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. 13.--"Hold fast the form of sound words, which thou hast heard of me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus." Stewart. "For ye are dead" (Col. iii. But Christ claimed the world for Himself and His Father, in the sense that He claimed everything in the world. Here, as in nature, the deepest is the stillest; but by this very stillness all who are observant know its depth. 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. To Dominicus. (1) He is the channel by which all God's goodness is poured upon us. It is this: "Christ must live it in me." We may put too much emphasis on the way we, and others dress. As to deeds of grace. Preached February 9, 1851. [1924] St. Here we may fall into opposite mistakes. (1) There is a wide difference between persons who pursue objects which only appear real to them, and those whose objects are absolutely real. (Admonition 6). "GIVING THANKS INTO GOD AND THE FATHER BY HIM." We should say all words and practice all deeds in harmony with the revelation of Jesus Christ, namely, under His authority and as His followers. Owing to this enormous abuses have sprung up under the shadow of the Church. Recur to the motive of the text. (3) Owing to a mixture of these we find Christian precept and practice widely sundered. All divine truths may be reduced to these two heads,--faith and love; what we ought to believe, and what we ought to do. THY REMEDY. We must not so take the precept as if we were obliged in every act and word to raise our thoughts directly to Christ. (Acts 4:12; 1 Corinthians 1:12).2. It is His presence by His Spirit in the hearts of His people which is the motive power of their holy life. Therefore we must all honour the Son as the Father (John 5:23).3. As to daily life. 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, "For ye are dead" (Col. iii. For the instruction of our faith. 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. B. SimpsonDays of Heaven Upon Earth May 18. "For Ye are Dead" (Col. Iii. and why so many do not obtain it, and are, therefore, not at peace? THIS DISTINCTION IS RADICALLY IRRELIGIOUS, Implies that all things are not of God. 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. Because we have the prospect of an abundant reward according to our works. What a multitude of religions there is in this poor wicked world of ours! 3). (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. act what we know in our souls, that we can do nothing good without God. 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. A. 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. "If ye then be risen" (Col. iii. "Whether ye eat or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do it to the glory of God."(T. As to ordinary matters men, e.g., think it unlikely they will die to-day because they have lived safely through so many dangers, and take it for granted that their food will nourish them because it has always done so. Go, for example, into many of the farms round here, and notice the fire-dogs that stand in the yawning chimney: how they are wrought at the sides into those most blessed of all letters, the I.H.C., by which our dear Lord is set forth. Go, for example, into many of the farms round here, and notice the fire-dogs that stand in the yawning chimney: how they are wrought at the sides into those most blessed of all letters, the I.H.C., by which our dear Lord is set forth. When thou hast learned to do all things to Jesus, it will shed pleasure over all dull things, softness over hard things, peace over trial. Owing to this enormous abuses have sprung up under the shadow of the Church. 6. Because all that comes from God to us must be by His hand.III. 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. cast a holy reverence round a sick room when we minister to Jesus? 3. They admire the gospel, but never think of realizing it. There is nothing left for me" And some one replied, "Ah! 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. Gregory to Dominicus, Bishop of Carthage. 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. Go, for example, into many of the farms round here, and notice the fire-dogs that stand in the yawning chimney: how they are wrought at the sides into those most blessed of all letters, the I.H.C., by which our dear Lord is set forth. But having begun at the beginning, and taken the step of salvation by faith, the walk has to be carried on by following this injunction, which means . And apart from these who learns, in the midst of his conscious and acknowledged besetting sin, to ask for the grace of God? 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. Nay, a good and a spur which quickened every nerve. Not if our Lord be a mere teacher. The peace of God. able, it would lose immensely in its character for truth and its power for good.2. For Charles KingsleyAll Saints' Day and Other SermonsMay 5. Text: Colossians 3, 1-7. "GIVING THANKS INTO GOD AND THE FATHER BY HIM." Not if our Lord be a mere teacher. (1) We have a proof of the divinity of Christ. Or hast thou done anything for man's praise, feeling that the eye whose praise thou prizedst was upon thee? There is something in these words that might surprise us. They can tell, and others can tell, how many souls they bring to Christ. i. On the contrary, great love shows itself most in little acts. The reason is simply this, that their services are being offered in the wrong name. 