It must dwell in us richly: not only keep house in our hearts, but keep a good house. Here we enter not merely what clears one out from the rudiments of the world, but what introduces us into the new thing. She lived in the women's apartments and did not join her menfolk even for meals. [33] William Hendriksen, op. The Revised Standard Version and New International Version are in agreement that Christians are to "teach and admonish one another with all wisdom," and sing spiritual songs with grace in [their] hearts." But this is not at all the divine way of dealing with the Christian. They then were likely written down for general use by the church. Therefore, we should not be guilty of these things. Dr. Johnson once said, that if he were allowed to make the ballads of a nation, he cared not who made the laws. Make sure that we're not making unreasonable demands upon them, taking away their humanness, causing discouragement. (i) The wife is to be submissive to her husband; but the husband is to love his wife and to treat her with all kindness. Music. 1. After the image of him that created him - So as to resemble God. We have no authority to say that God will accept even our thanksgiving, unless it ascend to him through Christ Jesus. They were endeavouring to strike an alliance between Christ and the world. Circumcised and uncircumcised were drawn together in the one fellowship. Everything which could break the heart of a holy man from day to day he passed through. This is a reference to working only when the master is observing. e. Instructions regarding reciprocal relationships (Colossians 3:18-4:1). cit., p. 148. He is the Maker, Preserver, Saviour, and Judge of all men. Kindness, meekness, love, gentleness name them all; such virtues must mark the Christian's life at all times. See the general sentiment here expressed, fully illustrated in the notes at 1 Corinthians 10:31. There are no enemies so deadly as those who, having received enough truth to over-balance them and to abuse to their own self-exaltation, turn again, and would rend the church of God, wherein they learnt all that gives them power to be specially mischievous. Do it as unto the Lord, you're the Lord's servant. The word "dwell" also, according to Thayer, applies to the word of Christ being held in or by the assembly (217). He uses a verb from the athletic arena; it is the word that is used of the umpire who settled things in any matter of dispute. Here the apostle speaks of another system altogether: Christ come, but the glory not yet apparent, but only coming. There is kindness (chrestotes, G5544) . . Which is renewed in knowledge - In Ephesians 4:24, it is said that the new man is created after God in righteousness and true holiness. In this place it is added that to the renewed soul knowledge is imparted, and it is made in that respect as man was when he was first created. So you feel like you've got to challenge everything. It lies at the bottom when we think of the wants of the saints of God here below. Partner with StudyLight.org as God uses us to make a difference for those displaced by Russia's war on Ukraine. Although there were difficulties and hindrances, how much, he feels, there is for which to praise our God and Father: "Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet" (and observe well, it is not merely for the certainty that He will, but in the peaceful assurance that He has made us meet) "to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light." Now, you may be making your living by working there at that office, or factory, or wherever. He must say, "This is God's business. He was proverbially the savage, who terrorized the civilized world with his bestial atrocities. As, however, the desire of learning is extravagant on the part of many, while they pervert the word of the Lord for their own ambition, or for vain curiosity, or in some way corrupt it, he on this account adds, in all wisdom that, being instructed by it, we may be wise as we ought to be. This arrangement the original will not only bear, but it absolutely requires it, and is not sense without it. The gospel is the word of Christ. A man alive in the world is under these ordinances, and owns them. He will go on using the things of the world but he will use them in a new way. There is then a healthful progress in the Lord. A. Yet, carrying out his ministry with continual tears, he looked before men as one whom none of these things moved. "But the phrase logically fits here, for it stands in the parallel in Ephesians 5:6.[26]. The two words are orge ( G3709) and thumos ( G2372) , and the difference between them is this. Since men have a certain knowledge of Christ's death, they are striving to die. Without the divine assurance in view here, there can be no true stability of heart, no genuine serenity of the soul, in fact, no real sanity on earth! ], "One of the first descriptions of a Church service which we possess is that of Pliny, the Roman governor of Bithynia, who sent a report of the activities of the Christians to Trajan the Roman Emperor. You must live as God's people. As Paul saw it, husbands have as great an obligation as wives; parents have just as binding a duty as children; masters have their responsibilities as much as slaves. Fathers, do not irritate your children, that they may not lose heart. And when this epistle is read among you, cause that it be read also in the church of the Laodiceans." (3) Then, should not doctrine be re-emphasized today? Then he gives a specimen of these: "Touch