Let Him be the beginning from whom all flows, the end in whom all are gathered, our aim, our reward. Yea, all of you gird yourselves with humility, to serve one another: for God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace to the humble. Take any life, in any condition or time, and there is help and hope for it in Jesus. By Jesus this gratitude is to be rendered. All we have to do is to present our empty, broken self Roy Hession and Revel HessionThe Calvary Road, What have I to do with Idols?MUCH is said in reproof of Ephraim by the prophet Hosea. 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. 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. Our words, thoughts, desires, labours, etc., are to be under the habitual influence of a sacred and sanctifying power which lies lurking in the name of the Lord Jesus. 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. 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? SEEK, THEN, TO MAKE YOUR WHOLE LIFE RELIGIOUS. (Admonition 6). 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. It is plain that it must propose some motive and rule which shall touch daily life at every point. (Colossians iii. To do all by His authority (Matthew 18:18-20; Matthew 28:18-20; 1 Timothy 6:15).3. (b) They are seldom loudly professed, so seldom that a man professing loudly a given motive arouses suspicion that he is acting on some other, and only using this as a blind. Nor indeed does infrequency of communication cause any harm where the affection of love remains uninterrupted in one's mind. Third Sunday after Trinity Humility, Trust, Watchfulness, Suffering. While there are many falsehoods, Charles Haddon SpurgeonSpurgeon's Sermons Volume 61: 1915Some General Uses. It must therefore be concluded that He is not a creature, but very God. 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. Possible to eat and drink to the glory of God.II. Here is the sum of religion. But it is not thus taken here as if Paul simply intended that in our actions and discourses we should always intermix the word Jesus, or at least preface it. This round world may therefore become to us a temple, and this little life a song of praise.II. 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. 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. However extraordinary and extravagant, it is in keeping with the whole spirit of Christianity. We must live in close communion with Jesus in the use of all His ordinances (Zechariah 4:12).4. 2. 15 And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to the which also ye were called in one body; and be ye thankful. A. Again Jehovah said: "Ephraim is like a cake not turned." 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? Little things are the very instances of acceptable service in Scripture. Faith and Love Towards Christ. B. SimpsonDays of Heaven Upon Earth May 18. To Dominicus. We cannot expect God's blessing on anything not done in Christ's name.(H. 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. 15. 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. When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with Him in glory. If a man be a Christian, men will take knowledge of him that he has been with Jesus. (4)All our actual supplies (Philippians 4:19).2. If it could be shown that its requirements were unreal, its statements exaggerated, its views of attainment unreason. (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. 2. 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. But whatever it be, reality is its necessary condition. Thanksgiving is one of the most necessary and universal offices of a Christian. Be their case, Brokenness, however, is but the beginning of Revival. Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth." Do you know what it is? 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. 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. If we were asked this moment if we were filled with the Holy Spirit, how many of us would dare to answer "yes"? 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. HOW WE MAY DO IT.1. 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. 4 When Christ, who is our life, shall be manifested, then shall ye also with him be manifested in glory. (Admonition 6). Here, as in nature, the deepest is the stillest; but by this very stillness all who are observant know its depth. He infers holiness from this also. I don't think you'll find any of these clothes at the mall, but you can find them by getting to know God and by becoming more like Him. Others again seem to blend so wholly with other workers that their own individuality can scarcely be traced. 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. 2. It is sufficient that we frequently and ordinarily make this application of mind. We find it perfectly impossible to draw a sharp line. He teaches us now to go beyond developing our philosophy of life which focuses on humanity to develop our theology which focuses on God. 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. For this, which may be understood also figuratively, is said to the former, Children, obey your parents in the Lord: but to Leo the GreatWritings of Leo the GreatThird Sunday after Trinity Humility, Trust, Watchfulness, SufferingText: 1 Peter 5, 5-11. Now, this definite, absolute and final putting off of ourselves in an act of death, is something we cannot do ourselves. Preached February 9, 1851. What is it that makes our public services in church so frequently cold and spiritless? Lesson - The Letter to the Colossians - The New Man and the Old Man. Many do not know the right answer, or the full answer. (2) Is it not an outrage to require that saints should share this honour with Christ as Rome does? Has it these points? (1) We have a proof of the divinity of Christ. A. To Dominicus. (Preacher's Analyst. LESSON: It is this: "Christ must live it in me." Children's Message: Born Again Questions from Nicodemus, and Salvation through Faith . Their labor seems to crystallize and become its own memorial. "GIVING THANKS INTO GOD AND THE FATHER BY HIM." (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). (a) As to their inward influence on the man himself. If it could be shown that its requirements were unreal, its statements exaggerated, its views of attainment unreason. When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with Him in glory. 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. 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. 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. Clergymen, but not men of other professions and employments. It is as we Andrew MurrayThe Master's IndwellingMeditations of the Misery of a Man not Reconciled to God in Christ. When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with Him in glory. "Whatsoever," etc. 2. He would be a bad workman and a bad Christian if he were. (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. III. (c)That we live in entire confidence in and dependence upon Him.4. Our Father, our Friend and Brother, who came down from heaven and suffered for us, is ready to help and reward us. "Ephraim hath made many altars to sin." A. Because we cannot be accepted but by Him (Ephesians 1:6; Hebrews 13:15; Hebrews 5:1).4. AugustineOn ContinenceEpistle xxxiii. 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. God the Father is the proper object of gratitude as the first principle of action, though not to the exclusion of the Son and Spirit.3. Will not work be done carelessly? 13.--"Hold fast the form of sound words, which thou hast heard of me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus." 