraim's heart away from the idols. With Him in glory. 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