colossians 3:17 object lesson

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? 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. A. Nothing is too small to be done for one deeply loved, and nothing but deep love will do unweariedly all little things to please whom it loves. It is this: "Christ must live it in me." 4 When Christ, who is our life, shall be manifested, then shall ye also with him be manifested in glory. 1). 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. On the contrary, great love shows itself most in little acts. If we were asked this moment if we were filled with the Holy Spirit, how many of us would dare to answer "yes"? 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. (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. 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. Thanksgiving is one of the most necessary and universal offices of a Christian. I. There can be no duty except where there is a matter of obedience; and it might seem to us that peace is a something over which we have no power. It says not, "Give your bodies to be burned for the glory of God," but, "Whether ye eat or drink," etc.2. (b)That we act according to His will. It must have points of contact with every part of my life. While there are many falsehoods, Charles Haddon SpurgeonSpurgeon's Sermons Volume 61: 1915Some General Uses. To Dominicus. "Ephraim is joined to idols, let him alone." 5 Put to death therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, passion, Martin LutherEpistle Sermons, Vol. How many, if they pray at all, hope to do right and escape flagrant wrong almost through the intention of doing or not doing, and think that if they call upon God in some general way things will not be much amiss with them.3. 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. 1. 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. "Ephraim is joined to idols, let him alone." Revival itself is being absolutely filled to overflowing with the Holy Spirit, and that is victorious living. Owing to this enormous abuses have sprung up under the shadow of the Church. . (Acts 4:12; 1 Corinthians 1:12).2. 2. Has it these points? The conceptions, affections, and resolutions of the soul refer to words and works as being the principles and motives of them. 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. AugustineOn Continence"But Now do Ye Also," Saith He, "Put Down All31. 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. Be sure to point out the three following points: For the instruction of our faith. THE TEXT IS A REMEDY FOR UNREALITY IN RELIGION.1. 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. "Whether ye eat or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do it to the glory of God."(T. 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. 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. THY REMEDY. It is an admirable course to ask, "What would Christ have done in these circumstances?". If it could be shown that its requirements were unreal, its statements exaggerated, its views of attainment unreason. He infers holiness from this also. This is the way with worldly people. . The Christian at his daily task is not ever pondering spiritual truths. - read Col. 3:17. There is nothing can do it but the Cross of Christ and the Spirit of God. Remember These Things . 4. It is not in our power to act as we please, or for our own ends (Romans 14:7-8).2. Because all that comes from God to us must be by His hand.III. This is all the Scriptures teach, and this is all we have to learn. How Subjects and Prelates are to be Admonished. )The all-pervasiveness of religionW. Christ, therein revealed, has laid hold upon the whole of life. For the instruction of our faith. How can we do both at once without distraction study, speak, or do and think of Christ at the same time? Colossians 3:17 Introduction This morning we come to the culmination of Paul's general exhortations to the Colossians to live according to the new nature they received when they became Christians. 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 author of nature and the author of Christianity give tokens of being one and the same, in that their principles are alike simple, universal, imperious, inexorable. 13.--"Hold fast the form of sound words, which thou hast heard of me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus." Daille. A. Unlike other religions, that of Christ admits of no compromises. 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. (Admonition 5.) 1. Time weakens other forces, but it adds vigour to this.2. It is as we Andrew MurrayThe Master's IndwellingMeditations of the Misery of a Man not Reconciled to God in Christ. "WHATSOEVER YE DO IN WORD OR DEED," etc.1. impart sweetness to teaching children that in them we receive Jesus? Oh, if they would just put themselves at Jesus' feet, and Rev. And the reply was, "The body of a common man, doing a common work, and for a common reward." [1924] St. (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). 5. Others have a mighty Saviour, because they make Him to be great and mighty. TEXT: COL. iii. able, it would lose immensely in its character for truth and its power for good.2. Churches are, but not houses we live in. Shall Charles Haddon SpurgeonSpurgeon's Sermons Volume 17: 1871, Christ 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. After a while Ulysses came, and he said, "Why, all the fine bodies are taken, and all the grand work is taken. 