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. (2) How many of us fall short of this.(J. 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? B. SimpsonDays of Heaven Upon Earth May 18. iii 15. The Christian at his daily task is not ever pondering spiritual truths. Because we cannot be accepted but by Him (Ephesians 1:6; Hebrews 13:15; Hebrews 5:1).4. Differently to be admonished are servants and masters. (b) Being referred to the glory of God, from indifferent they become holy and acceptable to God.3. Application:1. "If Ye Then be Risen" (Col. Iii. 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. There are one or two simple explanations which show that there is no real extravagance in this large demand. (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. 2. 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 . --Colossians iii. "Ephraim is like a silly dove without heart." 3 For ye died, and your life is hid with Christ in God. Thus, from what they look at and come in contact with, common things acquire uncommon glory.(T. We take it for granted and so forget it.1. It must have points of contact with every part of my life. Differently to be admonished are servants and masters. Stewart. )Christian ends lend grandeur to human lifeT. 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. some uses.1. Yet, the believer is keenly aware that every good thing comes from God. Westminster Abbey. Westminster Abbey. Stewart. "The love of Christ constraineth us."III. and why so many do not obtain it, and are, therefore, not at peace? What God hath joined together let no man put asunder; and He has wedded religion and life. HOW WE MAY DO IT.1. 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? I. 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. But all reproof and chastisement did not bring Ephraim back. 3). It will make contradiction sweet, to bear it meekly with Jesus; poverty, honourable to be poor with Jesus; toil, gladsome to labour for Jesus. "WHATSOEVER YE DO IN WORD OR DEED," etc.1. "Ephraim is joined to idols, let him alone." All the apparent extravagance of the injunction vanishes when we lay our hands on the secret of the Divine life. 13.--"Hold fast the form of sound words, which thou hast heard of me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus." Recur to the motive of the text. Macgregor, D. D.)Things sacred and things secularJ. 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. 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. 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. A. While there are many falsehoods, Charles Haddon SpurgeonSpurgeon's Sermons Volume 61: 1915Some General Uses. In the case of the former pursuit will lead away from, in the case of the latter it will lead to, the truth. 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. 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." There is no act, however little, which Christ does not see and .touch, and which may not tend as much to His honour as the songs of the Seraphim; there is no affection, talent, energy on which He does not put His hand and say, "That is mine," and which may not be transformed into a worship as sincere as that of the communion; no step we can take in life over which He does not watch, and which may not be made a step on the road that brings us nearer Him; no time here or hereafter when it will not be a delightful duty to "do all in the name of the Lord Jesus." Preached February 9, 1851. It is as we Andrew MurrayThe Master's IndwellingMeditations of the Misery of a Man not Reconciled to God in Christ. 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. (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. 13.--"Hold fast the form of sound words, which thou hast heard of me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus." De Witt Talmage, D. D.Plato had a fable which I have now nearly forgotten, but it ran something like this: He said spirits of the other world came back to this world to find, body and find a sphere of work. Nor indeed does infrequency of communication cause any harm where the affection of love remains uninterrupted in one's mind. 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? (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. 1). 4. B. SimpsonDays of Heaven Upon Earth Fifth Sunday after EpiphanyText: Colossians 3, 12-17. (1) As the name of God signifies the Hebrew word by which the Lord distinguishes Himself, so Jesus is sometimes taken for the name which was given by express Divine command. Here we may fall into opposite mistakes. For Charles KingsleyAll Saints' Day and Other SermonsMay 5. It is well, as people's devotions now are, if Christians really prayed to God to carry them through the trials of the day, as really believing that for this they needed the special help of God. 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