Take any life, in any condition or time, and there is help and hope for it in Jesus. Colossians. Observe the extent of this saying. Take a man whose motives is the advancement of himself or his family. "Your Life is Hid" (Col. Iii. "Ephraim is joined to idols, let him alone." (Preacher's Analyst. Sunday, February 17, 2013 L.G. 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. It will make contradiction sweet, to bear it meekly with Jesus; poverty, honourable to be poor with Jesus; toil, gladsome to labour for 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. 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. i. 3 For ye died, and your life is hid with Christ in God. And apart from these who learns, in the midst of his conscious and acknowledged besetting sin, to ask for the grace of God? This implies three things. 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. "Ephraim hath made many altars to sin." "Your Life is Hid" (Col. Iii. 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. 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. Mere precepts cannot touch us at all points, or constrain us to do all things in a teacher's name. B. SimpsonDays of Heaven Upon Earth February 17. What are we to think about? A. --Colossians iii. 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. 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. The impiety of those who invoke Christ's name on their wicked courses.3. For it is impossible that they should be in the name of Christ except our understandings and will so address them. Churches are, but not houses we live in. i. THIS DISTINCTION IS RADICALLY IRRELIGIOUS, Implies that all things are not of God. 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. 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. Do all in the strength of Christ. All the wicked dealings and defilement of Ephraim is uncovered--and the Lord said: "I will be unto Ephraim as a lion." 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. The reason is simply this, that their services are being offered in the wrong name. And apart from these who learns, in the midst of his conscious and acknowledged besetting sin, to ask for the grace of God? It is an admirable course to ask, "What would Christ have done in these circumstances?". 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. In the case of the former pursuit will lead away from, in the case of the latter it will lead to, the truth. Contrariwise, consider what are generally classed as sacred works praying, preaching, administering sacraments, visiting the sick. It is not egoistic to say so, for filling to overflowing is utterly and completely God's work--it is all of grace. (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 EXTREME BREADTH AND LOFTY SPIRIT OF CHRISTIAN DUTY. But can, one will say, all the little acts of life be done to Him? 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. "If ye then be risen" (Col. iii. Or hast thou done anything for man's praise, feeling that the eye whose praise thou prizedst was upon thee? "Ephraim is like a silly dove without heart." 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. At the Arno GaebeleinThe Lord of GloryChrist Our Life. Some men make Him to be "a root out of a dry ground," "without form or comeliness." (3) Owing to a mixture of these we find Christian precept and practice widely sundered. Nay, a good and a spur which quickened every nerve. We take it for granted and so forget it.1. Little things are the very instances of acceptable service in Scripture. IIEaster Wednesday Also Suited to Easter Tuesday. 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. So in like manner the name of Jesus (Acts 4:7; Matthew 7:22; Matthew 24:5; Matthew 18:20). "Whether ye eat or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do it to the glory of God."(T. (1) We have a proof of the divinity of Christ. (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. (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. Third Sunday after Trinity Humility, Trust, Watchfulness, Suffering. To Dominicus. It is not in our power to act as we please, or for our own ends (Romans 14:7-8).2. Christ, therein revealed, has laid hold upon the whole of life. Westminster Abbey. This is the way with worldly people. To do all by His authority (Matthew 18:18-20; Matthew 28:18-20; 1 Timothy 6:15).3. And what have we to do, but what Hugh BinningThe Works of the Rev. In the case of the former pursuit will lead away from, in the case of the latter it will lead to, the truth. To Dominicus. 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. 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. 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. It says not, "Give your bodies to be burned for the glory of God," but, "Whether ye eat or drink," etc.2. WHERE IS THE EVIL IN THIS? The conceptions, affections, and resolutions of the soul refer to words and works as being the principles and motives of them. Clergymen, but not men of other professions and employments. Oh, if they would just put themselves at Jesus' feet, and Rev. But all reproof and chastisement did not bring Ephraim back. This is the only religious view of life.IV. By Lois Parker Edstrom. Possible to eat and drink to the glory of God.II. The labourer working under the useful light and genial warmth does not lose his time and dazzle his sight in gazing on the sun, but plies his arm with his eye fixed on his work, and so uses for its intended purpose the light God has bestowed. For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God. It is plain that it must propose some motive and rule which shall touch daily life at every point. The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. Owing to this enormous abuses have sprung up under the shadow of the Church. (3) But based on reality it must also be real to me, or it cannot be my motive. HOW IT IS TO BE CARRIED OUT "In the name of the Lord Jesus." It is that which lends them their appearance of depth, and the best of their brilliance. And the reply was, "The body of a common man, doing a common work, and for a common reward." Do all as to the glory of Christ. It is this that gives them the right and title they have in Christian morality. A. They admire the gospel, but never think of realizing it. 