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." (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 . And shall not such love quicken us to do all things better. 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. (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. 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. Mallock. While there are many falsehoods, Charles Haddon SpurgeonSpurgeon's Sermons Volume 61: 1915Some General Uses. Will not work be done carelessly? Mallock. All the wicked dealings and defilement of Ephraim is uncovered--and the Lord said: "I will be unto Ephraim as a lion." Paul here clearly gives to Christ the whole of life. It is to them a mere night of stars to wonder and gaze at, not a sun to light them to their daily work, and warm their hearts with love. "For ye are dead" (Col. iii. Churches are, but not houses we live in. I want to emphasize that word "all." "Ephraim is like a silly dove without heart." Ulysses said, "What's that?" They have put to death anything that steals their affections away from Christ and have put on the new self as God . They can tell, and others can tell, how many souls they bring to Christ. UNITY AND PEACE. As to deeds of grace. 5. None but pure gold may receive the special goldsmith's mark, none but true, honest work can bear the mark of the Lord Jesus.(H. "Your Life is Hid" (Col. Iii. Sunday, but not other six days. "Your Life is Hid" (Col. Iii. 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. A. (1) You are bound to offer daily praise: it must be in the name of the Lord Jesus. Verse 16 describes the church gathering, where we are to teach and admonish one another through the Word and singing, thankfully praising God. act what we know in our souls, that we can do nothing good without God. And so men satisfy themselves with being Christian hearers and heathen livers, without the least suspicion of inconsistency.3. To do all by His strength (Acts 4:6-7, 10; 1 Samuel 17:45; Philippians 4:13; 2 Corinthians 12:9). A large proportion of the infidelity of the working classes is due to this unreal teaching. This implies three things.1. Thus, from what they look at and come in contact with, common things acquire uncommon glory.(T. This is the only religious view of life. (1)All grace and strength (1 Corinthians 1:30). (Dean Alford. 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. But Christ claimed the world for Himself and His Father, in the sense that He claimed everything in the world. It says not, "Give your bodies to be burned for the glory of God," but, "Whether ye eat or drink," etc.2. Works that are the same as to external action are good in one and bad in another. We should say all words and practice all deeds in harmony with the revelation of Jesus Christ, namely, under His authority and as His followers. Westminster Abbey. For this, which may be understood also figuratively, is said to the former, Children, obey your parents in the Lord: but to Leo the GreatWritings of Leo the GreatThird Sunday after Trinity Humility, Trust, Watchfulness, SufferingText: 1 Peter 5, 5-11. For the instruction of our faith. Preached February 9, 1851. Their labor seems to crystallize and become its own memorial. For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God. Hast thou ever deeply loved parent, bride, husband, or child? One question that rises in every mind is this: "How can I live that life of perfect trust in God?" 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. There they taught us the great lesson "Do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus." These words cover the whole sphere of Christian activity. Here, as in nature, the deepest is the stillest; but by this very stillness all who are observant know its depth. WHERE IS THE EVIL IN THIS? "WHATSOEVER YE DO IN WORD OR DEED," etc.1. (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. 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. So in like manner the name of Jesus (Acts 4:7; Matthew 7:22; Matthew 24:5; Matthew 18:20). Artizan, labourer, soldier, slave, would learn the truth that God cared for him, and designed him for a glorious destiny. "Whatsoever ye do," etc., as one bearing His name, in the might of His name, and to its glory. (1) He is the channel by which all God's goodness is poured upon us. 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. To Dominicus. Remember what we are to God through creation, providence, and grace.2. Whatever mystery a man makes of his object in life, spectators generally arrive at correct conclusions.2. It makes us strong and lifts our . (b)That we act according to His will. Hugh BinningLinksColossians 3:17 NIVColossians 3:17 NLTColossians 3:17 ESVColossians 3:17 NASBColossians 3:17 KJVColossians 3:17 Bible AppsColossians 3:17 ParallelColossians 3:17 Biblia ParalelaColossians 3:17 Chinese BibleColossians 3:17 French BibleColossians 3:17 German BibleColossians 3:17 CommentariesBible Hub, (2)Adoption (Ephesians 1:5). It is that which lends them their appearance of depth, and the best of their brilliance. UNITY AND PEACE. Christ is all to us that we make Him to be. 