B. SimpsonDays of Heaven Upon Earth May 18. And the reply was, "The body of a common man, doing a common work, and for a common reward." As to daily life. 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. 2 Tim. 15. "Ephraim is like a silly dove without heart." Nor indeed does infrequency of communication cause any harm where the affection of love remains uninterrupted in one's mind. 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. In both is the same quiet exertion of power, the same calm majesty of law, and the laws of each can never be trifled with with impunity. 4. Hast thou ever deeply loved parent, bride, husband, or child? 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. 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. Verse 16 describes the church gathering, where we are to teach and admonish one another through the Word and singing, thankfully praising God. (Dean Alford. Does it not give strength to self-denial to take up our cross after Jesus? Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth. 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. As to daily life. It is this that gives them the right and title they have in Christian morality. 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. i. A. B. SimpsonDays of Heaven Upon Earth February 17. B. SimpsonDays of Heaven Upon Earth May 18. 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. 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. 3 For ye died, and your life is hid with Christ in God. 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. THIS DISTINCTION IS RADICALLY IRRELIGIOUS, Implies that all things are not of God. It is not necessary that a motive should be based on reality to be all-constraining, but it is in order that it may be a worthy motive for an intelligent being. 16 Let the Word Martin LutherEpistle Sermons, Vol. (1) He is the channel by which all God's goodness is poured upon us. 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. A. Involves one rule of life for the person in holy orders, and another for the man who has not received a religious vocation. It is not in our power to act as we please, or for our own ends (Romans 14:7-8).2. In the case of the former pursuit will lead away from, in the case of the latter it will lead to, the truth. Do St. There is nothing left for me" And some one replied, "Ah! 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. 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. (1) He is the channel by which all God's goodness is poured upon us. 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 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. Observe the extent of this saying. Nothing so mean that it was thought unworthy of this monogram; nothing so glorious that it was considered unfit to have that excelling glory added thereto. He is nothing to them; they do not want Him. A. It is worth while to do so. (a) As to their inward influence on the man himself. Others again seem to blend so wholly with other workers that their own individuality can scarcely be traced. Macgregor, D. D.This is one of the bold sweeping statements of Scripture. 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. "Ephraim is joined to idols, let him alone." But all reproof and chastisement did not bring Ephraim back. AugustineOn ContinenceEpistle xxxiii. 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. THY REMEDY. Some men make Him to be "a root out of a dry ground," "without form or comeliness." Guthrie, D. D.)The name of Jesus set in workDr. "Your life is hid" (Col. iii. Colossians 3:18-4:1, Home Improvement. How can we do both at once without distraction study, speak, or do and think of Christ at the same time? . 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. 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. We shall not need to seek far to discover our risen Lord. Bring common iron into proper contact with the magnet, it will borrow the strange attractive virtue, and itself become magnetic. UNITY AND PEACE. "Your Life is Hid" (Col. Iii. By the authority of Christ (Acts 3:6).2. Colossians 3:4.--Christ who is our life. 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. B. SimpsonDays of Heaven Upon Earth Fifth Sunday after EpiphanyText: Colossians 3, 12-17. This is the way with worldly people. 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. (Acts 4:12; 1 Corinthians 1:12).2. (1) We may take the sayings of Scripture strictly to the letter, set them clown as exaggerated, and above our capacities. Therefore we must all honour the Son as the Father (John 5:23).3. 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. By Jesus this gratitude is to be rendered. All the wicked dealings and defilement of Ephraim is uncovered--and the Lord said: "I will be unto Ephraim as a lion." I want to emphasize that word "all." )The all-pervasiveness of religionW. He shows where we should seek Christ.5. Gregory to Dominicus, Bishop of Carthage. "But now do ye also," saith he, "put down all;" [1927] and he makes mention of several more evils of that sort. 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. WHAT THIS IS.1. 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 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. In Colossians Chapter 3, Paul lists ten things that followers of Jesus should not partake in: Immorality, Passion, Evil desire, Greed, Anger, Wrath, Malice, Slander, Abusive speech, Lying. All divine truths may be reduced to these two heads,--faith and love; what we ought to believe, and what we ought to do. 5 Likewise, ye younger, be subject unto the elder. Possible to eat and drink to the glory of God.II. J. W. Buxton, M. UNITY AND PEACE. We find it perfectly impossible to draw a sharp line. 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. 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. The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. The gospels are filled with the wonderful works of Jesus and His wonderful words. 11.) act what we know in our souls, that we can do nothing good without God. Time weakens other forces, but it adds vigour to this.2. And apart from these who learns, in the midst of his conscious and acknowledged besetting sin, to ask for the grace of God? [1924] St. In both is the same quiet exertion of power, the same calm majesty of law, and the laws of each can never be trifled with with impunity. 15. A large proportion of the infidelity of the working classes is due to this unreal teaching. CHRISTIANITY IS A REALITY, AND DEALS WITH REALITIES.1. For the confirmation of faith. Application: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. Because we cannot be accepted but by Him (Ephesians 1:6; Hebrews 13:15; Hebrews 5:1).4. We shall not need to seek far to discover our risen Lord. 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. (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. It is plain that it must propose some motive and rule which shall touch daily life at every point. )Consistency and gratitudeJ. November 8, 1874. 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. Here is the sum of religion. Nothing seemed to be able to draw Ephraim's heart away from the idols. How, then, can they be done? 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. Again Jehovah said: "Ephraim is like a cake not turned." If they indeed have risen with him, he argues that they should leave the grave of iniquity and the graveclothes of their sins behind, and act as those who are endowed with that superior life, which accounts sin to be death and corruption. We must not so take the precept as if we were obliged in every act and word to raise our thoughts directly to Christ. Thanksgiving is one of the most necessary and universal offices of a Christian. A. Jacob, D. D.It is one of the most precious effects of Christianity that it gives interest and dignity to commonplace life. 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. That is no religion which we cannot carry with us wherever we go; into our pleasures and sorrows, our business and closets.(J. A. Jacob, D. D.It is one of the most precious effects of Christianity that it gives interest and dignity to commonplace life. What it is? This Bible Seeker object lesson is designed to help us see God and know Him through connecting His Word with our everyday surroundings. But can, one will say, all the little acts of life be done to Him? If it could be shown that its requirements were unreal, its statements exaggerated, its views of attainment unreason. If you like this lesson, be sure to check out all our free Bible Lessons for Kids. A. But whatever it be, reality is its necessary condition. It is this that gives them the right and title they have in Christian morality. This is the way with worldly people. 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. 1 Colossians 3:12-17 "Now What?Love! B. SimpsonDays of Heaven Upon Earth May 18. Do you know what it is? Another spirit came and took the body of a poet and did his work. 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. They admire the gospel, but never think of realizing it. So in like manner the name of Jesus (Acts 4:7; Matthew 7:22; Matthew 24:5; Matthew 18:20). De Witt Talmage, D. D.)The essence of fieryD. (c)That we live in entire confidence in and dependence upon Him.4. UNITY AND PEACE. The conceptions, affections, and resolutions of the soul refer to words and works as being the principles and motives of them. Nay, a good and a spur which quickened every nerve. All divine truths may be reduced to these two heads,--faith and love; what we ought to believe, and what we ought to do. 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. It is that we are slow to learn in. He is the goal towards which all actions tend. (1) If we would be truly Christians, we must have Christ continually before us as the pole star, the rule of our whole life. 2. Here we may fall into opposite mistakes. 5. All the wicked dealings and defilement of Ephraim is uncovered--and the Lord said: "I will be unto Ephraim as a lion." 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