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(2) God realizes in His own mind what would be the issue of circumstances had they been different from what they are. That Christ is the Creator and Proprietor of all things.1. What upheld Daniel in the lion's den? Messenger of Satan! In Sermon Series: "colossians 1 16" showing 1-15 of 135 - SermonCentral i. Still more foolish and vain his thought who fancies that: he can arrest God's purposes. 'The disciples were called Christians first in Antioch,' says the Acts of the Apostles. Creation is always averred to be a Divine act (Genesis 1:1, etc.). It is interesting to notice how much the thought of inheritance seems to have been filling the Apostle's mind during his writing of Ephesians and Colossians. All 'Western Christendom,' as it is called, is to-day commemorating the Pentecostal gift. God uses thee to keep him humble, arid to teach him to wear his honours meekly. (1) His pre-existence. "Giving thanks." He made it the seat of His Church. God's power works for good, in supporting us in trouble. All that is God's is Christ's, is the consistent testimony of the New Testament.II. 'God never sends mouths but He sends meat to feed them,' says the old proverb. III. Paul laboured, striving according to the working of God in him. Lightfoot. If Christ was less than God, then in kindling the sun He no more acted for Himself than a domestic does in kindling a fire. "If all priests and ministers of religion could at one moment be swept from the face of the Earth, they would soon be reproduced [76] ." "God, who hath commanded the light to shine," etc.(4)Protection. The most bold and God-hating sinners may rest assured that when the machine of Providence has done its work, and the secret purposes of God are fully completed, it shall be seen how the Lord hath made all things for Himself.IV. (1) God is acquainted with actions however future. 11); 'An earnest of our inheritance' (i. 11). Foreseeing sin He made the world in which it was to be vanquished, and hence we read of God's eternal purpose, and of "the Lamb which was foreordained before the foundation of the world." After salutation Paul thanks God for the Colossians' faith;7. confirms the doctrine of Epaphras;9. prays further for their increase in grace;14. describes the supremacy of Christ;21. encourages them to receive Jesus Christ, and commends his own ministry.Dictionary of Bible ThemesColossians 1:161130God, sovereignty1165God, unique1170God, unity of1325God, the Creator2066Christ, power of4006creation, origin4135demons, Christ's authority over4915completion5457power, human5509rulersColossians 1:15-162345Christ, kingdom ofColossians 1:15-172018Christ, divinity2303Christ, as creator4287universe5441philosophy8366wisdom, source ofColossians 1:15-184909beginning5700headshipColossians 1:15-192069Christ, pre-eminenceColossians 1:15-201441revelation, necessity2423gospel, essence5030knowledge, of Christ7927hymn8028faith, body of beliefsColossians 1:16-171305God, activity of2224Christ, the Lord4026world, God's creation4045chaosColossians 1:16-202012Christ, authorityLibraryFebruary 11. how is the glory departed! Hear what Dante puts in the mouth of his guide, as they pass through Purgatory:-- Perche s'appuntano i vostri desiri Dove per compagnia parte si scema, Invidia muove George MacDonaldUnspoken SermonsThe Disciple, -- Master, if Thou Wouldst Make a Special Manifestation of Thyself to TheThe Disciple,--Master, if Thou wouldst make a special manifestation of Thyself to the world, men would no longer doubt the existence of God and Thy own divinity, but all would believe and enter on the path of righteousness. My brothers, every day of our lives we are picking up blessings which the loving H. Whatever office he fills in Providence he is a servant, and on crowned monarchs, who are but upper servants, Paul lays the duty of doing all to the glory of God. Maclaren, D. D.)PeopleColossians, Epaphras, Paul, Thessalonians, Timotheus, TimothyPlacesColossae, PhilippiTopicsAuthorities, Authorities-all, Created, Dominions, Exist, Heaven, Heavens, Invisible, Lords, Lordships, Powers, Princedoms, Principalities, Rulers, Thrones, Universe, Unseen, Visible, WhetherOutline1. (2) His glory. Maclaren, D. D.)PeopleColossians, Epaphras, Paul, Thessalonians, Timotheus, TimothyPlacesColossae, PhilippiTopicsAuthorities, Authorities-all, Created, Dominions, Exist, Heaven, Heavens, Invisible, Lords, Lordships, Powers, Princedoms, Principalities, Rulers, Thrones, Universe, Unseen, Visible, WhetherOutline1. It is one thing to endure and show the strain on every muscle of your face, and seem to say with every wrinkle, "Why does not somebody sympathize with me?" III 'All Power''Strengthened with all power, according to the might of His glory, unto all patience and longsuffering with joy.'