not; taste not; handle not." The fit time and suited speech, always in grace, not without faithfulness Godward, how good and needful they are! The danger of all this is that the child may become discouraged. For you are dead and your life is hid with Christ in God. In the Spirit are both built together for God's habitation. The apostle will not sanction such an amalgam, but refuses it; and we must remember that in these exhortations it was the Lord acting by the Spirit in His servant. It is really what man is; and such is the nature which alone we had as children of Adam. It is, therefore, a sin with a very wide range. The emphasis of his pulpit ministry is the careful study and verse-by-verse exposition of the Bible, with special attention devoted to the historical and grammatical background behind each passage. "Let the peace of God be the decider of all things within your heart." At this point we come to one of the main and distinctive objects of the epistle. Half sobbing, he heaved himself up and began to march off dazedly in the wrong direction. Now you make your living over here. The 40 Days through the Book series has been designed to help believers more actively engage with God's Word. Teaching and admonishing one another. There is no mention of virtues like efficiency or cleverness, not even of diligence or industry--not that these things are unimportant. "The emphasis in this section is on motives. Have put on the new man Macknight referred this to "the very temper and virtues of Christ";[30] but, of course, more than this is meant. Farther, he gives a short definition of this wisdom that the Colossians teach one another Teaching is taken here to mean profitable instruction, which tends to edification, as in Romans 12:7 He that teacheth, on teaching; also in Timothy All Scripture is profitable for teaching. and hymns: A "hymn" was originally a song of praise to any god or hero. Hence his unflagging expenditure of labour. This is the reason why at each grave juncture you will find that ritualists will as a rule support rationalists, and rationalists will try to extenuate the proceedings of ritualists. There is no refutation of the fact that the founder of Christianity, namely, the Christ and the blessed apostles simply left them out. Thus the doctrine of God would dwell richly, that is, abundantly, among them. Man was acquainted with his Creator. The thoughts should be occupied about the things where Christ now dwells, where our final home is to be, where our great interests are. Pleonexia ( G4124) is basically the desire to have more. Here is a thought which was very dear to the heart of Paul. The word we have translated foul talk is aischrologia ( G148) ; it could well mean obscene language. Put off the old man. This change was effected by Christianity." "[41], The word of Christ Guthrie interpreted this to mean "the teaching Christ brought to men,"[42] and as preserved and communicated to us through the holy apostles. We are told how to live the new life in Christ and what that restored life looks like. That is an attitude which is not unfamiliar today, although often it is supported by specious arguments. As God forgave him, so he must forgive others, for only the forgiving can be forgiven. God knows that the greatest need that the woman has is to know that she is loved, that she is loved supremely. "Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry." And you should be seeking those things which are above where Christ is sitting on the right hand of God. Verse Colossians 3:2. The true condition of the Christian is, that he is dead to this world, but that he has immortal life in prospect, and that is secure, being in the holy keeping of his Redeemer, now in the presence of God. We might well suppose that there was some hindrance to the full flow of affection an their part. Rooted & Built Up in Christ First we are to be rooted and built up in Christ. They were wholly to extirpate those evil passions which he specifies as having their seat in the various members of the earthly body. 19 (Grand Rapids, Michigan: Wm. One of the great effects of Christianity is that it destroys the barriers. Neither His headship of all creation as the Heir of all things, nor His creatorial rights, would in themselves give a sufficient title to be the Head of the body. 1 if then you have been raised with christ, seek the things that are above, where christ is, seated at the right hand of god. It is a quite different state of things from what could be gathered from the Old Testament. Is renewed in knowledge IGNORANCE was the grand characteristic of the heathen state; KNOWLEDGE, of the Christian. Do not be uneasy at the talk of critics: it is natural for dealers to cry up their wares. No indeed; it is an expression which is used of Christ being "in the form of God" (Philippians 2:6), and that usage of it denotes the utmost reality and substance, making baptism to be a reality of the gospel, in fact, the gospel itself that must be obeyed by people seeking salvation. Don't provoke your children. They may wear the semblance of being altogether hostile to each other: they are both of them only hostile to the truth. But doing it as unto the Lord. In Colossians 3:4 Paul gives to Christ one of the great titles of devotion. Oh, but how important that we are able to say, "Christ who is my life." "And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him." The maimed and the sickly went to the wall. He has at one and the same time the strength and the sweetness of true