There is nothing can do it but the Cross of Christ and the Spirit of God. 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. For Charles KingsleyAll Saints' Day and Other SermonsMay 5. 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. (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. 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. What have we to know, but what God hath revealed of himself to us? 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. 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. Give each kid a large sheet of drawing paper and markers. De Witt Talmage, D. D.)The essence of fieryD. A. CHRISTIANITY IS A REALITY, AND DEALS WITH REALITIES.1. 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. Nothing seemed to be able to draw Ephraim's heart away from the idols. We take it for granted and so forget it.1. 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." Object Lessons from the Gospels (Matthew through John) Once children see the big picture of God using Israel to prepare the world for redemption, you can teach children about the means God uses for that redemption: JESUS! It must have points of contact with every part of my life. IIEaster Wednesday Also Suited to Easter Tuesday. 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. 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. Neale. Stewart. "If ye then be risen" (Col. iii. J. W. Buxton, M. 4. Daille. Whatever mystery a man makes of his object in life, spectators generally arrive at correct conclusions.2. A. Jacob, D. D.)Doing all in the name of ChristI. To live a life of faith for a supply of all things for life and godliness (2 Peter 1 ; John 16:23).6. (b)That we act according to His will. 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. 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. Faith and Love Towards Christ. Macgregor, D. D.)Things sacred and things secularJ. But all reproof and chastisement did not bring Ephraim back. (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. "Ephraim is joined to idols, let him alone." Because all that comes from God to us must be by His hand.III. Go, for example, into many of the farms round here, and notice the fire-dogs that stand in the yawning chimney: how they are wrought at the sides into those most blessed of all letters, the I.H.C., by which our dear Lord is set forth. 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. I want to emphasize that word "all." Do you know what it is? For it is impossible that they should be in the name of Christ except our understandings and will so address them. On the contrary, great love shows itself most in little acts. I want to emphasize that word "all." Because we are more observed than others. He eats and drinks to the glory of God, who does so not for pleasure, but for strength for God's service; He sleeps to God's glory, who rests in Christ, hoping to rise to do Him honour; he does his daily task to the glory of God who plies it under the eye of God, and does it or not as and how he thinks God would have it done or not. A Member of the Grace Advance Fellowship of Churches. We shall not need to seek far to discover our risen Lord. (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. 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. All our prayer and praises must be offered in the name of the Lord Jesus. Guthrie, D. D.)The name of Jesus set in workDr. Differently to be admonished are servants and masters. 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. But . Here we may fall into opposite mistakes. 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." (1) He is the channel by which all God's goodness is poured upon us. There is no need to enter into the various component elements which go to make up this moral force. 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. III. To follow His example (Matthew 16:24; 1 John 2:6; 1 Peter 2:21-23).II. 3). "If Ye Then be Risen" (Col. Iii. These are the sins of the world, and not for Christians to partake in. Go, for example, into many of the farms round here, and notice the fire-dogs that stand in the yawning chimney: how they are wrought at the sides into those most blessed of all letters, the I.H.C., by which our dear Lord is set forth. O wretched Man! And apart from these who learns, in the midst of his conscious and acknowledged besetting sin, to ask for the grace of God? Here, as in nature, the deepest is the stillest; but by this very stillness all who are observant know its depth. 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 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. 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. Whatever we do in word and in deed no matter what it is, let us do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus and in total dependence upon Him. 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? Differently to be admonished are servants and masters. Write Colossians 3:17. But whatever it be, reality is its necessary condition. 1 If then ye were raised together with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated on the right hand of God. UNITY AND PEACE. It must have points of contact with every part of my life. Here you have a compend of the doctrine of the Scriptures. --Colossians iii. HOW IT IS TO BE CARRIED OUT "In the name of the Lord Jesus." Think how it would bear on the obscure toilers of Ephesus, Corinth, or Rome. 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. I want to emphasize that word "all." (E B. Pusey, D. D.)Common work in the name of JesusH. Shall. Contrariwise, consider what are generally classed as sacred works praying, preaching, administering sacraments, visiting the sick. UNITY AND PEACE. While there are many falsehoods, Charles Haddon SpurgeonSpurgeon's Sermons Volume 61: 1915Some General Uses. A. THE TEXT IS A REMEDY FOR UNREALITY IN RELIGION.1. Inscribed on our hearts are reasons which must secure obedience. 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. gladness to alms-giving to give to Jesus? "Ephraim is like a silly dove without heart." As to deeds of grace. Even now the good is gaining the victory, and the King is Christ. Clergymen, but not men of other professions and employments. (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. What are we to think about? 4. 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. Because the Father has highly exalted Him, and given Him a name which is above every name (Philippians 2:8-10). (3) Owing to a mixture of these we find Christian precept and practice widely sundered. 1. 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. All divine truths may be reduced to these two heads,--faith and love; what we ought to believe, and what we ought to do. IT IS A DISTINCTION WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN UTTERLY FOREIGN TO THE MIND OF AN EARLY CHRISTIAN, AND IS QUITE OPPOSED TO THE SPIRIT OF THE NEW TESTAMENT. If we were asked this moment if we were filled with the Holy Spirit, how many of us would dare to answer "yes"? )The all-pervasiveness of religionW. (Admonition 5.) He shows where we should seek Christ.5. B. SimpsonDays of Heaven Upon Earth May 18. Now, this definite, absolute and final putting off of ourselves in an act of death, is something we cannot do ourselves. --Colossians iii. It is that we are slow to learn in. The impiety of those who invoke Christ's name on their wicked courses.3. Colossians 3:4.--Christ who is our life. 4 When Christ, who is our life, shall be manifested, then shall ye also with him be manifested in glory. Be thine own judge? Do them as thou wouldest if thou sawest God by thee, with prayer that they may be done aright. 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? 3). A. Object lesson - God's Creation - colossians 1:16. Some men make Him to be "a root out of a dry ground," "without form or comeliness." 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. 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. 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 Great, How Subjects and Prelates are to be Admonished. 2. 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. 1). (1) We may take the sayings of Scripture strictly to the letter, set them clown as exaggerated, and above our capacities. Has it these points? 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. 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