--COL. how is the glory departed! B. SimpsonDays of Heaven Upon Earth February 18. "I am the Lord that maketh all things."8. As regards the scope and range of the work of Christ. So stated the doctrine is monstrous. You can only do your work in His strength, by Him working in you through the Spirit. Maclaren, D. D.)PeopleColossians, Epaphras, Paul, Thessalonians, Timotheus, TimothyPlacesColossae, PhilippiTopicsAuthorities, Authorities-all, Created, Dominions, Exist, Heaven, Heavens, Invisible, Lords, Lordships, Powers, Princedoms, Principalities, Rulers, Thrones, Universe, Unseen, Visible, WhetherOutline1. More particularly all things are created for Christ, inasmuch as (1) They furnish the scenes of His mediation. God's attributes work for good to the godly. It has cast illusions over the future, colouring the far-off hills with glorious purple which, reached, Alexander MaclarenExpositions of Holy ScriptureThe Next Performance is Mainly Directed against Faith in the ChurchThe next performance is mainly directed against faith in the Church, as a society of Divine origin. 27). My brothers, every day of our lives we are picking up blessings which the loving H. )The Advent in CreationW. It has cast illusions over the future, colouring the far-off hills with glorious purple which, reached, Alexander MaclarenExpositions of Holy Scripture, The Next Performance is Mainly Directed against Faith in the ChurchThe next performance is mainly directed against faith in the Church, as a society of Divine origin. Christ in His human nature was the highest development of the upward movement of creation. 11); 'An earnest of our inheritance' (i. What glory does God get from many of us!III. Some have attempted to evade the argument for our Lord's Divinity based on the fact of creation. It is that our Lord is limited in work and even in nature to the mission of redemption. 5. He came in the creation before the birth of sin.I. (3) Every variety and every individual. (1) This must be in harmony with Christ. A. Apart from some sense and recognition of such connection, the mediation of forgiveness through the death of Christ can only appear an arbitrary, James DenneyThe Death of ChristThe Mystical Union with Immanuel. . At length a skilful young physician thought of a new expedient. Where is it placed--"in him," Charles Haddon SpurgeonSpurgeon's Sermons Volume 17: 1871Thankful Service. Where is it placed--"in him," Charles Haddon SpurgeonSpurgeon's Sermons Volume 17: 1871Thankful Service. This is threefold. 1. Colossians Sep 25, 2016 - Nov 20, 2016 False teachers were trying to chip away at the deity and authority of Christ, convincing the church at Colossae that Christ wasn't sufficient to conquer the evil corruption of the world. "The Rev. A. III 'All Power''Strengthened with all power, according to the might of His glory, unto all patience and longsuffering with joy.'--COL. Let us commit our souls to Him as a faithful Creator.6. There are two forms of the Divine foreknowledge. instead of a crowd of powers and angelic beings in whom the effulgence of Deity was gradually darkened, and the spirit became more and more thickened into matter, he lifts high and clear against that background of faith the solitary figure of the, one Christ. Therefore (a) We must interpret its darker phases by what we know of the spirit and character of Christ. I. Scripture John 3:16 All the lower creatures are for Jesus. (1) In Christ is the fundamental basis of creation. dost thou buffet an apostle? This is shown by arguing the difficulty of our redemption, because only the Creator could surmount it.2. The early believers were Christians, that is, Christ's men, but they were not merely a group of followers of a man, like many other groups of whom the Alexander MaclarenExpositions of Holy ScriptureChristian Endeavour'I also labour, striving according to His working, which worketh in me mightily.'--COL. Guthrie, D. D., Bp. To have a share in any earthly inheritance, is to diminish the share of the other inheritors. I have chosen this text principally because it brings together the two subjects which are naturally before us to-day. 11). Foreseeing sin He made the world in which it was to be vanquished, and hence we read of God's eternal purpose, and of "the Lamb which was foreordained before the foundation of the world." III 'All Power''Strengthened with all power, according to the might of His glory, unto all patience and longsuffering with joy.'