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. TOPIC: SECOND INTERACTIVE SECTION (SUMMARY OF LESSONS 14-25) MEMORY VERSE: "Holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience". It will make contradiction sweet, to bear it meekly with Jesus; poverty, honourable to be poor with Jesus; toil, gladsome to labour for Jesus. What He was and did for us, and above all what He now is and does, explains it. (1) We have a proof of the divinity of Christ. Revival is when we can say "yes" at any moment of the day. 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 who has not seen the dullest rain-cloud, when it turned its weeping face to the sun, change into glory, and, in the bow that spans it, present to the eyes of age and infancy, alike of the philosopher who studies, and of the simple joyous child who runs to catch it, the most brilliant and beautiful phenomenon in nature? B. SimpsonDays of Heaven Upon Earth February 17. And who has not seen the dullest rain-cloud, when it turned its weeping face to the sun, change into glory, and, in the bow that spans it, present to the eyes of age and infancy, alike of the philosopher who studies, and of the simple joyous child who runs to catch it, the most brilliant and beautiful phenomenon in nature? Many do not know the right answer, or the full answer. We shall not need to seek far to discover our risen Lord. "For Ye are Dead" (Col. Iii. Now, this definite, absolute and final putting off of ourselves in an act of death, is something we cannot do ourselves. O wretched Man! But can, one will say, all the little acts of life be done to Him? The distinction between things secular and things sacred has wrought unspeakable mischief. Now, seeing that we are raised with Christ, certain behavior is appropriate to us. 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. J. W. Buxton, M. 3 For ye died, and your life is hid with Christ in God. But Christ claimed the world for Himself and His Father, in the sense that He claimed everything in the world. "If ye then be risen" (Col. iii. (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. 3). WHERE IS THE EVIL IN THIS? 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. IIEaster Wednesday Also Suited to Easter Tuesday. able, it would lose immensely in its character for truth and its power for good.2. Before the lesson, cut out the die and fold it and glue it together. some uses.1. how we can obtain it? For Charles KingsleyAll Saints' Day and Other SermonsMay 5. Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry: Alexander MaclarenExpositions of Holy ScriptureThe Christian Training of Children. A large proportion of the infidelity of the working classes is due to this unreal teaching. And who looks down upon us? 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. Sunday, February 17, 2013, is from . 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. 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. act what we know in our souls, that we can do nothing good without God. Preached February 9, 1851. Then was it a sacred or a secular work to write "Paradise Lost," Wordsworth's "Excursion," or Cowper's "Task"? gladness to alms-giving to give to Jesus? 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. the best one has been left for you." I. Macgregor, D. D.)Things sacred and things secularJ. Or hast thou done anything for man's praise, feeling that the eye whose praise thou prizedst was upon thee? While there are many falsehoods, Charles Haddon SpurgeonSpurgeon's Sermons Volume 61: 1915, Some General Uses. For this, which may be understood also figuratively, is said to the former, Children, obey your parents in the Lord: but to Leo the GreatWritings of Leo the GreatThird Sunday after Trinity Humility, Trust, Watchfulness, SufferingText: 1 Peter 5, 5-11. A. Application: 1. "Whatsoever ye do," etc., as one bearing His name, in the might of His name, and to its glory. 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. 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. (Acts 4:12; 1 Corinthians 1:12).2. Thanksgiving is one of the most necessary and universal offices of a Christian. 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. For this, which may be understood also figuratively, is said to the former, Children, obey your parents in the Lord: but to Leo the GreatWritings of Leo the GreatThird Sunday after Trinity Humility, Trust, Watchfulness, SufferingText: 1 Peter 5, 5-11. --Colossians iii. Thanksgiving is one of the most necessary and universal offices of a Christian. 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. "Let the peace of God rule in your hearts." 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. 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. If we were asked this moment if we were filled with the Holy Spirit, how many of us would dare to answer "yes"? 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. Specifically the name of Christ is the rule. "And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful." Acquire uncommon glory. 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