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. Stewart. THY REMEDY. But all reproof and chastisement did not bring Ephraim back. That is what the priest will invoke for you all, when you leave this abbey. Dearly loved, they are set apart to serve him. 3. 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. 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. Recur to the motive of the text. 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. Supposing this we must exercise faith upon Him, and have constant recourse to Him, in all that we do for the supplies of His grace and Spirit (1 Peter 2:20; 1 Peter 5:7; John 16:16, 23, 26).3. Colossians. Because all that comes from God to us must be by His hand.III. There is nothing can do it but the Cross of Christ and the Spirit of God. 14 Above all, put on love-the perfect bond . All the wicked dealings and defilement of Ephraim is uncovered--and the Lord said: "I will be unto Ephraim as a lion." "For ye are dead" (Col. iii. He has consecrated what we call secular employments by Himself engaging in them. 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 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. 2 Tim. )The all-pervasiveness of religionW. 1). iii 15. how we can obtain it? 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. 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. (1) We may take the sayings of Scripture strictly to the letter, set them clown as exaggerated, and above our capacities. 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. 16 Let the Word Martin LutherEpistle Sermons, Vol. 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. (1) We have a proof of the divinity of Christ. All our prayer and praises must be offered in the name of the Lord Jesus. And what have we to do, but what, Christian Ends Lend Grandeur to Human Life, Method and Music, or the Art of Holy and Happy Living, The Marks, Method, and Motive of the Christian Life, What Particularly We are to Put On. The labourer working under the useful light and genial warmth does not lose his time and dazzle his sight in gazing on the sun, but plies his arm with his eye fixed on his work, and so uses for its intended purpose the light God has bestowed. It is only in Christ we find the holiest and purest motive; in Him love takes the place of selfishness (2 Corinthians 5:14, 15). 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. )The acceptable prayerH. "Let the peace of God rule in your hearts." A beginning indeed, I find, but no end of thy miseries. 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. 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. 2 Set your mind on the things that are above, not on the things that are upon the earth. Here we may fall into opposite mistakes. Their labor seems to crystallize and become its own memorial. 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. Mallock. 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. (1) We have a proof of the divinity of Christ. It is worth while to do so. B. SimpsonDays of Heaven Upon Earth Fifth Sunday after EpiphanyText: Colossians 3, 12-17. 2. Whatever mystery a man makes of his object in life, spectators generally arrive at correct conclusions.2. De Witt Talmage, D. D.)The essence of fieryD. (Preacher's Analyst. Art, science, politics, business, everyday duty, instead of being detached from religion, have such intimate relations with it that they are, or may be, and ought to be, themselves essentially religious. As to deeds of grace. B. SimpsonDays of Heaven Upon Earth Fifth Sunday after EpiphanyText: Colossians 3, 12-17. 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. "If Ye Then be Risen" (Col. Iii. And so men satisfy themselves with being Christian hearers and heathen livers, without the least suspicion of inconsistency.3. Therefore we must all honour the Son as the Father (John 5:23).3. What have we to know, but what God hath revealed of himself to us? Do you know what it is? (1) If we would be truly Christians, we must have Christ continually before us as the pole star, the rule of our whole life. Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth. 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. Neale. )The reality of religionDean Alford.I. 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. (3)Reconciliation with God (2 Corinthians 5:18). 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. 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. "Ephraim hath made many altars to sin." Recur to the motive of the text. (2)Adoption (Ephesians 1:5). As to daily life. 16 Let the Word Martin LutherEpistle Sermons, Vol. Blot out that name and you blot out the best part of history, all that is purest in morals, elevating in literature, gentle in manners, merciful in laws. Guthrie, D. D.)The name of Jesus set in workDr. It is not self-mortifying, but it is dying with Christ. So in like manner the name of Jesus (Acts 4:7; Matthew 7:22; Matthew 24:5; Matthew 18:20). For the instruction of our faith. 