--COL. )"Thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powersA. 3 We give thanks to God the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you, 4 having heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love which ye have toward all the saints, 5 because of the hope which is laid up for you in the heavens, whereof ye heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel, 6 which is come unto you; even as it is also in all the world bearing fruit and increasing, as it doth in you also, since the day ye heard and knew the grace of God Martin LutherEpistle Sermons, Vol. "Strengthened with all Might unto all Patience" (Col. Sill had to some extent blighted the beauty of creation. "Christ in you the hope of glory." He is in the position of a servant who works for others; He is a Master who, by other hands or His own works for Himself. Remember, God is not only the Creator, but the Great Workman, who worketh all in all. "Strengthened with all might unto all patience" (Col. i. 12 (R.V.) i. One day a visitor to the coal-pit asked the boy about his work, and the child answered, "Yes, it is very lonely here, but I pick up the little bits of candle thrown away by the colliers, and join them together, and when I get a light I sing." We have him here setting forth his loving desires for the Colossian Christians in a prayer of remarkable fulness and sweep. It may give some sort of order to our thoughts if they fall under four heads. It shows us some of the Divine principles of the new life rather than a set sequence of I. )"Thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powersA. There is thus implied a mediatorial function in the world as well as in the Church. The apostle prays for the Colossians, that they may be "strengthened with all might, according to His glorious power, unto all patience and long-suffering with joyfulness." The Word is the final cause as well as the creative agent of the universe. (3) His majesty and pre-eminence are made to depend upon it.3. This is the receptacle of His most complacent operations, where He is satisfied for all the travail of His soul. "I am thy fellow-servant." Such an idea implies that Christ is dependent on the existence of sin, and that His very being is but an expedient required for the deliverance of man. "It became Him, for whom are all things," etc.(3)Illumination. Maclaren, D. D.)PeopleColossians, Epaphras, Paul, Thessalonians, Timotheus, TimothyPlacesColossae, PhilippiTopicsAuthorities, Authorities-all, Created, Dominions, Exist, Heaven, Heavens, Invisible, Lords, Lordships, Powers, Princedoms, Principalities, Rulers, Thrones, Universe, Unseen, Visible, WhetherOutline1. As the birth-throe and deliverance of all creation through Christ (Romans 8:19, etc.).2. The saints and faithful brethren in Christ.'--COL. But the text cuts the ground under their feet. For man I became man that he might Sadhu Sundar SinghAt The Master's FeetVictory FoundAT THE close of this little volume it seems fitting to recount again a wonderful personal experience, narrated in The Sunday School Times of December 7, 1918. "Giving thanks." It was a name given by outsiders, and like most of the instances where a sect, or school, or party is labelled with the name of its founder, it was given in scorn. "Christ in You" (Col. He is the Mediator in creation as well as redemption. This is threefold. (5)That human thrones, even when occupied by wicked men, might be made to subserve His purpose by restraint or by overruling.II. There is a validity stamped upon all the blessings of revelation, because they issue from Him who is this universal Creator. i. - Col 1:23. We do heartily acknowledge that there is a certain conformity Abraham KuyperThe Work of the Holy SpiritA Preliminary Discourse to Catechising'If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled.' It answers to our idea of the highest omnipotence, for "the things which are made were not made of the things which do appear."2. The best way for Christians to be settled is to be well grounded. If we look at history from His throne, all things are "for Him." H. Griffith ThomasThe Prayers of St. PaulThe Inheritance. 