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. (2) Observe how such motives act. "If ye then be risen" (Col. iii. Get our app to see bulletins, watch live video, give online, and more! As to daily life. 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. 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. Do them as thou wouldest if thou sawest God by thee, with prayer that they may be done aright. How intensely secular they may become I How mean and perfunctory the spirit in which they may be performed! Christ is all to us that we make Him to be. "Ephraim hath made many altars to sin." 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. )The reality of religionDean Alford.I. 5. But whatever it be, reality is its necessary condition. -Timothy 3:9. It must therefore be concluded that He is not a creature, but very God. Gregory to Dominicus, Bishop of Carthage. Colossians 3:1-4. is also included in the commentary below, because these four verses reveal the foundation in Christ for the way of life . ", 2. 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. (Colossians iii. To Dominicus. WHERE IS THE EVIL IN THIS? 13.--"Hold fast the form of sound words, which thou hast heard of me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus." I want to emphasize that word "all." "Your life is hid" (Col. iii. Here we may fall into opposite mistakes. This is the way with worldly people. Yet, the believer is keenly aware that every good thing comes from God. 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. So in like manner the name of Jesus (Acts 4:7; Matthew 7:22; Matthew 24:5; Matthew 18:20). We must live in close communion with Jesus in the use of all His ordinances (Zechariah 4:12).4. O wretched Man! That you would comfort all the families involved and especially those that have been impacted by these fires. Neale.Those old saints of the Middle Ages, how dearly they loved to set the name of Jesus forth everywhere, by all means, in every curious work of art not merely of Church art, mind you, but of household and domestic furniture. What it is? Christ is all to us that we make Him to be. Let Him be the beginning from whom all flows, the end in whom all are gathered, our aim, our reward. Refer all things to Him. Nothing is too small to be done for one deeply loved, and nothing but deep love will do unweariedly all little things to please whom it loves. (2) Our thanks cannot be grateful to the Father except addressed and presented by Christ. It is not in our power to act as we please, or for our own ends (Romans 14:7-8). (6) Such deep constraining motive is not usually displayed before men; but its existence is not easily concealed. 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. Again, is it a sacred or a secular work when a young girl, under a deep sense of duty, consecrates her life to attendance upon a suffering mother? 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, (Admonition 5.) So the apostle means (a)That we refer all to His glory. 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. (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. If religion consists in entering the service of a God who looks not on the outward appearance but on the heart, that religion will be the only true one which produces right dispositions towards Him of faithfulness in all things, the smallest as well as the biggest. Some Christians loom up in larger proportion than is becoming. THE EXTREME BREADTH AND LOFTY SPIRIT OF CHRISTIAN DUTY. Hast thou ever deeply loved parent, bride, husband, or child? For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God. Christ is all to us that we make Him to be. Ulysses said, "What's that?" It makes us strong and lifts our . MY devout hearers! Didst thou find that thou toiledst for them less diligently because thou thoughtest of and toiledst for them? There are one or two simple explanations which show that there is no real extravagance in this large demand.1. If a man be a Christian, men will take knowledge of him that he has been with Jesus. It were well for the Church and the world if we recognized more clearly this breadth of Christian duty. 13.--"Hold fast the form of sound words, which thou hast heard of me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus." Was this a hindrance? THE MOTIVE POWER OF A HOLY LIFE. 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. 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? 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. Faith and Love Towards Christ. 1). 3 For ye died, and your life is hid with Christ in God. The impiety of those who invoke Christ's name on their wicked courses.3. 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. 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 has consecrated what we call secular employments by Himself engaging in them. Click here to listen to this lesson. It is as we Andrew MurrayThe Master's IndwellingMeditations of the Misery of a Man not Reconciled to God in Christ. We shall not need to seek far to discover our risen Lord. 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 Schleiermacher, Unity and Peace. (Colossians iii. It is His presence by His Spirit in the hearts of His people which is the motive power of their holy life. Neale. A. 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