colossians 3:17 object lesson

It was written by the apostle Paul (1:1) while he was a prisoner in Rome . In both is the same quiet exertion of power, the same calm majesty of law, and the laws of each can never be trifled with with impunity. 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. Colossians. Does it not give strength to self-denial to take up our cross after Jesus? Oh, if they would just put themselves at Jesus' feet, and Rev. There is something in these words that might surprise us. (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. Second, verses 5-17 elaborate the meaning of this exhortation. Their labor seems to crystallize and become its own memorial. 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. 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. 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. When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with Him in glory. 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. (2) Our thanks cannot be grateful to the Father except addressed and presented by Christ. And apart from these who learns, in the midst of his conscious and acknowledged besetting sin, to ask for the grace of God? Some Christians loom up in larger proportion than is becoming. 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. 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. Why is it that some of us look on church-going as an irksome task, and the hours spent in God's house as the most wearisome of our lives? (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. The impiety of those who invoke Christ's name on their wicked courses. "WHATSOEVER YE DO IN WORD OR DEED," etc.1. 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?" 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. Because we are entrusted with such blessings. AugustineOn ContinenceEpistle xxxiii. Sunday, but not other six days. 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" (Col. iii. "If ye then be risen" (Col. iii. Nothing seemed to be able to draw Ephraim's heart away from the idols. Refer all things to Him. In the realm of spirit as of matter when we see a great result we know that behind it is a great cause; and we may search the world and we shall not find a power over human hearts comparable with that which lies in this name. 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. The World Is Watching Us - Colossians 3:12-14 - Thursday, June 25th, 2020. Be thine own judge? Macgregor, D. D.)Things sacred and things secularJ. "If ye then be risen" (Col. iii. Thus, from what they look at and come in contact with, common things acquire uncommon glory.(T. Sunday School Lesson Segments -2 February 26, 2023 4. But all reproof and chastisement did not bring Ephraim back. 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. For Charles KingsleyAll Saints' Day and Other SermonsMay 5. Pleasing God Is accomplished by Faith (Heb. (2) He perfects and enlivens those of our works which of themselves are commanded of God, engrafting on them the true motive and directing them to the true end. (2) Observe how such motives act. 2. 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. 1). 5 Put to death therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, passion, Martin LutherEpistle Sermons, Vol. iii 15. 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. What a multitude of religions there is in this poor wicked world of ours! (Admonition 5.) But all reproof and chastisement did not bring Ephraim back. What a multitude of religions there is in this poor wicked world of ours! Do all as to the glory of Christ. Here you have a compend of the doctrine of the Scriptures. 3). If we were asked this moment if we were filled with the Holy Spirit, how many of us would dare to answer "yes"? (1) He is the channel by which all God's goodness is poured upon us. 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. But whatever it be, reality is its necessary condition. J. W. Buxton, M. Write Colossians 3:17. "But now do ye also," saith he, "put down all;" [1927] and he makes mention of several more evils of that sort. Nay, a good and a spur which quickened every nerve. 2. (Admonition 6). 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. (2) Observe how such motives act. As to daily life. What the Scriptures Principally Teach: the Ruin and Recovery of Man. Time weakens other forces, but it adds vigour to this. It will have all or nothing, the first place or none. There they taught us the great lesson "Do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus." 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. It must therefore be concluded that He is not a creature, but very God. 5. Preached February 9, 1851. As to daily life. (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. One spirit came and took the body of a king and did his work. Colossians. (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). The Christian at his daily task is not ever pondering spiritual truths. (1)All grace and strength (1 Corinthians 1:30). One spirit came and took the body of a king and did his work. If we were asked this moment if we were filled with the Holy Spirit, how many of us would dare to answer "yes"? For it is impossible that they should be in the name of Christ except our understandings and will so address them. Observe the extent of this saying. Do all in the strength of Christ. 4 When Christ, who is our life, shall be manifested, then shall ye also with him be manifested in glory. (3) But based on reality it must also be real to me, or it cannot be my motive. "GIVING THANKS INTO GOD AND THE FATHER BY HIM." November 8, 1874. (c)That we live in entire confidence in and dependence upon Him.4. 16 Let the Word. (2) How many of us fall short of this.