(Acts 4:12; 1 Corinthians 1:12).2. 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. 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. 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. He is nothing to them; they do not want Him. 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? The merest crystal fragment, that has been flung out into the field and trampled on the ground, shines like a diamond when sunbeams stoop to kiss it. "Ephraim is like a silly dove without heart." It is not in our power to act as we please, or for our own ends (Romans 14:7-8). Macgregor, D. D.This is one of the bold sweeping statements of Scripture. gladness to alms-giving to give to Jesus? I. It were well for the Church and the world if we recognized more clearly this breadth of Christian duty. 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. I. (1) There is a wide difference between persons who pursue objects which only appear real to them, and those whose objects are absolutely real. Didst thou find that thou toiledst for them less diligently because thou thoughtest of and toiledst for them? 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?" It might surprise us to find that peace is urged on us as a duty. B. SimpsonDays of Heaven Upon Earth May 18. We take it for granted and so forget it.1. 1. (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. How can we do both at once without distraction study, speak, or do and think of Christ at the same time? But Christ claimed the world for Himself and His Father, in the sense that He claimed everything in the world. Colossians 3:5-17 5 So put to death the sinful, earthly things lurking within you. There is nothing can do it but the Cross of Christ and the Spirit of God. 1). Will not work be done carelessly? 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. 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? "Ephraim hath made many altars to sin." "The opening verses of chapter 3 sustain the closest connection with the closing verses of chapter 2. A good fable for the world, and just as good a fable for the Church. It is this that gives them the right and title they have in Christian morality. Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth. And so men satisfy themselves with being Christian hearers and heathen livers, without the least suspicion of inconsistency.3. The rule is short and easy, but of almost infinite use. (Admonition 6). "But now do ye also," saith he, "put down all;" [1927] and he makes mention of several more evils of that sort. Therefore we must all honour the Son as the Father (John 5:23).3. Take a man whose motives is the advancement of himself or his family. gladness to alms-giving to give to Jesus? act what we know in our souls, that we can do nothing good without God. Because we have the prospect of an abundant reward according to our works. One question that rises in every mind is this: "How can I live that life of perfect trust in God?" How easily may their motive come to be that so well expressed in Bible words "Put me into one of the priest's offices, that I may eat a piece of bread."III. All we have has been received from the Father through Christ. 13.--"Hold fast the form of sound words, which thou hast heard of me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus." 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." Differently to be admonished are servants and masters. Artizan, labourer, soldier, slave, would learn the truth that God cared for him, and designed him for a glorious destiny. HOLY MOTIVES INCULCATED. "If Ye Then be Risen" (Col. Iii. Do all under the authority of Jesus Christ. Didst thou find that thou toiledst for them less diligently because thou thoughtest of and toiledst for them? CHRISTIANITY IS A REALITY, AND DEALS WITH REALITIES.1. 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. And who has not seen the dullest rain-cloud, when it turned its weeping face to the sun, change into glory, and, in the bow that spans it, present to the eyes of age and infancy, alike of the philosopher who studies, and of the simple joyous child who runs to catch it, the most brilliant and beautiful phenomenon in nature? 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. To go to God through Him (John 15:3, 16; John 16:23-26).2. Macgregor, D. D.This is one of the bold sweeping statements of Scripture. There they taught us the great lesson "Do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus." (E B. Pusey, D. D.)Common work in the name of JesusH. permeating this life that it hallows everything.1. Specifically the name of Christ is the rule. As to daily life. 16 Let the Word Martin LutherEpistle Sermons, Vol. 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. To follow His example (Matthew 16:24; 1 John 2:6; 1 Peter 2:21-23).II. )Every-day religionT. (E B. Pusey, D. D.)Common work in the name of JesusH. impart sweetness to teaching children that in them we receive Jesus? (Colossians iii. 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. Here we may fall into opposite mistakes. (b) Being referred to the glory of God, from indifferent they become holy and acceptable to God.3. (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 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. Has it these points? Stewart. The "all" refers to every act of religious life. and why so many do not obtain it, and are, therefore, not at peace? On the contrary, great love shows itself most in little acts. 