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. It is His presence by His Spirit in the hearts of His people which is the motive power of their holy life. (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. Christ, therein revealed, has laid hold upon the whole of life. 1. Do you know what it is? The letter of your Holiness, which we received at the hands of the bearer of these presents, so expressed priestly moderation as to soothe us, in a manner, with the bodily presence of its author. Do St. 4 When Christ, who is our life, shall be manifested, then shall ye also with him be manifested in glory. iii 15. Nay, a good and a spur which quickened every nerve. "But now do ye also," saith he, "put down all;" [1927] and he makes mention of several more evils of that sort. "Ephraim is joined to idols, let him alone." ", II. You could work every day, hour, and minute the rest of your life and never earn those two gifts. His name gives power to prayer; it is not so much your earnestness and sincerity, but His blood that speaks to God. He infers holiness from this also. "Ephraim hath made many altars to sin." )The motive power of a holy lifeJ. "And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful." 15. MY devout hearers! We shall not need to seek far to discover our risen Lord. It's a life of thankful worship: The Lord's people should be marked by thankful worship engaging the whole person in all of life. At the Arno GaebeleinThe Lord of GloryChrist Our Life. There they taught us the great lesson "Do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus." Even now the good is gaining the victory, and the King is Christ. 21. Stewart. 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. THIS DISTINCTION IS RADICALLY IRRELIGIOUS, Implies that all things are not of God. To Dominicus. CHRISTIANITY IS A REALITY, AND DEALS WITH REALITIES.1. 5 Put to death therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, passion. By the authority of Christ (Acts 3:6).2. (b)That we act according to His will. Do you know what it is? 11.) The key-note of this chapter is that religion is a life in Christ, so all-pervading and all. 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. 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. We believe that Botany 500, Guest Jeans, Gucci, Christian Dior, etc, all say something about the person wearing those clothes. All the wicked dealings and defilement of Ephraim is uncovered--and the Lord said: "I will be unto Ephraim as a lion." Revival is when we can say "yes" at any moment of the day. One phrase holds it all "He died for me." (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. 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. It is not in our power to act as we please, or for our own ends (Romans 14:7-8).2. It is as we Andrew MurrayThe Master's IndwellingMeditations of the Misery of a Man not Reconciled to God in Christ. Mallock. 3). A. And who looks down upon us? 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. THE SACREDNESS OF COMMON LIFE AND LABOUR. "GIVING THANKS INTO GOD AND THE FATHER BY HIM." (6) Such deep constraining motive is not usually displayed before men; but its existence is not easily concealed. How, then, can they be done? (Acts 4:12; 1 Corinthians 1:12).2. Contrariwise, consider what are generally classed as sacred works praying, preaching, administering sacraments, visiting the sick. It is sufficient that we frequently and ordinarily make this application of mind. 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. Be thine own judge? The conceptions, affections, and resolutions of the soul refer to words and works as being the principles and motives of them. A. Some Christians loom up in larger proportion than is becoming. And who looks down upon us? What a multitude of religions there is in this poor wicked world of ours! B. SimpsonDays of Heaven Upon Earth Fifth Sunday after EpiphanyText: Colossians 3, 12-17. A beginning indeed, I find, but no end of thy miseries. 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. Surely, too, all great music is most truly religious. 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. To Dominicus. 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. 3). If you have frequent thought Westminster Abbey. Others have a mighty Saviour, because they make Him to be great and mighty. Therefore we must all honour the Son as the Father (John 5:23).3. It is not egoistic to say so, for filling to overflowing is utterly and completely God's work--it is all of grace. While there are many falsehoods, Charles Haddon SpurgeonSpurgeon's Sermons Volume 61: 1915Some General Uses. - read Col. 3:17. "And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful." CHRISTIANITY IS A REALITY, AND DEALS WITH REALITIES.1. Therefore we must all honour the Son as the Father (John 5:23).3. However extraordinary and extravagant, it is in keeping with the whole spirit of Christianity. (2) The facts implied in the name, "The Lord Jesus," rest upon evidence as strong as can possibly be alleged for anything. It might surprise us to find that peace is urged on us as a duty. 2. How, then, can they be done? I want to emphasize that word "all." Christian obedience must all the while be mingled with thanksgiving to God the Father. 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. It might surprise us to find that peace is urged on us as a duty. MY devout hearers! 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