The impiety of those who invoke Christ's name on their wicked courses.3. TEXT: COL. iii. (2) Is it not an outrage to require that saints should share this honour with Christ as Rome does? 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. (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. All the apparent extravagance of the injunction vanishes when we lay our hands on the secret of the Divine life. able, it would lose immensely in its character for truth and its power for good.2. But Christ claimed the world for Himself and His Father, in the sense that He claimed everything in the world. Colossians 3:4.--Christ who is our life. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. February 17. 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. "Ephraim is like a silly dove without heart." 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. 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. )PeopleChristians, Colossians, Paul, TimothyPlacesColossaeTopicsAct, Deed, Giving, Praise, Thanks, Whatever, Whatsoever, WhetherOutline1. Others again seem to blend so wholly with other workers that their own individuality can scarcely be traced. Again Jehovah said: "Ephraim is like a cake not turned." 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. 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. One offers it in his own name, he is sacrificing to selfishness; another offers it in the name of fashion, another in the name of respectability, but there can be no reality in our services unless offered in the name of Christ.(H. to put off the old self, and put on Christ; May 5. (2) The facts implied in the name, "The Lord Jesus," rest upon evidence as strong as can possibly be alleged for anything. O wretched Man! It is worth while to do so. This is the only religious view of life. (1) He is the channel by which all God's goodness is poured upon us. And shall not such love quicken us to do all things better. The life of the saint and of the sinner are made up very much of the same commonplace duties, and in all that is patent to the world there may be little difference between them: but the spirit by which they are actuated constitutes a gulf between them as wide as that which divides light and darkness, heaven and hell.3. Or hast thou done anything for man's praise, feeling that the eye whose praise thou prizedst was upon thee? Because all that comes from God to us must be by His hand.III. Paul focuses on the positive aspect of a new life. Mere precepts cannot touch us at all points, or constrain us to do all things in a teacher's name. "Your life is hid" (Col. iii. Others again seem to blend so wholly with other workers that their own individuality can scarcely be traced. 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 conceptions, affections, and resolutions of the soul refer to words and works as being the principles and motives of them. AugustineOn Continence"But Now do Ye Also," Saith He, "Put Down All31. Not more cer tainly does the law of gravity reach from world to world than does this law prevail wherever intelligence exists. Here you have a compend of the doctrine of the Scriptures. This is the way with worldly people. "Let the peace of God rule in your hearts." Whether you do or not, let me tell you in a few words, what I seem to myself to have learned concerning that peace. 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. There is no act, however little, which Christ does not see and .touch, and which may not tend as much to His honour as the songs of the Seraphim; there is no affection, talent, energy on which He does not put His hand and say, "That is mine," and which may not be transformed into a worship as sincere as that of the communion; no step we can take in life over which He does not watch, and which may not be made a step on the road that brings us nearer Him; no time here or hereafter when it will not be a delightful duty to "do all in the name of the Lord Jesus." 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? 3). B. SimpsonDays of Heaven Upon Earth Fifth Sunday after EpiphanyText: Colossians 3, 12-17. THY REMEDY. 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. 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. It must have points of contact with every part of my life. Many do not know the right answer, or the full answer. 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. 16 Let the Word Martin LutherEpistle Sermons, Vol. (1) We may take the sayings of Scripture strictly to the letter, set them clown as exaggerated, and above our capacities. Take any life, in any condition or time, and there is help and hope for it in 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, (3)Reconciliation with God (2 Corinthians 5:18). Does it not give strength to self-denial to take up our cross after Jesus? 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 reason is simply this, that their services are being offered in the wrong name. It is that we are slow to learn in. The impiety of those who invoke Christ's name on their wicked courses.3. 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. Daille. WHAT THIS IS.1. In the case of the former pursuit will lead away from, in the case of the latter it will lead to, the truth. 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 them as thou wouldest if thou sawest God by thee, with prayer that they may be done aright. Will not work be done carelessly? 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. For the instruction of our faith. 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. It is a detestable, an irreligious distinction.I. (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. Owing to this enormous abuses have sprung up under the shadow of the Church. It is not self-mortifying, but it is dying with Christ. 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 as we Andrew MurrayThe Master's IndwellingMeditations of the Misery of a Man not Reconciled to God in Christ. Colossians 3:4.--Christ who is our life. 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. It is this: "Christ must live it in me." 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. A beginning indeed, I find, but no end of thy miseries. 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, "Your life is hid" (Col. iii. (1) If we would be truly Christians, we must have Christ continually before us as the pole star, the rule of our whole life. If by a subtle process it is taken away, all become tarnished and discoloured.(W. (2) The facts implied in the name, "The Lord Jesus," rest upon evidence as strong as can possibly be alleged for anything. "Let the peace of God rule in your hearts." "If Ye Then be Risen" (Col. Iii. Owing to this enormous abuses have sprung up under the shadow of the Church. I want to emphasize that word "all." 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.1. Do them as thou wouldest if thou sawest God by thee, with prayer that they may be done aright. 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. )The reality of religionDean Alford.I. 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. 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. (Admonition 6). This is the only religious view of life.IV. 13.--"Hold fast the form of sound words, which thou hast heard of me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus." (c)That we live in entire confidence in and dependence upon Him.4. One offers it in his own name, he is sacrificing to selfishness; another offers it in the name of fashion, another in the name of respectability, but there can be no reality in our services unless offered in the name of Christ.(H. Little things are the very instances of acceptable service in Scripture. While there are many falsehoods, Charles Haddon SpurgeonSpurgeon's Sermons Volume 61: 1915Some General Uses. 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. 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. 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. "For Ye are Dead" (Col. Iii. This is all the Scriptures teach, and this is all we have to learn. It is not self-mortifying, but it is dying with Christ. iii 15. ", 2. 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. 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. All our prayer and praises must be offered in the name of the Lord Jesus. 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. THIS DISTINCTION IS RADICALLY IRRELIGIOUS, Implies that all things are not of God. The law of gravity does not admit of dispute, neither does the law that eternal life is to be found through the Son of God. "GIVING THANKS INTO GOD AND THE FATHER BY HIM." (Admonition 5.) Text: Colossians 3, 1-7. Colossians 3:4.--Christ who is our life. Are they evermore in his view and present to his thoughts? the best one has been left for you." Preached February 9, 1851. Colossians 3:18-4:1, Home Improvement. Guthrie, D. D.)The name of Jesus set in workDr. We shall not need to seek far to discover our risen Lord. 3. Their labor seems to crystallize and become its own memorial. Others again seem to blend so wholly with other workers that their own individuality can scarcely be traced. As it overstepped all barriers of climate, colour, and race to call men brethren, so it passed over all barriers of priestly function to make all men holy, and so all men are now made priests unto God. (Acts 4:12; 1 Corinthians 1:12).2. The peace of God. It is worth while to do so. (Dean Alford. 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. act what we know in our souls, that we can do nothing good without God. (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. 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." Philemon Forgiving When Forgiving is Hard. 3. Whether you do or not, let me tell you in a few words, what I seem to myself to have learned concerning that peace. 2 Set your mind on the things that are above, not on the things that are upon the earth. "And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful." The . LESSON: He is nothing to them; they do not want Him. Because the Father has highly exalted Him, and given Him a name which is above every name (Philippians 2:8-10). 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. Little things are the very instances of acceptable service in Scripture. What it is? 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? 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. 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. To do all things in a teacher 's name on their wicked courses.3 Him be beginning. ( 2 ) is it not an outrage to require that saints should share this honour Christ. 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