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? Ulysses said, "What's that?" It will have all or nothing, the first place or none. It's a short & simple Bible lesson that begins with a photo of an everyday object that can remind us of God's truth and His presence throughout our day. 3. There is nothing can do it but the Cross of Christ and the Spirit of God. 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. Recur to the motive of the text. "The love of Christ constraineth us.". Observe the extent of this saying. Thus, from what they look at and come in contact with, common things acquire uncommon glory.(T. If we were asked this moment if we were filled with the Holy Spirit, how many of us would dare to answer "yes"? 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. Or hast thou done anything for man's praise, feeling that the eye whose praise thou prizedst was upon thee? (1) He is the channel by which all God's goodness is poured upon us. All the apparent extravagance of the injunction vanishes when we lay our hands on the secret of the Divine life. The law of gravity does not admit of dispute, neither does the law that eternal life is to be found through the Son of God. )PeopleChristians, Colossians, Paul, TimothyPlacesColossaeTopicsAct, Deed, Giving, Praise, Thanks, Whatever, Whatsoever, WhetherOutline1. One of the leading peculiarities of the religion of Jesus is that it virtually annihilated the distinction between the secular and the sacred. (2) The facts implied in the name, "The Lord Jesus," rest upon evidence as strong as can possibly be alleged for anything. 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. However extraordinary and extravagant, it is in keeping with the whole spirit of Christianity. 1). We must be supposed to be in Christ first (John 15:4-5).2. Again Jehovah said: "Ephraim is like a cake not turned." 4. (6) Such deep constraining motive is not usually displayed before men; but its existence is not easily concealed. As to daily life. 5. It is not in our power to act as we please, or for our own ends (Romans 14:7-8). 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. How, then, can they be done? 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?" 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." For Charles KingsleyAll Saints' Day and Other SermonsMay 5. Because all that comes from God to us must be by His hand.III. (2) Is it not an outrage to require that saints should share this honour with Christ as Rome does? And so men satisfy themselves with being Christian hearers and heathen livers, without the least suspicion of inconsistency.3. And what have we to do, but what Hugh BinningThe Works of the Rev. 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. You can go out at night and look through the binoculars and see stars, planets, and the moon. 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. By the authority of Christ (Acts 3:6).2. 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. (1) We have a proof of the divinity of Christ. Without Him we can do nothing, with Him every thing (1 Corinthians 15:10). When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with Him in glory. Factories and railways, camps and courts of law, mansions, museums, and picture-galleries, to say nothing of the world of trees, and rivers, and birds, and flowers, form part of the world which belongs to Him, the Heir of all things. 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. 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?" Let Him be the beginning from whom all flows, the end in whom all are gathered, our aim, our reward. There is nothing can do it but the Cross of Christ and the Spirit of God. I. You care about what your children are wearing, but do they know that God cares . THY REMEDY. It is worth while to do so. "If Ye Then be Risen" (Col. Iii. Do you know what it is? )The reality of religionDean Alford.I. But can, one will say, all the little acts of life be done to Him? 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. 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. It will have all or nothing, the first place or none. Not more cer tainly does the law of gravity reach from world to world than does this law prevail wherever intelligence exists.2. 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. II. --Colossians iii. Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth. Here is the sum of religion. (Colossians iii. 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? 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. "The love of Christ constraineth us."III. All divine truths may be reduced to these two heads,--faith and love; what we ought to believe, and what we ought to do. Sunday, but not other six days. Colossians 3:4.--Christ who is our life. For the confirmation of faith. If they indeed have risen with him, he argues that they should leave the grave of iniquity and the graveclothes of their sins behind, and act as those who are endowed with that superior life, which accounts sin to be death and corruption. Here is the sum of religion. 3). )The acceptable prayerH. )Every-day religionT. At the Arno GaebeleinThe Lord of GloryChrist Our Life. 