How, then, can they be done? 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.2. 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. For it is impossible that they should be in the name of Christ except our understandings and will so address them. And whatever you do, in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him. Whether these conflicts are with our husband/wife, kids, other family, friends, church members, co-workers or boss, there are some steps we can take to improve the situation. Neale. (3) He sacrifices those which are in their nature indifferent; e.g., if this rule is observed in eating and drinking, acts indifferent in their nature,(a) the sacred name will purge them of the excess of intemperance on the one hand, and the foolish scruples of superstition on the other. Owing to this enormous abuses have sprung up under the shadow of the Church. Mayo 10,2020 Salmo 139-13-18 Colosenses 3: 12-17 (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. 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. 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. (a) As to their inward influence on the man himself. Evangelical/Non-Denominational. (1) He is the channel by which all God's goodness is poured upon us. Stewart. 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. 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. But whatever it be, reality is its necessary condition. (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. Some time ago, Money magazine told about Richard Osgood, who has faithfully kept a New Year's resolution that he made in 1936. All, both words and deeds, must be done in the Name of the Lord. We must live in close communion with Jesus in the use of all His ordinances (Zechariah 4:12).4. Was this a hindrance? For His glory (1 Corinthians 10:31; John 5:23; Revelation 5:12, 13). Because the Father has highly exalted Him, and given Him a name which is above every name (Philippians 2:8-10). 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. Or hast thou done anything for man's praise, feeling that the eye whose praise thou prizedst was upon thee? 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. Theme: To show the importance of the Lord being in and of the house. Here we may fall into opposite mistakes. (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. Our words, thoughts, desires, labours, etc., are to be under the habitual influence of a sacred and sanctifying power which lies lurking in the name of the Lord Jesus. It is sufficient that we frequently and ordinarily make this application of mind. Excellence, Honor, Respect So in like manner the name of Jesus (Acts 4:7; Matthew 7:22; Matthew 24:5; Matthew 18:20). If it could be shown that its requirements were unreal, its statements exaggerated, its views of attainment unreason. (1) We may take the sayings of Scripture strictly to the letter, set them clown as exaggerated, and above our capacities. Thanksgiving is one of the most necessary and universal offices of a Christian. 4. Recur to the motive of the text. De Witt Talmage, D. D.)The essence of fieryD. 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. How, then, can they be done? Supposing this we must exercise faith upon Him, and have constant recourse to Him, in all that we do for the supplies of His grace and Spirit (1 Peter 2:20; 1 Peter 5:7; John 16:16, 23, 26).3. For His glory (1 Corinthians 10:31; John 5:23; Revelation 5:12, 13).5. )Every-day religionT. )LinksColossians 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, (4)All our actual supplies (Philippians 4:19).2. What He was and did for us, and above all what He now is and does, explains it. For the instruction of our faith. How, then, can they be done? As to daily life. 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. 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. 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 labourer working under the useful light and genial warmth does not lose his time and dazzle his sight in gazing on the sun, but plies his arm with his eye fixed on his work, and so uses for its intended purpose the light God has bestowed. And the reply was, "The body of a common man, doing a common work, and for a common reward." gladness to alms-giving to give to Jesus? Take any life, in any condition or time, and there is help and hope for it in Jesus. impart sweetness to teaching children that in them we receive Jesus? (b) Being referred to the glory of God, from indifferent they become holy and acceptable to God.3. Daille.I. It is this that gives them the right and title they have in Christian morality. The rule is short and easy, but of almost infinite use. (3) But based on reality it must also be real to me, or it cannot be my motive. 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. 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. To follow His example (Matthew 16:24; 1 John 2:6; 1 Peter 2:21-23).II. (b) Being referred to the glory of God, from indifferent they become holy and acceptable to God.3. It is that we are slow to learn in. Works that are the same as to external action are good in one and bad in another. 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. Application:1. 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. (6) Such deep constraining motive is not usually displayed before men; but its existence is not easily concealed. To do all by His strength (Acts 4:6-7, 10; 1 Samuel 17:45; Philippians 4:13; 2 Corinthians 12:9). 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. "GIVING THANKS INTO GOD AND THE FATHER BY HIM." Remember what we are to God through creation, providence, and grace.2. Presbyterian/Reformed. A. Do them as thou wouldest if thou sawest God by thee, with prayer that they may be done aright. cast a holy reverence round a sick room when we minister to Jesus? 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. (2) Observe how such motives act. cast a holy reverence round a sick room when we minister to Jesus? (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). It is that which lends them their appearance of depth, and the best of their brilliance. permeating this life that it hallows everything. I. For it is impossible that they should be in the name of Christ except our understandings and will so address them. Take any life, in any condition or time, and there is help and hope for it in Jesus. (2) Is it not an outrage to require that saints should share this honour with Christ as Rome does? (3) Owing to a mixture of these we find Christian precept and practice widely sundered. 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. Specifically the name of Christ is the rule. 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