Wilkinson, D. D.)Doing all to the Lord JesusE B. Pusey, D. D.All have felt at times a painful void after absorption in active duty. (2) How many of us fall short of this.(J. The able, it would lose immensely in its character for truth and its power for good.2. Observe the extent of this saying. (NASB: Lockman)Greek: kai pan o ti ean poiete en logo e en ergo, panta en onomati kuriou Iesou, eucharistountes to theo patri di' autou.. Amplified: And whatever you do [no matter what it is] in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus and in . (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. Nay, a good and a spur which quickened every nerve. Recur to the motive of the text. 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. Observe the extent of this saying. There are one or two simple explanations which show that there is no real extravagance in this large demand.1. (a) As to their inward influence on the man himself. THIS DISTINCTION IS RADICALLY IRRELIGIOUS, Implies that all things are not of God. Do you know what it is? IIEaster Wednesday Also Suited to Easter Tuesday. The rule is short and easy, but of almost infinite use. Churches are, but not houses we live in. 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. The Christian at his daily task is not ever pondering spiritual truths. If it could be shown that its requirements were unreal, its statements exaggerated, its views of attainment unreason. B. SimpsonDays of Heaven Upon Earth May 18. Some Christians loom up in larger proportion than is becoming. There are of course many visionaries, men pursuing objects which have no real existence, but to them they are not unreal. B. SimpsonDays of Heaven Upon Earth, May 18. 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. 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). 3. He infers holiness from this also. (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. Were it not almost an indignity to bring them in reference to His great Majesty? 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. 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. "And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful." It is as we Andrew MurrayThe Master's IndwellingMeditations of the Misery of a Man not Reconciled to God in Christ. 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. Daille. 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? Verse 17. 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." Possible to eat and drink to the glory of God.II. Thanksgiving is one of the most necessary and universal offices of a Christian. What is it that makes our public services in church so frequently cold and spiritless? Have Him before thee as the pattern whom thou art to copy; the Redeemer in whom is thy strength, the Master and Friend whom thou art to serve and please, thy Creator and thy heaven. 5 Put to death therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, passion, Martin LutherEpistle Sermons, Vol. 5. So the apostle means (a)That we refer all to His glory. IIIWhat the Scriptures Principally Teach: the Ruin and Recovery of Man. Does it not give strength to self-denial to take up our cross after Jesus? Many do not know the right answer, or the full answer. J. W. Buxton, M. It is that we are slow to learn in. For it is impossible that they should be in the name of Christ except our understandings and will so address them. A. Their labor seems to crystallize and become its own memorial. For the instruction of our faith. 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. As to deeds of grace. (3) Owing to a mixture of these we find Christian precept and practice widely sundered. "The love of Christ constraineth us."III. HOW WE MAY DO IT.1. Let Him be the beginning from whom all flows, the end in whom all are gathered, our aim, our reward. What have we to know, but what God hath revealed of himself to us? To do all by His strength (Acts 4:6-7, 10; 1 Samuel 17:45; Philippians 4:13; 2 Corinthians 12:9). The first is a packet of sugar, the second is called Sweet'n Low, and the third is called Nutrasweet. the best one has been left for you." 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." Here is the sum of religion. And the reply was, "The body of a common man, doing a common work, and for a common reward." 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? Observe I. 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. (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. 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. 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. Let Him be the beginning from whom all flows, the end in whom all are gathered, our aim, our reward. Neale. When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with Him in glory. 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. 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. 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. (1)All grace and strength (1 Corinthians 1:30). 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. "But now do ye also," saith he, "put down all;" [1927] and he makes mention of several more evils of that sort. Soldiers march to battle to trumpet and drum, etc., and it is an excellent thing when Christian men know how to sing as well as work. 4 When Christ, who is our life, shall be manifested, then shall ye also with him be manifested in glory. 2. Thus, from what they look at and come in contact with, common things acquire uncommon glory.(T. ITS UNVARYING SPIRIT "Giving thanks to God and-the Father by Him." and why so many do not obtain it, and are, therefore, not at peace? THY REMEDY. The rule is short and easy, but of almost infinite use. (1) We may take the sayings of Scripture strictly to the letter, set them clown as exaggerated, and above our capacities. The angry, sinful word again and again escapes, and the thought of God at best but follows it.II. 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. Yea, all of you gird yourselves with humility, to serve one another: for God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace to the humble. 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. 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. 4 When Christ, who is our life, shall be manifested, then shall ye also with him be manifested in glory. TEXT: COL. iii. [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?" Object Lesson on the Jesus and Nicodemus from John 3:1-17. IIRisen with Christ'If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. Their labor seems to crystallize and become its own memorial. Some men make Him to be "a root out of a dry ground," "without form or comeliness." B. SimpsonDays of Heaven Upon Earth February 17. For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God. Contrariwise, consider what are generally classed as sacred works praying, preaching, administering sacraments, visiting the sick. 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. Another spirit came and took the body of a poet and did his work. 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. De Witt Talmage, D. D.)The essence of fieryD. )Christian ends lend grandeur to human lifeT. That is what the priest will invoke for you all, when you leave this abbey. Christ, therein revealed, has laid hold upon the whole of life. "And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful." To Dominicus. 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. THY REMEDY. (E B. Pusey, D. D.)Common work in the name of JesusH. 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. 4 3. "For Ye are Dead" (Col. Iii. (3) But based on reality it must also be real to me, or it cannot be my motive. A large proportion of the infidelity of the working classes is due to this unreal teaching. It might surprise us to find that peace is urged on us as a duty. (3)Reconciliation with God (2 Corinthians 5:18). 