Thus, from what they look at and come in contact with, common things acquire uncommon glory.(T. We find it perfectly impossible to draw a sharp line. Will not work be done carelessly? (3)Reconciliation with God (2 Corinthians 5:18). 1). Here is the sum of religion. 13.--"Hold fast the form of sound words, which thou hast heard of me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus." 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. RCCG SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHER'S MANUAL 26 FEBRUARY 2023. THE MOTIVE POWER OF A HOLY LIFE. B. SimpsonDays of Heaven Upon Earth February 17. (1) He is the channel by which all God's goodness is poured upon us. 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. Our Father, our Friend and Brother, who came down from heaven and suffered for us, is ready to help and reward us. For Charles KingsleyAll Saints' Day and Other SermonsMay 5. )PeopleChristians, Colossians, Paul, TimothyPlacesColossaeTopicsAct, Deed, Giving, Praise, Thanks, Whatever, Whatsoever, WhetherOutline1. permeating this life that it hallows everything.1. J. W. Buxton, M. Owing to this enormous abuses have sprung up under the shadow of the Church. By the authority of Christ (Acts 3:6).2. Mallock. i. )Christian ends lend grandeur to human lifeT. 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. AugustineOn Continence"But Now do Ye Also," Saith He, "Put Down All31. i. 3. There is something in these words that might surprise us. 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. You all know about sugar. This is the way with worldly people. The stress lies on "the name of the Lord Jesus."1. iii 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. It must have points of contact with every part of my life. Refer all things to Him. Oh, if they would just put themselves at Jesus' feet, and Rev. MEMORY VERSE: Colossians 3:2 "Set your affections on things above, not on things on the earth." BOOK TO REMEMBER: 1 Corinthians. 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 Great, How Servants and Masters are to be Admonished. (1) We have a proof of the divinity of Christ. Mallock. 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. For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God. 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. Westminster Abbey. 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. J. W. Buxton, M. A.Wherever we are called to work we must dedicate the labours of our hands or our brain to God, doing all in the name of the Lord Jesus. We must be supposed to be in Christ first (John 15:4-5).2. A. J. W. Buxton, M. For His glory (1 Corinthians 10:31; John 5:23; Revelation 5:12, 13).5. There is something in these words that might surprise us. Or hast thou done anything for man's praise, feeling that the eye whose praise thou prizedst was upon thee? We must exercise our thoughts much upon Him, and be much taken up with Him in the course of our lives (Psalm 73:23).IV. 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. Others again seem to blend so wholly with other workers that their own individuality can scarcely be traced. 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. 1311 3rd-5th-17, 2014-1312) Know God's Word Work hard with excellence, as working for the Lord. Two clear drinking glasses, either plastic or glass. The stress lies on "the name of the Lord Jesus."1. They admire the gospel, but never think of realizing it. --Colossians iii. A large proportion of the infidelity of the working classes is due to this unreal teaching. Many do not know the right answer, or the full answer. Mallock. Refer all things to Him. (c)That we live in entire confidence in and dependence upon Him.4. He shows where we should seek Christ.5. (a) As to their inward influence on the man himself. "But now do ye also," saith he, "put down all;" [1927] and he makes mention of several more evils of that sort. MY 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. 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. 4. What have we to know, but what God hath revealed of himself to us? 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. Here is the sum of religion. Nothing seemed to be able to draw Ephraim's heart away from the idols. 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. 5 Put to death therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, passion, Martin LutherEpistle Sermons, Vol. (2) How many of us fall short of this.(J. The faith of those things, which have been mentioned, would be of great use and advantage to believers; and therefore they should study to have the faith of this truth fixed on their hearts, and a deep impression thereof on their spirits, to the end, that, 1. And the reply was, "The body of a common man, doing a common work, and for a common reward." All divine truths may be reduced to these two heads,--faith and love; what we ought to believe, and what we ought to do. (1) If we would be truly Christians, we must have Christ continually before us as the pole star, the rule of our whole life. Revival itself is being absolutely filled to overflowing with the Holy Spirit, and that is victorious living. Are they evermore in his view and present to his thoughts? Colossians 3:23 Adventure Bible (pp. 4. We cannot expect God's blessing on anything not done in Christ's name. Oh, if they would just put themselves at Jesus' feet, and Rev. He is nothing to them; they do not want Him. (2) Our thanks cannot be grateful to the Father except addressed and presented by Christ. 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." Colossians. Because we are more observed than others. 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. II, Easter Wednesday Also Suited to Easter Tuesday. Application:1. 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. For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God. Write "1 Corinthians" on small slips of paper and give them out at the end of class for the students to take home and . 5 Likewise, ye younger, be subject unto the elder. J. W. Buxton, M. A.Wherever we are called to work we must dedicate the labours of our hands or our brain to God, doing all in the name of the Lord Jesus. B. SimpsonDays of Heaven Upon Earth May 18. 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. 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. 