colossians 3:17 object lesson

Here, as in nature, the deepest is the stillest; but by this very stillness all who are observant know its depth. 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. impart sweetness to teaching children that in them we receive Jesus? Bad as the world is, what is good in it is due to Christ. What a multitude of religions there is in this poor wicked world of ours! (Acts 4:12; 1 Corinthians 1:12).2. A. 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. 3 For ye died, and your life is hid with Christ in God. 5 Likewise, ye younger, be subject unto the elder. 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. This round world may therefore become to us a temple, and this little life a song of praise.II. Because all that comes from God to us must be by His hand.III. B. SimpsonDays of Heaven Upon Earth February 17. Has it these points? (2) You are to abound in prayer. B. SimpsonDays of Heaven Upon Earth February 17. Stewart.I begin to see that religion consists not so much in joyous feelings as in a constant exercise of devotedness to God, and in laying ourselves out for the good of others.(D. And so men satisfy themselves with being Christian hearers and heathen livers, without the least suspicion of inconsistency.3. 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. Application:1. The gospels are filled with the wonderful works of Jesus and His wonderful words. If we were asked this moment if we were filled with the Holy Spirit, how many of us would dare to answer "yes"? 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? 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. 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. permeating this life that it hallows everything.1. Nothing seemed to be able to draw Ephraim's heart away from the idols. 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." If a man be a Christian, men will take knowledge of him that he has been with Jesus. 4. 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. There is nothing can do it but the Cross of Christ and the Spirit of God. Here is the sum of religion. 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. The stress lies on "the name of the Lord Jesus."1. Our Father, our Friend and Brother, who came down from heaven and suffered for us, is ready to help and reward us. (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. 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." Differently to be admonished are servants and masters. (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. and why so many do not obtain it, and are, therefore, not at peace? 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. Write "1 Corinthians" on small slips of paper and give them out at the end of class for the students to take home and . Stewart.I begin to see that religion consists not so much in joyous feelings as in a constant exercise of devotedness to God, and in laying ourselves out for the good of others.(D. But can, one will say, all the little acts of life be done to Him? (1)All grace and strength (1 Corinthians 1:30). How Subjects and Prelates are to be Admonished. (3) Owing to a mixture of these we find Christian precept and practice widely sundered. Were it not almost an indignity to bring them in reference to His great Majesty? Again Jehovah said: "Ephraim is like a cake not turned." (1)All grace and strength (1 Corinthians 1:30). 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. (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. MY devout hearers! Christ is all to us that we make Him to be. 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. SEEK, THEN, TO MAKE YOUR WHOLE LIFE RELIGIOUS. 13 Bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances you may have against one another. What the Scriptures Principally Teach: the Ruin and Recovery of Man. We cannot expect God's blessing on anything not done in Christ's name.(H. 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. It must have points of contact with every part of my life. 3). Because we cannot be accepted but by Him (Ephesians 1:6; Hebrews 13:15; Hebrews 5:1).4. 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. Westminster Abbey. 3. [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?" The conceptions, affections, and resolutions of the soul refer to words and works as being the principles and motives of them. He is nothing to them; they do not want Him. Now, this definite, absolute and final putting off of ourselves in an act of death, is something we cannot do ourselves. Nay, a good and a spur which quickened every nerve. Some Christians loom up in larger proportion than is becoming. It is as we Andrew MurrayThe Master's Indwelling, Meditations of the Misery of a Man not Reconciled to God in Christ. Preached February 9, 1851. gladness to alms-giving to give to Jesus? All our prayer and praises must be offered in the name of the Lord Jesus. Shall. 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. MY devout hearers! HOW WE MAY DO IT.1. --Colossians iii. (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. To Dominicus. 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. All divine truths may be reduced to these two heads,--faith and love; what we ought to believe, and what we ought to do. One phrase holds it all "He died for me." 3). However extraordinary and extravagant, it is in keeping with the whole spirit of Christianity. "But now do ye also," saith he, "put down all;" [1927] and he makes mention of several more evils of that sort. 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. Colossians 3:1-17: Holy Living; Colossians 3:1-17 Colossians 3:18-4:6: Responsibilities; Colossians 3:23-25; 4:2-13, 17; EXPOSITOR'S GREEK TESTAMENT. Now, this definite, absolute and final putting off of ourselves in an act of death, is something we cannot do ourselves. Or hast thou done anything for man's praise, feeling that the eye whose praise thou prizedst was upon thee? HOW IT IS TO BE CARRIED OUT "In the name of the Lord Jesus." Be thine own judge? This is all the Scriptures teach, and this is all we have to learn. This clever object lesson demonstrates that something can be there but invisible. (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. (E B. Pusey, D. D.)Common work in the name of JesusH. 