We must not so take the precept as if we were obliged in every act and word to raise our thoughts directly to Christ. If we were asked this moment if we were filled with the Holy Spirit, how many of us would dare to answer "yes"? Was this a hindrance? Colossians 3.1 - 17 / Alive in Christ. 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. 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. Take any life, in any condition or time, and there is help and hope for it in Jesus. (4)All our actual supplies (Philippians 4:19).2. Gregory to Dominicus, Bishop of Carthage. He infers holiness from this also. B. SimpsonDays of Heaven Upon Earth May 18. (1) Nothing is more common than a man with a powerful motive which rules his whole life gain, ambition, love of family, science, art, victory, the exercise of an energetic nature. J. W. Buxton, M. A.Wherever we are called to work we must dedicate the labours of our hands or our brain to God, doing all in the name of the Lord Jesus. The name of Christ is the greatest power in the universe. These words cover the whole sphere of Christian activity. (2) Our thanks cannot be grateful to the Father except addressed and presented by Christ. Mallock. 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. 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. And apart from these who learns, in the midst of his conscious and acknowledged besetting sin, to ask for the grace of God? 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. J. W. Buxton, M. A.Wherever we are called to work we must dedicate the labours of our hands or our brain to God, doing all in the name of the Lord Jesus. 13.--"Hold fast the form of sound words, which thou hast heard of me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus." Didst thou find that thou toiledst for them less diligently because thou thoughtest of and toiledst for them? It is through Christ that life is worthy of the name of life. 5. Nor indeed does infrequency of communication cause any harm where the affection of love remains uninterrupted in one's mind. Here, as in nature, the deepest is the stillest; but by this very stillness all who are observant know its depth. 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. 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. Then was it a sacred or a secular work to write "Paradise Lost," Wordsworth's "Excursion," or Cowper's "Task"? 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. "If ye then be risen" (Col. iii. Daille.I. Were it not almost an indignity to bring them in reference to His great Majesty? All we have to do is to present our empty, broken self Roy Hession and Revel HessionThe Calvary Road, What have I to do with Idols?MUCH is said in reproof of Ephraim by the prophet Hosea. 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. B. SimpsonDays of Heaven Upon Earth May 18. (2) Some religious people, like the former, strain the Bible to its literal meaning, and then require that meaning in full, and thus lead to the same point, and encourage indolence and unbelief. 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. 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. On the contrary, great love shows itself most in little acts. Colossians 3:4.--Christ who is our life. how we can obtain it? TEXT: COL. iii. While there are many falsehoods, Charles Haddon SpurgeonSpurgeon's Sermons Volume 61: 1915Some General Uses. Servants are to be admonished that they despise not their masters, lest they offend God, if by behaving themselves proudly they gainsay His ordinance: masters, too, are to be admonished, that they are proud against God with respect Leo the GreatWritings of Leo the Great, How Subjects and Prelates are to be Admonished. (E B. Pusey, D. D.)Common work in the name of JesusH. For Charles KingsleyAll Saints' Day and Other SermonsMay 5. International Bible Lessons. THY REMEDY. 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. Thanksgiving is one of the most necessary and universal offices of a Christian. 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. "Your Life is Hid" (Col. Iii. (2) The facts implied in the name, "The Lord Jesus," rest upon evidence as strong as can possibly be alleged for anything. 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. Some men make Him to be "a root out of a dry ground," "without form or comeliness." It is a detestable, an irreligious distinction.I. All divine truths may be reduced to these two heads,--faith and love; what we ought to believe, and what we ought to do. While there are many falsehoods, Charles Haddon SpurgeonSpurgeon's Sermons Volume 61: 1915Some General Uses. "Ephraim hath made many altars to sin." 13.--"Hold fast the form of sound words, which thou hast heard of me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus." For the sake of Christ (Mark 9:41).3. 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. (Admonition 5.) "But now do ye also," saith he, "put down all;" [1927] and he makes mention of several more evils of that sort. What He was and did for us, and above all what He now is and does, explains it. What a multitude of religions there is in this poor wicked world of ours! Their labor seems to crystallize and become its own memorial. Do you know what it is? Daille.I. When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with Him in glory. Didst thou find that thou toiledst for them less diligently because thou thoughtest of and toiledst for them? (2) Observe how such motives act. Even now the good is gaining the victory, and the King is Christ. 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. Hast thou ever deeply loved parent, bride, husband, or child? "Your Life is Hid" (Col. Iii. How, then, can they be done? 4. By Mike Dawson Pastor Emeritus, First Baptist Church, Columbia Focal Passage: Colossians 3:1-17 Johnny Mercer wrote a song in 1944 that became very popular while Americans struggled under the burden of World War II. (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. (Admonition 6). And so men satisfy themselves with being Christian hearers and heathen livers, without the least suspicion of inconsistency.3. 2. Nor indeed does infrequency of communication cause any harm where the affection of love remains uninterrupted in one's mind. [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?" It is this: "Christ must live it in me." Application: 1. 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. Colossians, Lesson #6 Colossians 3.18 - 4.18 / Family Life, etc. If it could be shown that its requirements were unreal, its statements exaggerated, its views of attainment unreason. Nay, a good and a spur which quickened every nerve. Do all in the strength of Christ. (b) Being referred to the glory of God, from indifferent they become holy and acceptable to God.3. 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