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. Specifically the name of Christ is the rule. (c)That we live in entire confidence in and dependence upon Him.4. On the contrary, great love shows itself most in little acts. Their labor seems to crystallize and become its own memorial. Be their case John Brown (of Wamphray)Christ The Way, The Truth, and The Life, Cups Running OverBrokenness, however, is but the beginning of Revival. It is not self-mortifying, but it is dying with Christ. [1924] St. (b) Being referred to the glory of God, from indifferent they become holy and acceptable to God.3. (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). So the apostle means (a)That we refer all to His glory. For the instruction of our faith. (3) You are to give Him your time and services in teaching the ignorant, etc. (2) Our thanks cannot be grateful to the Father except addressed and presented by Christ. Daille.I. 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. 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. 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. So in like manner the name of Jesus (Acts 4:7; Matthew 7:22; Matthew 24:5; Matthew 18:20). AugustineOn Continence"But Now do Ye Also," Saith He, "Put Down All31. "WHATSOEVER YE DO IN WORD OR DEED," etc.1. 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. (2) Observe how such motives act. 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. For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God. 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. For Charles KingsleyAll Saints' Day and Other SermonsMay 5. "Your Life is Hid" (Col. Iii. 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. The faith of those things, which have been mentioned, would be of great use and advantage to believers; and therefore they should study to have the faith of this truth fixed on their hearts, and a deep impression thereof on their spirits, to the end, that, 1. 1). "If Ye Then be Risen" (Col. Iii. Mercer's novelty song lifted our country's sagging spirits. He then goes on to declare that the believer's life is in Christ, "for ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God." A. 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. Do them as thou wouldest if thou sawest God by thee, with prayer that they may be done aright. If by a subtle process it is taken away, all become tarnished and discoloured.(W. and why so many do not obtain it, and are, therefore, not at peace? We must exercise our thoughts much upon Him, and be much taken up with Him in the course of our lives (Psalm 73:23).IV. CHRISTIANITY IS A REALITY, AND DEALS WITH REALITIES.1. At the Arno GaebeleinThe Lord of GloryChrist Our Life. WHAT THIS IS.1. But . 2 Tim. WHY WE ARE TO DO IT.1. And who looks down upon us? How can we do both at once without distraction study, speak, or do and think of Christ at the same time? We are "the Lord's. Didst thou find that thou toiledst for them less diligently because thou thoughtest of and toiledst for them? There they taught us the great lesson "Do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus." (3) But based on reality it must also be real to me, or it cannot be my motive. Be their case John Brown (of Wamphray)Christ The Way, The Truth, and The LifeCups Running OverBrokenness, however, is but the beginning of Revival. 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. The life of the saint and of the sinner are made up very much of the same commonplace duties, and in all that is patent to the world there may be little difference between them: but the spirit by which they are actuated constitutes a gulf between them as wide as that which divides light and darkness, heaven and hell.3. It is not self-mortifying, but it is dying with Christ. AugustineOn ContinenceEpistle xxxiii. (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. 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. Nothing seemed to be able to draw Ephraim's heart away from the idols. It is as a Father. 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. 13.--"Hold fast the form of sound words, which thou hast heard of me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus." Servants, to wit, that they ever keep in view the humility of their condition; but masters, that they lose not recollection of their nature, in which they are constituted on an equality with servants. AugustineOn Continence"But Now do Ye Also," Saith He, "Put Down All31. 3). Some Christians loom up in larger proportion than is becoming. I. He would be a bad workman and a bad Christian if he were. "Whether ye eat or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do it to the glory of God."(T. The faith of those things, which have been mentioned, would be of great use and advantage to believers; and therefore they should study to have the faith of this truth fixed on their hearts, and a deep impression thereof on their spirits, to the end, that, 1. 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. First, in verses 1-4 readers are admonished to seek heavenly ways because they have been raised with Christ. 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. It will have all or nothing, the first place or none. 3). Show your audience the vase is still visible. 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. The This implies three things.1. These words cover the whole sphere of Christian activity. Be cause all we are, have, or can do, is of Christ (1 Corinthians 3:22, 23). (2) How many of us fall short of this.(J. (Colossians iii. All the apparent extravagance of the injunction vanishes when we lay our hands on the secret of the Divine life. One spirit came and took the body of a king and did his work. 21. 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. 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. 21. J. W. Buxton, M. A.Wherever we are called to work we must dedicate the labours of our hands or our brain to God, doing all in the name of the Lord Jesus. Faith and Love Towards Christ. 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. THE SACREDNESS OF COMMON LIFE AND LABOUR. 