gentleness. There are few here, it is to be supposed, who are not already aware that to put in "the Father" (as is done in the Authorized Version in italics) is to take away from the Son without warrant and dangerously. And you just went ahead and did it. Living Bible (TLB) The Living Bible . And perhaps this may be the key to what we are next told: "And ye likewise read the epistle from Laodicea." It pertains to a life in this world to say, "Touch not; taste not; handle not." It becomes something which is entered into not merely for the convenience of the husband, but in order that both husband and wife may find a new joy and a new completeness in each other. Long-suffering towards those who continue to provoke us. Those who are the elect of God, holy and beloved, ought to conduct themselves in every thing as becomes them, and so as not to lose the credit of their holiness, nor the comfort of their being chosen and beloved. Just back of the park in `Slander's Row'; 'Twas there that Good Name died, Pierced by a shaft from Jealousy's bow In the hands of Envious Pride. The only additional thought here is, that their psalms and hymns were to be regarded as a method of teaching and admonishing; that is, they were to be imbued with truth, and to be such as to elevate the mind, and withdraw it from error and sin. And the reason is: Even as Christ forgave you, so also do you. ], "It has often been noticed that the Colossian passage is parallel with Ephesians 5:18-20. As he says, "having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether it be things on earth or things in heaven.". The master must treat the slave not like a thing, but like a person, with justice and with the equity which goes beyond justice. Here he at once addresses himself, after the thanksgiving, to their condition and of course to their need First, as usual, he owns what they had of God. And let the peace of God - The peace which God gives; Notes, Philippians 4:7. The parallel between this verse and similar teaching in Ephesians 5:19,20, was set forth as follows by Barry: Thus, as Barry pointed out, exactly the same thing is attributed to the agency of the Holy Spirit in the Ephesian passage which here is attributed to the indwelling "word of Christ," lending the strongest possible corroboration to the view maintained in this series to the effect that the "word of Christ," "the mind of Christ," "God," "Christ," and "Holy Spirit" are all spoken of in the New Testament as "dwelling in" members of the body of Christ, and that all three members of the Godhead are likewise "dwelt in" by Christians, thus giving Scriptural designations of one and the same phenomenon. Now, if that is so, the Christian must rise from baptism a different man. The reason assigned here is, that we have put off the old man with his deeds. "Set your mind on things above, not on things on the earth." It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer; but afterwards he boasteth; i.e. "Beware," says he, "lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ." In short, "do all" in the name of the Lord. Fornication and uncleanness must go. Orge ( G3709) is anger which has become inveterate; it is long-lasting, slow-burning anger, which refuses to be pacified and nurses its wrath to keep it warm. 3 For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God. So again by Him alone do all, Jews and Gentiles, draw near to the Father. Christ on earth was a blessed pattern of forgiveness and forbearance. Having Christ among them, heavenly glory is their hope, even to share with Him that glory. Written by Walk With the Wise in Bible. Mutual forbearance, in consideration of the infirmities and deficiencies under which we all labour: Forbearing one another. If there was danger, certainly it was love to admonish them; and in this spirit he therefore says, "If ye continue in the faith, grounded and settled.". Is it necessary? The very life that I have in Christ is a witness that my sins are forgiven. But Christ is all, and in all - The great thing that constitutes the uniqueness of the church is, that Christ is its Saviour, and that all are his friends and followers. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1950), p. 147. The language here is a little different from what it is there, but the sentiment is the same. Of course it is not at all being dead to what a man had as a natural life in the world. Elect holy beloved Ellis pointed out that these titles belonged in the Old Testament to the physical Israel of God, but that here they are applied "to the church, the true Israel. Colossians 3:11 Christ Is All In All (windows)12:20. It's heaven on earth. It is contrary to the injunction here for congregations to "whistle" or to play mechanical instruments, the latter having been associated throughout history with pagan worship (Daniel 3:4-7). The practical effect of the marriage laws and customs of ancient times was that the husband became an unquestioned dictator and the wife little more than a servant to bring up his children and to minister to his needs. The conversation of the pagan everywhere abounds with this. We may have proved how sadly everything of the sort has been perverted; but there is a sense, and a most weighty one too, in which we cannot too much strengthen the links of love between the saints of God, and that too where there is a real holy ministry for their good. Verse 16. (449) Si estroitement et auec si grande cruaute; So strictly and with such great cruelty., (450) Comme a dit anciennement vn pote