(J. Westminster Abbey. 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. Are they evermore in his view and present to his thoughts? (Colossians iii. 3 For ye died, and your life is hid with Christ in God. 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. 3 For ye died, and your life is hid with Christ in God. Philemon Forgiving When Forgiving is Hard. "If Ye Then be Risen" (Col. Iii. "For Ye are Dead" (Col. Iii. Or hast thou done anything for man's praise, feeling that the eye whose praise thou prizedst was upon thee? A. Others have a mighty Saviour, because they make Him to be great and mighty. A Member of the Grace Advance Fellowship of Churches. Therefore we must all honour the Son as the Father (John 5:23).3. A large proportion of the infidelity of the working classes is due to this unreal teaching. That is what the priest will invoke for you all, when you leave this abbey. Now, this definite, absolute and final putting off of ourselves in an act of death, is something we cannot do ourselves. Time weakens other forces, but it adds vigour to this.2. 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. THE EXTREME BREADTH AND LOFTY SPIRIT OF CHRISTIAN DUTY. You all know about sugar. In the case of the former pursuit will lead away from, in the case of the latter it will lead to, the truth. And the reply was, "The body of a common man, doing a common work, and for a common reward." (Colossians iii. The "name" comprehends everything revealed and known about the person bearing the name. 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. "If ye then be risen" (Col. iii. (2) The facts implied in the name, "The Lord Jesus," rest upon evidence as strong as can possibly be alleged for anything. (2) The facts implied in the name, "The Lord Jesus," rest upon evidence as strong as can possibly be alleged for anything. What have we to know, but what God hath revealed of himself to us? There is nothing can do it but the Cross of Christ and the Spirit of God. It will make contradiction sweet, to bear it meekly with Jesus; poverty, honourable to be poor with Jesus; toil, gladsome to labour for Jesus. Great for sunday school, children's church, and children's ministry. 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. Because we cannot be accepted but by Him (Ephesians 1:6; Hebrews 13:15; Hebrews 5:1). 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. Another spirit came and took the body of a poet and did his work. Whether you do or not, let me tell you in a few words, what I seem to myself to have learned concerning that peace. (Dean Alford. 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?" (2) Our thanks cannot be grateful to the Father except addressed and presented by Christ. "Your Life is Hid" (Col. Iii. Others have a mighty Saviour, because they make Him to be great and mighty. 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. One phrase holds it all "He died for me." The letter of your Holiness, which we received at the hands of the bearer of these presents, so expressed priestly moderation as to soothe us, in a manner, with the bodily presence of its author. THIS DISTINCTION IS BAD, BECAUSE IT VANISHES ON NEARER OBSERVATION. There are one or two simple explanations which show that there is no real extravagance in this large demand.1. "WHATSOEVER YE DO IN WORD OR DEED," etc.1. 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? Their labor seems to crystallize and become its own memorial. 8 Be sober, be watchful: your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: 9 whom withstand stedfast, 2 Tim. Dearly loved, they are set apart to serve him. Nor indeed does infrequency of communication cause any harm where the affection of love remains uninterrupted in one's mind. 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. 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. 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. Contrariwise, consider what are generally classed as sacred works praying, preaching, administering sacraments, visiting the sick. Are they evermore in his view and present to his thoughts? "Your Life is Hid" (Col. Iii. What have we to know, but what God hath revealed of himself to us? "But now do ye also," saith he, "put down all;" [1927] and he makes mention of several more evils of that sort. Do you know what it is? 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. AugustineOn ContinenceEpistle xxxiii. "Whatsoever ye do," etc., as one bearing His name, in the might of His name, and to its glory. Ulysses said, "What's that?" To live a life of faith for a supply of all things for life and godliness (2 Peter 1 ; John 16:23).6. (3) Owing to a mixture of these we find Christian precept and practice widely sundered. 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." MY devout hearers! But all reproof and chastisement did not bring Ephraim back. 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. Because we cannot be accepted but by Him (Ephesians 1:6; Hebrews 13:15; Hebrews 5:1).4. Daille.I. 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. For the confirmation of faith. A. It is through Christ that life is worthy of the name of life. We must not so take the precept as if we were obliged in every act and word to raise our thoughts directly to Christ. 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? "But now do ye also," saith he, "put down all;" [1927] and he makes mention of several more evils of that sort. 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. "WHATSOEVER YE DO IN WORD OR DEED," etc.1. 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, "Your life is hid" (Col. iii. Working classes is due to this. ( J in glory. ( J risen '' ( Col. iii or! 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