3). Guthrie, D. D.)The name of Jesus set in workDr. Colossians 3:14 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. "Your life is hid" (Col. iii. As to deeds of grace. permeating this life that it hallows everything.1. Many do not know the right answer, or the full answer. B. SimpsonDays of Heaven Upon Earth May 18. What He was and did for us, and above all what He now is and does, explains it. 4. A large proportion of the infidelity of the working classes is due to this unreal teaching. Others again seem to blend so wholly with other workers that their own individuality can scarcely be traced. Oh, if they would just put themselves at Jesus' feet, and Rev. CHRISTIANITY IS A REALITY, AND DEALS WITH REALITIES.1. IIIWhat the Scriptures Principally Teach: the Ruin and Recovery of Man. 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. Be thine own judge? 5. The Epistle to the Colossians is one of the four "Prison Epistles" (see Ephesians, "Introduction"). Hast thou ever deeply loved parent, bride, husband, or child? 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. (1) We have a proof of the divinity of Christ. 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. For the confirmation of faith. (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. 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? As to deeds of grace. It is not self-mortifying, but it is dying with Christ. "Your life is hid" (Col. iii. 3. To do all by His authority (Matthew 18:18-20; Matthew 28:18-20; 1 Timothy 6:15).3. The Spirit moves all, and upon this the difference between man's actions depends. 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. Christ is all to us that we make Him to be. (3) But based on reality it must also be real to me, or it cannot be my motive. Westminster Abbey. Whether you do or not, let me tell you in a few words, what I seem to myself to have learned concerning that peace. (1) Nothing is more common than a man with a powerful motive which rules his whole life gain, ambition, love of family, science, art, victory, the exercise of an energetic nature. 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. i. 21. "GIVING THANKS INTO GOD AND THE FATHER BY HIM." B. SimpsonDays of Heaven Upon Earth May 18. 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. We shall not need to seek far to discover our risen Lord. (2) How many of us fall short of this.(J. A bad sermon on the text, "Behold I stand at the door and knock," is (it would seem) sacred; but to paint the well-known picture illustrating same text was secular. On the contrary, great love shows itself most in little acts. "Your life is hid" (Col. iii. 1). It were well for the Church and the world if we recognized more clearly this breadth of Christian duty. impart sweetness to teaching children that in them we receive Jesus? A. 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. If religion consists in entering the service of a God who looks not on the outward appearance but on the heart, that religion will be the only true one which produces right dispositions towards Him of faithfulness in all things, the smallest as well as the biggest. How can we do both at once without distraction study, speak, or do and think of Christ at the same time? Christ is all to us that we make Him to be. 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. Bring common iron into proper contact with the magnet, it will borrow the strange attractive virtue, and itself become magnetic. 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. And apart from these who learns, in the midst of his conscious and acknowledged besetting sin, to ask for the grace of God? TEXT: COL. iii. "For Ye are Dead" (Col. Iii. "Ephraim hath made many altars to sin." Revival itself is being absolutely filled to overflowing with the Holy Spirit, and that is victorious living. Whatsoever ye do in word or deed Let your words be right, and your actions upright. When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with Him in glory. (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. The motivation is set out earlier in this paragraph as to why we must take off the earthly life and put on . For the instruction of our faith. [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?" 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. (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. 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. But all reproof and chastisement did not bring Ephraim back. This is all the Scriptures teach, and this is all we have to learn. Then was it a sacred or a secular work to write "Paradise Lost," Wordsworth's "Excursion," or Cowper's "Task"? 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. (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. "If Ye Then be Risen" (Col. Iii. 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. Some men make Him to be "a root out of a dry ground," "without form or comeliness." (1) There is a wide difference between persons who pursue objects which only appear real to them, and those whose objects are absolutely real. Whatever mystery a man makes of his object in life, spectators generally arrive at correct conclusions.2. )The reality of religionDean Alford.I. The angry, sinful word again and again escapes, and the thought of God at best but follows it.II. But whatever it be, reality is its necessary condition. 5 Put to death therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, passion, Martin LutherEpistle Sermons, Vol. 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? 4. After a while Ulysses came, and he said, "Why, all the fine bodies are taken, and all the grand work is taken. "Ephraim is like a silly dove without heart." But all reproof and chastisement did not bring Ephraim back. 3 For ye died, and your life is hid with Christ in God. 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. (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. 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. This is all the Scriptures teach, and this is all we have to learn. Now, this definite, absolute and final putting off of ourselves in an act of death, is something we cannot do ourselves. And so men satisfy themselves with being Christian hearers and heathen livers, without the least suspicion of inconsistency.3. (a) As to their inward influence on the man himself. This is the way with worldly people. 16 Let the Word Martin LutherEpistle Sermons, Vol. Colossians. Remember what we are to God through creation, providence, and grace.2. 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. 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