'The disciples were called Christians first in Antioch,' says the Acts of the Apostles. "By Him were all things created."2. Look at the condition of man. The Eternal Word is the goal of the universe, as He was the starting-point. i. 11); 'An earnest of our inheritance' (i. Creation is always considered an unassisted act. 2. Christ wrought this instrument, and it shall go on in His service.3. The void space was bridged by a chain of beings, half abstractions and half persons, gradually becoming more and more material. - Col 1:23. It is eternal (Hebrews 13:8). 12. 27). Here is the sphere of His Spirit's influence. If we look at history from His throne, all things are "for Him." It is the nature of a creature to hold a servant's place. There are some trees in the Rev. How great the difference between the old and the new way of deliverance! What an honour to be the smallest page in the retinue of such a prince!(C. 'The hope of the Gospel.'--COL. Christ wrought this instrument, and it shall go on in His service.3. The gathering in one head of the universe in Him (Ephesians 1:10). To have a share in any earthly inheritance, is to diminish the share of the other inheritors. The lowest, of them had created the material universe and now governed it, and were all to he propitiated by worship. When not quite twelve years of age, at a revival meeting, I publicly accepted and confessed Christ as my Lord and Master. Apart from some sense and recognition of such connection, the mediation of forgiveness through the death of Christ can only appear an arbitrary, James DenneyThe Death of ChristThe Mystical Union with Immanuel. 12. Christ wrought this instrument, and it shall go on in His service.3. "I am the Lord that maketh all things."8. But the text cuts the ground under their feet. The earth claimed His birth, life, and entombment. 27). We have him here setting forth his loving desires for the Colossian Christians in a prayer of remarkable fulness and sweep. As the birth-throe and deliverance of all creation through Christ (Romans 8:19, etc.).2. What an honour to be the smallest page in the retinue of such a prince!(C. (2) They are tributaries to His praise. As regards the relation of Christ to creation. Read full chapter Colossians 1:16 in all English translations Philippians 4 Colossians 2 All that is God's is Christ's, is the consistent testimony of the New Testament.II. Christ wrought this instrument, and it shall go on in His service.3. It is interesting to notice how much the thought of inheritance seems to have been filling the Apostle's mind during his writing of Ephesians and Colossians. The Disciple, -- Master, if Thou Wouldst Make a Special Manifestation of Thyself to The Fourthly; all the [Credenda, Or] Doctrines, which the True, Simple, and Uncorrupted Christian Religion Teaches, The Best Things Work for Good to the Godly. (4)That for these He might die: to save them, and to make them His companions, friends, and worshippers for ever. Whatever is the act of creation it must be the Divine act; and whoever is the Creator He must be Divine.1. (3) Christ is the end of the creation. It shows us some of the Divine principles of the new life rather than a set sequence of I. )"Thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powersA. "Worshipping and serving the creature more than the Creator."7. J. Adeney, M. It is children's bread, it belongs only to them that love God. Christ in His human nature was the highest development of the upward movement of creation. This is our method, not God's. "All things are of God, who hath reconciled us."(2)Atonement. You have your own special work; make it a work of intercession. A strange machine is this of Providence. Jesus is the clue of the universe; its centre and explanation. 27). "Strengthened with all might unto all patience" (Col. i. "Giving thanks." "God, who hath commanded the light to shine," etc.(4)Protection. The Word is the final cause as well as the creative agent of the universe. It answers to our idea of the highest omnipotence, for "the things which are made were not made of the things which do appear."2. "For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding; that ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God; strengthened with all might, according to His glorious power, unto all patience and long-suffering with joyfulness; giving thanks unto the Father."--COL. The sufficiency of that redemption because the Creator has wrought it.(R. This is the receptacle of His most complacent operations, where He is satisfied for all the travail of His soul. One day a visitor to the coal-pit asked the boy about his work, and the child answered, "Yes, it is very lonely here, but I pick up the little bits of candle thrown away by the colliers, and join them together, and when I get a light I sing." And yet it seems as if that were scarcely true in regard to that strange faculty called Hope. 20).4. 