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. 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. I want to emphasize that word "all." 2. [1923] Surely it was a wholesome alarm that believers might not think that they could be saved on account of their faith alone, even although they should live in these evils: the Apostle James with most clear speech crying out against that notion, and saying, "If any say that he have faith, and have not works, shall his faith be able to save him?" If it could be shown that its requirements were unreal, its statements exaggerated, its views of attainment unreason. 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. Some men make Him to be "a root out of a dry ground," "without form or comeliness." 15 And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to the which also ye were called in one body; and be ye thankful. The angry, sinful word again and again escapes, and the thought of God at best but follows it.II. All the apparent extravagance of the injunction vanishes when we lay our hands on the secret of the Divine life. While there are many falsehoods, Charles Haddon SpurgeonSpurgeon's Sermons Volume 61: 1915Some General Uses. Others have a mighty Saviour, because they make Him to be great and mighty. It is a detestable, an irreligious distinction.I. 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. In Colossians 3:12-17 Paul is continuing to show what a life raised with Christ looks like. "But now do ye also," saith he, "put down all;" [1927] and he makes mention of several more evils of that sort. For it is impossible that they should be in the name of Christ except our understandings and will so address them. 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. A beginning indeed, I find, but no end of thy miseries. In the case of the former pursuit will lead away from, in the case of the latter it will lead to, the truth. 5 Put to death therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, passion, Martin LutherEpistle Sermons, Vol. 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. Whether you do or not, let me tell you in a few words, what I seem to myself to have learned concerning that peace. (Acts 4:12; 1 Corinthians 1:12).2. 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. 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. (Colossians iii. Many do not know the right answer, or the full answer. Not if our Lord be a mere teacher. They can tell, and others can tell, how many souls they bring to Christ. As to daily life. is symbolic of heaven and God's way. 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? THE TEXT IS A REMEDY FOR UNREALITY IN RELIGION.1. What a multitude of religions there is in this poor wicked world of ours! Churches are, but not houses we live in. HOW IT IS TO BE CARRIED OUT "In the name of the Lord Jesus." Christ is all to us that we make Him to be. (b) Being referred to the glory of God, from indifferent they become holy and acceptable to God.3. Possible to eat and drink to the glory of God. They can tell, and others can tell, how many souls they bring to Christ. November 8, 1874. impart sweetness to teaching children that in them we receive Jesus? A. Jacob, D. D.)Doing all in the name of ChristI. As a little square serves an artificer to design and mark out a multitude of lines, and to correct those that are amiss, so by this little rule there is no human action respecting which we cannot ascertain whether it is right or wrong; nor is there any part of our lives which this rule is not capable of guiding and forming to perfection.3. 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. The distinction between things secular and things sacred has wrought unspeakable mischief. 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 is an admirable course to ask, "What would Christ have done in these circumstances?". Do them as thou wouldest if thou sawest God by thee, with prayer that they may be done aright. gladness to alms-giving to give to Jesus? able, it would lose immensely in its character for truth and its power for good.2. 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. 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. 2 Tim. J. W. Buxton, M. A.As a petition to the Queen can only reach her through the hands of a minister, so we can only approach God the Father through His Son Jesus Christ. Faith and Love Towards Christ. For the instruction of our faith. (Acts 4:12; 1 Corinthians 1:12).2. What God hath joined together let no man put asunder; and He has wedded religion and life. 3). What are some of the worldly things we are . One or two of the world's heroes and sages have won wide admiration and respect, but who has laid his hand on so many hearts and touched for good so many lives? Some Christians loom up in larger proportion than is becoming. How, then, can they be done? 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. 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? Pure religion is when the sense of God's love, of the vastness of His claims, of the breadth of His commandments, so works through the life as to make it one organic whole, and when the poor unworthy distinction of secular and sacred is forgotten; when what is most religious is most human, and what is commonest is ennobled and justified by the grace which flows from "Christ our Life."(J. I want to emphasize that word "all." 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. 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. It must have points of contact with every part of my life. I. [1924] St. Little things are the very instances of acceptable service in Scripture. AugustineOn ContinenceEpistle xxxiii. "Whatsoever," etc. It is not self-mortifying, but it is dying with Christ. 16 Let the Word Martin LutherEpistle Sermons, Vol. That is what the priest will invoke for you all, when you leave this abbey. O wretched Man! 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. They admire the gospel, but never think of realizing it. Were it not almost an indignity to bring them in reference to His great Majesty? (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. But can, one will say, all the little acts of life be done to Him? (E B. Pusey, D. D.)Common work in the name of JesusH. Whether you do or not, let me tell you in a few words, what I seem to myself to have learned concerning that peace. All we have to do is to present our empty, broken self Roy Hession and Revel HessionThe Calvary RoadWhat have I to do with Idols?MUCH is said in reproof of Ephraim by the prophet Hosea. 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. This is all the Scriptures teach, and this is all we have to learn. 2 Set your mind on the things that are above, not on the things that are upon the earth. Owing to this enormous abuses have sprung up under the shadow of the Church. MY devout hearers! It is that we are slow to learn in. impart sweetness to teaching children that in them we receive Jesus? Stewart. Preached February 9, 1851. 1). 2 Tim. Daille. Neale. Stewart. It is as we Andrew MurrayThe Master's IndwellingMeditations of the Misery of a Man not Reconciled to God in Christ. 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 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. Does it not give strength to self-denial to take up our cross after Jesus? 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. We must be supposed to be in Christ first (John 15:4-5).2. 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. 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