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. 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. Owing to this enormous abuses have sprung up under the shadow of the Church. 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. )Consistency and gratitudeJ. Clergymen, but not men of other professions and employments. Churches are, but not houses we live in. Doing every thing in the name of . )The reality of religionDean Alford.I. 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. 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. Thanksgiving is one of the most necessary and universal offices of a Christian. Therefore we must all honour the Son as the Father (John 5:23).3. It is that we are slow to learn in. It is plain that it must propose some motive and rule which shall touch daily life at every point. "Ephraim hath made many altars to sin." "Whether ye eat or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do it to the glory of God."(T. They can tell, and others can tell, how many souls they bring to Christ. There must be . What is it that makes our public services in church so frequently cold and spiritless? "But now do ye also," saith he, "put down all;" [1927] and he makes mention of several more evils of that sort. 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. Nay, a good and a spur which quickened every nerve. Another spirit came and took the body of a poet and did his work. Little things are the very instances of acceptable service in Scripture. There is nothing left for me" And some one replied, "Ah! "For ye are dead" (Col. iii. 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. Westminster Abbey. Some men make Him to be "a root out of a dry ground," "without form or comeliness." At the Arno GaebeleinThe Lord of GloryChrist Our 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. Didst thou find that thou toiledst for them less diligently because thou thoughtest of and toiledst for them? THIS DISTINCTION IS RADICALLY IRRELIGIOUS, Implies that all things are not of God. ", 2. Let Him be the beginning from whom all flows, the end in whom all are gathered, our aim, our reward. At the Arno GaebeleinThe Lord of Glory, Christ Our Life. A good fable for the world, and just as good a fable for the Church. Stewart. 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, Preached February 9, 1851. The conceptions, affections, and resolutions of the soul refer to words and works as being the principles and motives of them. 3). 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. The "all" refers to every act of religious life. (6) Such deep constraining motive is not usually displayed before men; but its existence is not easily concealed. And who looks down upon us? 3). 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). If the Christian law is just another name for the law of truth, love, and holiness, it is quite clear that we shall never get out of the range of that law, neither in this world nor the next. Mallock. Hugh BinningLinksColossians 3:17 NIVColossians 3:17 NLTColossians 3:17 ESVColossians 3:17 NASBColossians 3:17 KJVColossians 3:17 Bible AppsColossians 3:17 ParallelColossians 3:17 Biblia ParalelaColossians 3:17 Chinese BibleColossians 3:17 French BibleColossians 3:17 German BibleColossians 3:17 CommentariesBible Hub, (2)Adoption (Ephesians 1:5). Take any life, in any condition or time, and there is help and hope for it in Jesus. How intensely secular they may become I How mean and perfunctory the spirit in which they may be performed! 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. All divine truths may be reduced to these two heads,--faith and love; what we ought to believe, and what we ought to do. Didst thou find that thou toiledst for them less diligently because thou thoughtest of and toiledst for them? God is waiting this morning to mark the opening hours for every ready and willing heart with a touch of life and power that will lift our lives to higher pleasures and offer to our vision grander horizons of hope and holy service. Observe the extent of this saying. All divine truths may be reduced to these two heads,--faith and love; what we ought to believe, and what we ought to do. 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. impart sweetness to teaching children that in them we receive Jesus? The law of gravity does not admit of dispute, neither does the law that eternal life is to be found through the Son of God. Was this a hindrance? 4. The faithful neither rejoice, nor speak, nor act, but in the name of God but here it is required that our whole life be referred to the name of Christ. 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. 5 Likewise, ye younger, be subject unto the elder. A large proportion of the infidelity of the working classes is due to this unreal teaching. 4. 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. November 8, 1874. It says not, "Give your bodies to be burned for the glory of God," but, "Whether ye eat or drink," etc.2. But Christ claimed the world for Himself and His Father, in the sense that He claimed everything in the world. 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. 