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. 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. is symbolic of heaven and God's way. Now, this definite, absolute and final putting off of ourselves in an act of death, is something we cannot do ourselves. 21. Nor indeed does infrequency of communication cause any harm where the affection of love remains uninterrupted in one's mind. 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. 21. (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. (b) Being referred to the glory of God, from indifferent they become holy and acceptable to God.3. Again Jehovah said: "Ephraim is like a cake not turned." John 17:1-9 God's voice always leads us to glorify Him and accomplish His purposes. 4. 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. 2 Tim. Clergymen, but not men of other professions and employments. 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. Ulysses said, "What's that?" (Preacher's Analyst. Are they evermore in his view and present to his thoughts? (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). 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? 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. We shall not need to seek far to discover our risen Lord. 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. Again Jehovah said: "Ephraim is like a cake not turned." 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. Here we may fall into opposite mistakes. 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. 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. Colossians 3:4.--Christ who is our life. If it could be shown that its requirements were unreal, its statements exaggerated, its views of attainment unreason. 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. (1) We have a proof of the divinity of Christ. Nothing is too small to be done for one deeply loved, and nothing but deep love will do unweariedly all little things to please whom it loves. 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. 1). Do them as thou wouldest if thou sawest God by thee, with prayer that they may be done aright. We are all deserving of his wrath for our rebellion against him, for violating his laws and departing from what is true and right. To Dominicus. 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 is not self-mortifying, but it is dying with Christ. Wilkinson, D. D.)Doing all to the Lord JesusE B. Pusey, D. D.All have felt at times a painful void after absorption in active duty. "And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful." Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth. Through this lesson children will learn that in order to live a peaceful life they need to fill themselves up with good things. But all reproof and chastisement did not bring Ephraim back. 21. (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. It is through Christ that life is worthy of the name of life. 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. Nor indeed does infrequency of communication cause any harm where the affection of love remains uninterrupted in one's mind. THIS DISTINCTION IS RADICALLY IRRELIGIOUS, Implies that all things are not of God. Was this a hindrance? It is sufficient that we frequently and ordinarily make this application of mind. Here, as in nature, the deepest is the stillest; but by this very stillness all who are observant know its depth. Ulysses said, "What's that?" A. Jacob, D. D.)Doing all in the name of ChristI. 2. "Ephraim is joined to idols, let him alone." 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. 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 Great, Third Sunday after Trinity Humility, Trust, Watchfulness, SufferingText: 1 Peter 5, 5-11. On the contrary, great love shows itself most in little acts. How many, if they pray at all, hope to do right and escape flagrant wrong almost through the intention of doing or not doing, and think that if they call upon God in some general way things will not be much amiss with them.3. 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 must therefore be concluded that He is not a creature, but very God. O wretched Man! 2. 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. "Him hath God exalted to be a Prince and a Saviour.". For His glory (1 Corinthians 10:31; John 5:23; Revelation 5:12, 13).5. act what we know in our souls, that we can do nothing good without God. It might surprise us to find that peace is urged on us as a duty. 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. Guthrie, D. D.)The name of Jesus set in workDr. What is it that makes our public services in church so frequently cold and spiritless? Christ is all to us that we make Him to be. 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. Not more cer tainly does the law of gravity reach from world to world than does this law prevail wherever intelligence exists.2. There are of course many visionaries, men pursuing objects which have no real existence, but to them they are not unreal. Now, seeing that we are raised with Christ, certain behavior is appropriate to us. And the reply was, "The body of a common man, doing a common work, and for a common reward." Write Colossians 3:17. It is a detestable, an irreligious distinction.I. (6) Such deep constraining motive is not usually displayed before men; but its existence is not easily concealed. Gregory to Dominicus, Bishop of Carthage. Stewart. What a multitude of religions there is in this poor wicked world of ours! 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. CHRISTIANITY IS A REALITY, AND DEALS WITH REALITIES.1. 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. TEXT: COL. iii. "If Ye Then be Risen" (Col. Iii. Application:1. 8 Be sober, be watchful: your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: 9 whom withstand stedfast, 2 Tim. It is not egoistic to say so, for filling to overflowing is utterly and completely God's work--it is all of grace. IIRisen with Christ'If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. "For Ye are Dead" (Col. Iii. Has it these points? Application:1. Colossians 3:17 Whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks through Him to God the Father. 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. Whatever mystery a man makes of his object in life, spectators generally arrive at correct conclusions.2. (b) Being referred to the glory of God, from indifferent they become holy and acceptable to God.3. Here, as in nature, the deepest is the stillest; but by this very stillness all who are observant know its depth. B. SimpsonDays of Heaven Upon Earth Fifth Sunday after EpiphanyText: Colossians 3, 12-17. Preached February 9, 1851. Some Christians loom up in larger proportion than is becoming. (a) As to their inward influence on the man himself. Bring common iron into proper contact with the magnet, it will borrow the strange attractive virtue, and itself become magnetic. Neale. 1. Whether you do or not, let me tell you in a few words, what I seem to myself to have learned concerning that peace. 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. Not more cer tainly does the law of gravity reach from world to world than does this law prevail wherever intelligence exists.2. "Let the peace of God rule in your hearts." To Dominicus. Jesus paid the price, and he gave it to you. Do you know what it is? I. O wretched Man! 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. How We are Addressed, The Power of the Word and the Name of Christ, Method and music, or the art of holy and happy living, Christian ends lend grandeur to human life. This rule applies to those who are in Christ. 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. 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. 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