3). Take any life, in any condition or time, and there is help and hope for it in Jesus. 4 When Christ, who is our life, shall be manifested, then shall ye also with him be manifested in glory. Not more cer tainly does the law of gravity reach from world to world than does this law prevail wherever intelligence exists.2. (a) As to their inward influence on the man himself. 1). 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. This Bible Seeker object lesson is designed to help us see God and know Him through connecting His Word with our everyday surroundings. Others have a mighty Saviour, because they make Him to be great and mighty. "But now do ye also," saith he, "put down all;" [1927] and he makes mention of several more evils of that sort. Because all that comes from God to us must be by His hand.III. Daille. 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. and why so many do not obtain it, and are, therefore, not at peace? Oh, if they would just put themselves at Jesus' feet, and Rev. 2. Are they evermore in his view and present to his thoughts? It is not self-mortifying, but it is dying with Christ. Why is it that some of us look on church-going as an irksome task, and the hours spent in God's house as the most wearisome of our lives? Didst thou find that thou toiledst for them less diligently because thou thoughtest of and toiledst for them? John 17:1-9 God's voice always leads us to glorify Him and accomplish His purposes. The stress lies on "the name of the Lord Jesus.". 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. how we can obtain it? )PeopleChristians, Colossians, Paul, TimothyPlacesColossaeTopicsAct, Deed, Giving, Praise, Thanks, Whatever, Whatsoever, WhetherOutline1. Colossians 3:17 Sermons: Whatever you do, in word or in deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father, through him. It must have points of contact with every part of my life. It is not in our power to act as we please, or for our own ends (Romans 14:7-8).2. It is a detestable, an irreligious distinction.I. Macgregor, D. D.)Things sacred and things secularJ. Remember These Things . (Colossians iii. Bad as the world is, what is good in it is due to Christ. (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. 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. "If ye then be risen" (Col. iii. (Colossians iii. It were well for the Church and the world if we recognized more clearly this breadth of Christian duty. 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. 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. the best one has been left for you." 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 the instruction of our faith. (1) He is the channel by which all God's goodness is poured upon us. 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. SEEK, THEN, TO MAKE YOUR WHOLE LIFE RELIGIOUS. Not if our Lord be a mere teacher. Do St. A beginning indeed, I find, but no end of thy miseries. Hast thou ever deeply loved parent, bride, husband, or child? These words cover the whole sphere of Christian activity. 4. Now, this definite, absolute and final putting off of ourselves in an act of death, is something we cannot do ourselves. It is His presence by His Spirit in the hearts of His people which is the motive power of their holy life. gladness to alms-giving to give to Jesus? 4. 3. 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. But all reproof and chastisement did not bring Ephraim back. 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? Yea, all of you gird yourselves with humility, to serve one another: for God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace to the humble. If it could be shown that its requirements were unreal, its statements exaggerated, its views of attainment unreason. Do we desire to draw attention to ourselves? (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. "Whatsoever ye do," etc., as one bearing His name, in the might of His name, and to its glory. There is something in these words that might surprise us. 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. 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. The Christian at his daily task is not ever pondering spiritual truths. (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). Others have a mighty Saviour, because they make Him to be great and mighty. We find it perfectly impossible to draw a sharp line. 2 Tim. 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. Do you know what it is? 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. Nor indeed does infrequency of communication cause any harm where the affection of love remains uninterrupted in one's mind. HOW IT IS TO BE CARRIED OUT "In the name of the Lord Jesus." 1). VERSES: Colossians 3:1-15. How can we do both at once without distraction study, speak, or do and think of Christ at the same time? UNITY AND PEACE. )Every-day religionT. Stewart. Here is the sum of religion. 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. 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. Revival itself is being absolutely filled to overflowing with the Holy Spirit, and that is victorious living. You are being renewed in knowledge according to the image of your Creator. A. Here you have a compend of the doctrine of the Scriptures. It might surprise us to find that peace is urged on us as a duty. Colossians. 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. This is the way with worldly people. By Mike Dawson Pastor Emeritus, First Baptist Church, Columbia Focal Passage: Colossians 3:1-17 Johnny Mercer wrote a song in 1944 that became very popular while Americans struggled under the burden of World War II. Some men make Him to be "a root out of a dry ground," "without form or comeliness." Colossians 3:23 Adventure Bible (pp. 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. It is that which lends them their appearance of depth, and the best of their brilliance. 5. 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. Take any life, in any condition or time, and there is help and hope for it in Jesus. 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