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. Col 4:9 seems to say these two letters 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. It must have points of contact with every part of my life. Here you have a compend of the doctrine of the Scriptures. How intensely secular they may become I How mean and perfunctory the spirit in which they may be performed! "And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful." The peace of God. "Let the peace of God rule in your hearts." How easily may their motive come to be that so well expressed in Bible words "Put me into one of the priest's offices, that I may eat a piece of bread."III. IIEaster Wednesday Also Suited to Easter Tuesday. Part of discipleship, Paul tells the Colossians, is deciding where our minds will go and where they won't. We must make this conscious decision perhaps several times a day as temptations come up. 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. Revival itself is being absolutely filled to overflowing with the Holy Spirit, and that is victorious living. 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. "Let the peace of God rule in your hearts." What it is? While there are many falsehoods, Charles Haddon SpurgeonSpurgeon's Sermons Volume 61: 1915Some General Uses. Scripture. Didst thou find that thou toiledst for them less diligently because thou thoughtest of and toiledst for them? 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. The Christian at his daily task is not ever pondering spiritual truths. It says not, "Give your bodies to be burned for the glory of God," but, "Whether ye eat or drink," etc.2. Nor indeed does infrequency of communication cause any harm where the affection of love remains uninterrupted in one's mind. 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." He infers holiness from this also. (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. 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. 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? All the apparent extravagance of the injunction vanishes when we lay our hands on the secret of the Divine life. (2) Is it not an outrage to require that saints should share this honour with Christ as Rome does? 11.) Our Father, our Friend and Brother, who came down from heaven and suffered for us, is ready to help and reward us. Main Objective: The Christian concept of being "born again" is a bit strange-sounding, if thought of in a literal sense. Observe the extent of this saying. 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. (Admonition 6). You could work every day, hour, and minute the rest of your life and never earn those two gifts. It is not self-mortifying, but it is dying with Christ. 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. 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. 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. The idea of being raised with Christ was introduced back in Colossians 2:12, where Paul used baptism to illustrate this spiritual reality. 2 Set your mind on the things that are above, not on the things that are upon the earth. 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. While there are many falsehoods, Charles Haddon SpurgeonSpurgeon's Sermons Volume 61: 1915, Some General Uses. "Whatsoever ye do," etc., as one bearing His name, in the might of His name, and to its glory. If we would know what Christ wants to be to us, we Dwight L. MoodyThe Way to God and How to Find It, But, after that He had Made Mention of These Evils30. (1) There is a wide difference between persons who pursue objects which only appear real to them, and those whose objects are absolutely real. 13.--"Hold fast the form of sound words, which thou hast heard of me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus." It is not in our power to act as we please, or for our own ends (Romans 14:7-8).2. 1). If a man be a Christian, men will take knowledge of him that he has been with Jesus. (Admonition 5.) 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. Very many of those prayers are like letters with no name and address upon them, which never reach their destination. Were it not almost an indignity to bring them in reference to His great Majesty? It is this: "Christ must live it in me." If we were asked this moment if we were filled with the Holy Spirit, how many of us would dare to answer "yes"? cast a holy reverence round a sick room when we minister to Jesus? Observe I. It must have points of contact with every part of my life. Are they evermore in his view and present to his thoughts? i. Because we cannot be accepted but by Him (Ephesians 1:6; Hebrews 13:15; Hebrews 5:1).4. 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. "Ephraim is like a silly dove without heart." He would be a bad workman and a bad Christian if he were. Differently to be admonished are servants and masters. This is all the Scriptures teach, and this is all we have to learn. What people hate is being in earnest at all, and so they do not wish to pray for the grace of God lest they should have to be at the pains of using it. One spirit came and took the body of a king and did his work. 3 For ye died, and your life is hid with Christ in God. We cannot expect God's blessing on anything not done in Christ's name.(H. (2) Is it not an outrage to require that saints should share this honour with Christ as Rome does? 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. Colossians Sunday School Lessons Below you will find all of the Sunday school lessons from the Book of Colossians taught by Pastor Welder in the adult Sunday school class. He would be a bad workman and a bad Christian if he were. So they are ready to think that they cannot help themselves, that they must fall into sins of infirmity, and thus they cast their faults on God, or they look upon them as no great faults at all, and so they act as though they could not sin. 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. Whatever mystery a man makes of his object in life, spectators generally arrive at correct conclusions.2. He shows where we should seek Christ.5. 1). We-have . 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. "Your life is hid" (Col. iii. 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. "For Ye are Dead" (Col. Iii. 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