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. )The reality of religionDean Alford.I. how we can obtain it? Macgregor, D. D.)Things sacred and things secularJ. THE MOTIVE POWER OF A HOLY LIFE. There is nothing can do it but the Cross of Christ and the Spirit of God. Application:1. 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. We regularly try but fail to live up to human expectations and traditions. We take it for granted and so forget it.1. What combination of forces has cut so deep a groove across the world? THY REMEDY. How can we do both at once without distraction study, speak, or do and think of Christ at the same time? O wretched Man! We take it for granted and so forget it.1. 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 iii. 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. MY devout hearers! Recur to the motive of the text. This is the way with worldly people. Colossians Study Supplement by Bible Lessons for Teens 5.0 (1) $4.99 PDF Many of the lessons I create focus on a theme, but this material takes a different approach. It is that which lends them their appearance of depth, and the best of their brilliance. 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. The Christian at his daily task is not ever pondering spiritual truths. 13.--"Hold fast the form of sound words, which thou hast heard of me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus." Colossians Small Group Series Lesson 1 - Introduction & 1:1-23 Background Colossians is one of two letters written by Paul from prison around 60 AD in Caesarea before he was shipped to Rome. . It says not, "Give your bodies to be burned for the glory of God," but, "Whether ye eat or drink," etc.2. It might surprise us to find that peace is urged on us as a duty. Not if our Lord be a mere teacher. The Spirit moves all, and upon this the difference between man's actions depends. We-have . But can, one will say, all the little acts of life be done to Him? 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.2. (1)All grace and strength (1 Corinthians 1:30). Sunday, but not other six days. As to deeds of grace. O wretched Man! UNITY AND PEACE. 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. 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. 3). Here you have a compend of the doctrine of the Scriptures. It is not self-mortifying, but it is dying with Christ. 3). All our prayer and praises must be offered in the name of the Lord Jesus. If they indeed have risen with him, he argues that they should leave the grave of iniquity and the graveclothes of their sins behind, and act as those who are endowed with that superior life, which accounts sin to be death and corruption. AugustineOn ContinenceEpistle xxxiii. It must therefore be concluded that He is not a creature, but very God. "The love of Christ constraineth us."III. It must have points of contact with every part of my life. (Admonition 5.) (1) There is a wide difference between persons who pursue objects which only appear real to them, and those whose objects are absolutely real. A. Some men make Him to be "a root out of a dry ground," "without form or comeliness." 1). THE EXTREME BREADTH AND LOFTY SPIRIT OF CHRISTIAN DUTY. 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. Because all that comes from God to us must be by His hand.III. Colossians 3:4.--Christ who is our life. 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. Hugh BinningLinksColossians 3:17 NIVColossians 3:17 NLTColossians 3:17 ESVColossians 3:17 NASBColossians 3:17 KJVColossians 3:17 Bible AppsColossians 3:17 ParallelColossians 3:17 Biblia ParalelaColossians 3:17 Chinese BibleColossians 3:17 French BibleColossians 3:17 German BibleColossians 3:17 CommentariesBible Hub. 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. 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. Revival is when we can say "yes" at any moment of the day. Preached February 9, 1851. We must live in close communion with Jesus in the use of all His ordinances (Zechariah 4:12).4. But whatever it be, reality is its necessary condition. O wretched Man! As to daily life. Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth. Because all that comes from God to us must be by His hand.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. Some men make Him to be "a root out of a dry ground," "without form or comeliness." 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. Guthrie, D. D. He who lives for the glory of God has an end in view which lends dignity to the man and to his life. THIS DISTINCTION IS BAD, BECAUSE IT VANISHES ON NEARER OBSERVATION. Guthrie, D. D. He who lives for the glory of God has an end in view which lends dignity to the man and to his life. 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. 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. 3). Again Jehovah said: "Ephraim is like a cake not turned." 13.--"Hold fast the form of sound words, which thou hast heard of me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus." THE SACREDNESS OF COMMON LIFE AND LABOUR. Or hast thou done anything for man's praise, feeling that the eye whose praise thou prizedst was upon thee? (Acts 4:12; 1 Corinthians 1:12).2. 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