Latin; As a Latin poet has anciently said.. We must not only put off anger and wrath (as Colossians 3:8; Colossians 3:8), but we must put on compassion and kindness; not only cease to do evil, but learn to do well; not only not do hurt to any, but do what good we can to all. There is death and burial of all we were; but there is here at least resurrection with Christ death and resurrection. Arguments from the word [@psallo] to the effect that it refers to playing a harp fail in the light of the truth that the instrument of God's praise appears in the passage, not as anything mechanical, but as the human heart itself. (4)We are always afterward to treat him as kindly as if he had not injured us - as God treats us when he forgives us; see the notes at Matthew 18:21. Verse Colossians 3:3. All our actions are to be accompanied with thanksgiving; Notes, Philippians 4:6. [Note: Wiersbe, 2:137. Melody, which is allowed to be the most proper for devotional music, is now sacrificed to an exuberant harmony, which requires, not only many different kinds of voices, but different musical instruments to support it. It is a question now of truth and holiness in the Spirit of Christ, in short. Whatever insinuates it denies that He has adequately provided for His church here below: this He has surely done in every form in His word. "And this I say, lest any man should beguile you with enticing words. He resembled him in his capacity for knowledge. Have you not got the substance? As observed in the parallel place in Ephesians, here Paul enunciated the great ethic of mutual respect and obligation in these sectors; and this ethic destroyed slavery and other abuses, although, of course, not immediately. Observe, What we must put on in particular. If it is the desire for a person, it leads to sexual sin. Macho, "I know what I'm doing. There is not a chapter in it where the Holy Ghost has not a most important and essential place. The sufferings of animals were nothing to it. There were practical reasons for Paul's words here, as noted by McGarvey (see my Commentary on 1 Corinthians 7:20-21); but over and beyond the practical need of refraining from an assault upon society, it was inherently unchristian to do so. It was his confidence in their love; and this is shown not merely in his desire to hear about them, but in the conviction that they would like to hear about him. But she says, "It would be simple if he really loved me, liked Jesus loved the church." It's easy to discourage the child through unreasonable demands. Christians shall then be raised from the dead, and ascend with the Redeemer to heaven. And so, are you walking after the Spirit? "The words of faith and of good doctrine" were to be proclaimed by Timothy in order for him to be "a good minister of Christ Jesus" (1 Timothy 4:6). Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly I believe the apostle means that the Colossians should be well instructed in the doctrine of Christ; that it should be their constant study; that it should be frequently preached, explained, and enforced among them; and that all the wisdom comprised in it should be well understood. Do all in the name of the Lord Jesus Begin with him, and end with him; invoke his name, and pray for his direction and support, in all that ye do; and thus every work will be crowned with all requisite success. You're not really bound to these things of the world, the rudiments of the world. As Neilson said, "If then ye were raised parallels if ye died with Christ in Colossians 2:22. IX (Kansas City: Beacon Hill Press, 1965), p. 410. Here, all five of these things are sexually oriented, and "covetousness" would seem to apply to all of them, covetousness being "the desire for more.". The answer is important, for in it there is the whole Christian doctrine of work. Hence, it is indispensable, in order to the preservation of the truth, that the sacred songs of a church should be imbued with sound evangelical sentiment. It is easy to distort the truth; an alteration in the tone of voice or an eloquent look will do it; and there are silences which can be as false and misleading as any words. Love heavenly things; study them; let your hearts be entirely engrossed by them. They have pressed other truth, which is incompatible with anything else but justification by faith; he asserts it often and openly. That distinction is unknown, and all are on a level. , , . Then you have a happy relationship. He would have the songs of Christians, however, to be spiritual, not made up of frivolities and worthless trifles. Nor is there to be unwatchfulness, but consideration in love of those without. in all wisdom; or, "unto all wisdom"; in order to attain to all wisdom; not natural wisdom, which is not the design of the Scriptures, nor of the Gospel of Christ; but spiritual wisdom, or wisdom in spiritual things, in things relating to salvation; and which is, and may be arrived unto through attendance to the word of Christ, reading and hearing of it, meditating on it; and especially when accompanied with the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Christ, and which is to be desired and prayed for. And we, the presumption here, is that the parents are Christians and are seeking the spiritual welfare of the child. Such is His relationship to the church. THE MUTUAL OBLIGATION ( Colossians 3:18-25 ; Colossians 4:1 continued). Let man be unmendable, let his enmity be beyond all thought, God, in the calmness of His own wisdom, and in the strength of His unwearied grace, accomplishes His purpose of redeeming love at the very moment when man consummates his wickedness. Ephesians 4:2. The most cursory reader discerns at once that the epistle to the Colossians is the counterpart of that to the Ephesians. And where love is wanting in the married life, there is hell upon earth. He lays the foundation in faith, and the top-stone in charity, which is the bond of perfectness, the cement and centre of all happy society. In the Roman Empire of Paul's day, there were no recognized rights of women, children or slaves, who were all expected to obey husbands, parents and masters upon penalty of death. 