They can tell, and others can tell, how many souls they bring to Christ. How intensely secular they may become I How mean and perfunctory the spirit in which they may be performed! 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. By the authority of Christ (Acts 3:6).2. 4. 3. Bible Passage: Col. 3:12. 4. )The acceptable prayerH. 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. 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. A beginning indeed, I find, but no end of thy miseries. Remember what we are to God through creation, providence, and grace. 13.--"Hold fast the form of sound words, which thou hast heard of me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus." [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?" Revival itself is being absolutely filled to overflowing with the Holy Spirit, and that is victorious living. 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. 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. The "name" comprehends everything revealed and known about the person bearing the name. It is not egoistic to say so, for filling to overflowing is utterly and completely God's work--it is all of grace. (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. 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. WHERE IS THE EVIL IN THIS? The Epistle to the Colossians is one of the four "Prison Epistles" (see Ephesians, "Introduction"). Has it these points? Inscribed on our hearts are reasons which must secure obedience. 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. All the apparent extravagance of the injunction vanishes when we lay our hands on the secret of the Divine life. One question that rises in every mind is this: "How can I live that life of perfect trust in God?" It will make contradiction sweet, to bear it meekly with Jesus; poverty, honourable to be poor with Jesus; toil, gladsome to labour for Jesus. 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? Artizan, labourer, soldier, slave, would learn the truth that God cared for him, and designed him for a glorious destiny. (1) You are bound to offer daily praise: it must be in the name of the Lord Jesus. )Consistency and gratitudeJ. 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. After a while Ulysses came, and he said, "Why, all the fine bodies are taken, and all the grand work is taken. Another spirit came and took the body of a poet and did his work. THE MOTIVE POWER OF A HOLY LIFE. The reason is simply this, that their services are being offered in the wrong name. Involves one rule of life for the person in holy orders, and another for the man who has not received a religious vocation. "Let the peace of God rule in your hearts." (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. "And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful." Because all that comes from God to us must be by His hand.III. Refer all things to Him. A. 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. 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. Many do not know the right answer, or the full answer. What have we to know, but what God hath revealed of himself to us? Colossians 3:17 Introduction This morning we come to the culmination of Paul's general exhortations to the Colossians to live according to the new nature they received when they became Christians. 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." 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. 4 When Christ, who is our life, shall be manifested, then shall ye also with him be manifested in glory. 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." CHRISTIANITY IS A REALITY, AND DEALS WITH REALITIES.1. Here is the sum of religion. Thus, from what they look at and come in contact with, common things acquire uncommon glory.(T. iii 15. Factories and railways, camps and courts of law, mansions, museums, and picture-galleries, to say nothing of the world of trees, and rivers, and birds, and flowers, form part of the world which belongs to Him, the Heir of all things. 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. 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. 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. 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. (2) Is it not an outrage to require that saints should share this honour with Christ as Rome does? "And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful." IIIWhat the Scriptures Principally Teach: the Ruin and Recovery of Man. 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." 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. Differently to be admonished are servants and masters. 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. 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. "Whatsoever ye do," etc., as one bearing His name, in the might of His name, and to its glory. WHERE IS THE EVIL IN THIS? Do them as thou wouldest if thou sawest God by thee, with prayer that they may be done aright. (2) Our thanks cannot be grateful to the Father except addressed and presented by Christ. 1). (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). 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. 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. It is this: "Christ must live it in me." And what have we to do, but what Hugh BinningThe Works of the Rev. Revival is when we can say "yes" at any moment of the day. 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. How, then, can they be done? 3). HOW WE MAY DO IT.1. 4 When Christ, who is our life, shall be manifested, then shall ye also with him be manifested in glory. For it is impossible that they should be in the name of Christ except our understandings and will so address them. We cannot expect God's blessing on anything not done in Christ's name. A. Owing to this enormous abuses have sprung up under the shadow of the Church. [1924] St. TEXT: COL. iii. 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. (E B. Pusey, D. D.)Common work in the name of JesusH. So in like manner the name of Jesus (Acts 4:7; Matthew 7:22; Matthew 24:5; Matthew 18:20). Has it these points? "For ye are dead" (Col. iii. We believe that Botany 500, Guest Jeans, Gucci, Christian Dior, etc, all say something about the person wearing those clothes. Nothing seemed to be able to draw Ephraim's heart away from the idols. 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. Even now the good is gaining the victory, and the King is Christ. 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. A. 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. 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. This is all the Scriptures teach, and this is all we have to learn. "For ye are dead" (Col. iii. Others have a mighty Saviour, because they make Him to be great and mighty. Observe the extent of this saying. Neale. Baltimore, U.S., 1874. THE SACREDNESS OF COMMON LIFE AND LABOUR. 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. 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. Owing to this enormous abuses have sprung up under the shadow of the Church. ; they can only be acceptable in Him. He's a religious leader and should understand spiritual lessons but somehow . In Colossians 3:12-17 Paul is continuing to show what a life raised with Christ looks like. Bring common iron into proper contact with the magnet, it will borrow the strange attractive virtue, and itself become magnetic. (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. 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. "But now do ye also," saith he, "put down all;" [1927] and he makes mention of several more evils of that sort. And the reply was, "The body of a common man, doing a common work, and for a common reward." Everything falls under the two heads of words and deeds. )The acceptable prayerH. THE WHOLE EXTENT OF CHRISTIAN LIFE IS CONSECRATED TO THE LORD. 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. We must be supposed to be in Christ first (John 15:4-5).2. (3) Owing to a mixture of these we find Christian precept and practice widely sundered. Macgregor, D. 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