9-12. Virtue is struggling with the temptations of poverty, the wicked are in great power, spreading like a green bay-tree. 11); 'An earnest of our inheritance' (i. A strange machine is this of Providence. )The work of creation by and for Jesus ChristR. There is no divine-human life. 2. That Christ is the Creator and Proprietor of all things.1. It hit and yet missed its mark. . The creating act is always set before us as the basis on which the exclusive honours of the Deity are challenged. THE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE TWO PROPOSITIONS. We are assured, then, that this universe being created for Christ was not a supplementary design upon some previous arrangement that had been tried and had failed. Still more foolish and vain his thought who fancies that: he can arrest God's purposes. - Col 1:23. B. SimpsonDays of Heaven Upon Earth Twenty Fourth Sunday after Trinity Prayer and Spiritual Knowledge. He came in the creation before the birth of sin.I. To live to Jesus, then, is to find out the true object of our being, and to be in accord with all creation.4. All things are created to do Him direct homage. Apart from some sense and recognition of such connection, the mediation of forgiveness through the death of Christ can only appear an arbitrary, James DenneyThe Death of ChristThe Mystical Union with Immanuel. II. GOD WILL MAKE EVEN THE WICKED AND THEIR SINS REDOUND TO HIS GLORY. Henry Bristow Wilson, B.D., Vicar of Great Staughton, Hunts," claims that a National Church shall be regarded as a purely secular Institution,--the spontaneous development of the State. It is children's bread, it belongs only to them that love God. Creation is always considered an unassisted act. If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled.' It is children's bread, it belongs only to them that love God. There is a validity stamped upon all the blessings of revelation, because they issue from Him who is this universal Creator. Col. 1. i. For Him all things exist.3. "Unto Him," i.e., all things grow into His likeness, they move upwards towards the realization of His life. A strange machine is this of Providence. i. The text furnishes a PROOF OF OUR LORD'S DIVINITY.1. THE FACT.1. (1)That He might display a special phase of power and skill, in creating spiritual beings embodied in material forms. Maclaren, D. D.The Colossian heretics seem to have held that all matter was evil, and that therefore the material creation could not have come directly from a good God, but was in a certain sense opposed to Him, or at all events separated from Him by an immense gulf. GOD WILL MAKE EVEN THE WICKED AND THEIR SINS REDOUND TO HIS GLORY. --Col. i. 11 (R.V.). The Eternal Word is the goal of the universe, as He was the starting-point. As regards the creation. Let us comfort one another with these words. 12 (R.V.) i. (2) His glory. The void space was bridged by a chain of beings, half abstractions and half persons, gradually becoming more and more material. D.I. For man I became man that he might Sadhu Sundar SinghAt The Master's FeetVictory FoundAT THE close of this little volume it seems fitting to recount again a wonderful personal experience, narrated in The Sunday School Times of December 7, 1918. My brothers, every day of our lives we are picking up blessings which the loving H. We are assured, then, that this universe being created for Christ was not a supplementary design upon some previous arrangement that had been tried and had failed. After salutation Paul thanks God for the Colossians' faith;7. confirms the doctrine of Epaphras;9. prays further for their increase in grace;14. describes the supremacy of Christ;21. encourages them to receive Jesus Christ, and commends his own ministry.Dictionary of Bible ThemesColossians 1:161130God, sovereignty1165God, unique1170God, unity of1325God, the Creator2066Christ, power of4006creation, origin4135demons, Christ's authority over4915completion5457power, human5509rulersColossians 1:15-162345Christ, kingdom ofColossians 1:15-172018Christ, divinity2303Christ, as creator4287universe5441philosophy8366wisdom, source ofColossians 1:15-184909beginning5700headshipColossians 1:15-192069Christ, pre-eminenceColossians 1:15-201441revelation, necessity2423gospel, essence5030knowledge, of Christ7927hymn8028faith, body of beliefsColossians 1:16-171305God, activity of2224Christ, the Lord4026world, God's creation4045chaosColossians 1:16-202012Christ, authorityLibraryFebruary 11. (2) God realizes in His own mind what would be the issue of circumstances had they been different from what they are. (4)That for these He might die: to save them, and to make them His companions, friends, and worshippers for ever. 27). My brothers, every day of our lives we are picking up blessings which the loving H. (2) We should endeavour to trace indications of the presence of Christ in nature.