3:16 BENIRV 4K Wallpaper - - 4K Christian Wallpapers for your Desktop, Computer, Laptop or Tablet device. Such a man finds life and all that it means in music, in sport, in work, as the case may be. And whatsoever ye do in word or deed - Whatever ye say or do - whether relating to temporal affairs or to religion. But I must repeat that there is not a single apostle who so much as speaks of being justified by faith, except the apostle of the Gentiles. 191. What he is saying, that these aren't the things that make you righteous. They that do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God. The rule for the wife: submit yourself unto your own husband. But don't lose touch with the chap in front of you.' Title of Message Audio Biblical References Colossians 1 (1982-85 Audio) STREAM . There is gentleness (praotes, G4236) . They were created by Him, and for Him, equally with the Father. He it is who works in the various gifts of Christ, welding them together, so that it may be truly Christ through His body. If a man brings every word and deed to the test of the presence of Jesus Christ, he will not go wrong. The Jews believed, and the Pharisees stated it bluntly to Jesus, that "Who can forgive sins but one, even God?" The clause, in grace, Chrysostom explains in different ways. There is a kind of person who is the slave of his passions (palkos) and who is driven by the desire for the wrong things (epithumia, G1939) . Chastity was the one completely new virtue which Christianity brought into the world. Through teaching and singing they can build one another up in the faith. There are passages that enjoin singing and teaching in private settings (James 5:13; Acts 20:20). As Paul saw it, to the Christian Christ is the most important thing in life; more, he is life. Filthy communication out of your mouth - Lewd, indecent, and immodest discourse; Notes, Ephesians 4:29. Is it merely that all the universe has thus, in the cross of the Lord Jesus, a foundation laid for their reconciliation? Besides, we are one bread, one body. Philosophy is an idol of man or nature, a blind substitute for the knowledge of God. They should not be so praised as to make them vain and proud, but they should be commended when they do well. Look busy." It is a spiritual kingdom for those who are living and walking after the Spirit, regardless of what you may say or affirm to be so. As this epistle then is not said to have been addressed to Laodicea, we may gather that it was either from that church, or, if apostolic, going its round from one assembly to another. Setting your affections on things above, not on these things on the earth. Crimm (1886-1950) preached extensively in East Texas and Oklahoma in the first half of the current century and became famous for the sensational and outlandish things said in the pulpit. So, says he, "being fruitful in every good work, and growing (not exactly in, but) by the knowledge of God." Must we not first and foremost be subject to the truth? Further, this change is progressive. That which is hidden is concealed; the world cannot recognize the Christian. If any man have a quarrel against any - Margin, or complaint. The word used here - momphe - occurs nowhere else in the New Testament. The Christian should never forget that he will give account for every idle word he speaks. "If any man have a quarrel against any, even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye." [3] D. Martyn Lloyd Jones, The Basis of Christian Unity (Grand Rapids, Michigan: Wm. Our eternal life, therefore, is as secure as it could possibly be made. Here he gives prominence, it is true, to their being "brethren." See the same thing in the famous seventy weeks of Daniel. We must never allow one truth to be either shut out or enfeebled by another; but then we need also to remember that there are, and have always been, those that, having begun seemingly well, have ended by becoming the enemies of Christ and the church. "Well-pleasing in the Lord fitting in the Lord (Colossians 3:18) fearing the Lord (Colossians 3:22) as unto the Lord (Colossians 3:23) ye serve the Lord Jesus Christ (Colossians 3:24) " Notice that all of the persons addressed regarding their personal and domestic duties were continually reminded of being "in the Lord," and therefore as having "put on" the graces and virtues commanded earlier in this chapter. They needed to know, I will not say, that Christ suffices only; but that there is such fulness of blessing and glory in Christ as utterly to eclipse and condemn all that flesh would glory in. for if we have any part or lot in Christ, if we belong to the church of God, we ought clearly to know the character of our own blessing. Charity - Love. The Greeks themselves defined it as insatiate desire and said that you might as easily satisfy it as you might fill with water a bowl with a hole in it. 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