(W. God's power works for good, in supporting us in trouble. It has cast illusions over the future, colouring the far-off hills with glorious purple which, reached, Alexander MaclarenExpositions of Holy ScriptureThe Next Performance is Mainly Directed against Faith in the ChurchThe next performance is mainly directed against faith in the Church, as a society of Divine origin. It may well be a question whether on the whole it has given us more pleasure than pain. H. Griffith ThomasThe Prayers of St. PaulThe Inheritance. The union of believers with Christ their Head is not effected by instilling a divine-human life-tincture into the soul. Still the Psalmist said, "The heavens declare," etc., and the closer we examine the works of God, the higher our admiration rises. "(1)They are needful to man, and so to our Lord's system of grace. The creating act constitutes the very groundwork of natural religion. 'The disciples were called Christians first in Antioch,' says the Acts of the Apostles. Because love is the very heart and spirit of religion, I shall the more fully treat upon this; and for the further discussion of it, let us notice these five things concerning love to God. 29. All is going well. But from man, alas! "The Rev. We see no creature any more save Jesus only."(A. He made it the seat of His Church. The Epistles W. 1. But from man, alas! At length a skilful young physician thought of a new expedient. God's attributes work for good to the godly. No parts of his letters are so lofty, so impassioned, so full of his soul, as when he rises from speaking of God to men to speaking to God for men. "Unto Him," i.e., all things grow into His likeness, they move upwards towards the realization of His life. God's power works for good, in supporting us in trouble. 'The disciples were called Christians first in Antioch,' says the Acts of the Apostles. We begin with the best things. They are also destined to serve and glorify Him.2. how is the glory departed! They are also destined to serve and glorify Him.2. Sill had to some extent blighted the beauty of creation. You cannot tell that; therefore lay your all at His feet, He who lives for Christ has one end in view which lends dignity to his life. Some have attempted to evade the argument for our Lord's Divinity based on the fact of creation. Paul laboured, striving according to the working of God in him. You cannot tell that; therefore lay your all at His feet, He who lives for Christ has one end in view which lends dignity to his life. 29. My son, the inner state of every man I know well, and to each heart in accordance with its needs I make Myself known; and for bringing men into the way of righteousness there is no better means than the manifestation of Myself. Lightfoot. "Lo, I come!" "Underneath are the everlasting arms" (Deut. The Eternal Word is the goal of the universe, as He was the starting-point. "All things are of God, who hath reconciled us."(2)Atonement. What an honour to be the smallest page in the retinue of such a prince!(C. 11). 1. (2) They are tributaries to His praise. AS regards Christ. You can only do your work in His strength, by Him working in you through the Spirit. Therefore (a) We must interpret its darker phases by what we know of the spirit and character of Christ. Look at his body when the light of his eye is quenched; or look at his soul. I. We can only live for Him as we live by Him, for so all things do.6. The Church is concerned with Ethics, not with Divinity. Such an idea implies that Christ is dependent on the existence of sin, and that His very being is but an expedient required for the deliverance of man. 'God never sends mouths but He sends meat to feed them,' says the old proverb. Colossians 1:16-17. (Twenty-fourth Sunday after Trinity.) II. The absolute and final subjection of universal nature to Him (1 Corinthians 15:28).3. It is represented 1. Intercede much for those among whom you work, till God gives Andrew MurrayThe Ministry of IntercessionKnowledge and Obedience.

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