Wherein is the difference? Yes, Christ is in all, and Christ is all. In the next place, we have the apostle's prayer: "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 growing by the knowledge of God." Besides, Christ is the first-born of all creation. His grave is man's grave. In seventeenth-century English that was clear enough: but it has lost its force in modern language. 4 When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory. Who and what is the Son of His love, in whom we have redemption? Suddenly the whole aspect of the heavens is changed. There was no doubt a suitability for each line of truth in the wants of the saints respectively addressed; nor do I think it can be intelligently questioned that the condition of the Ephesian saints was better than that of those at Colosse. These last three forbidden things have all to do with speech. His grace has qualified us now for His glory: such, as far as this goes, is the clear meaning of the Holy Ghost. "Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry." We might well suppose that there was some hindrance to the full flow of affection an their part. It is evident, therefore, that to enter on the privileges of the church, the body of Christ, would have in nowise met the evil which the enemy was seeking to inflict on the Colossians. The thunder mutters, the rain falls, and the scene is one of storm, confusion, and darkness. The apostle in like manner in the next verse opposes the "things above" to . Now, that ye are converted to God, act in reference to heavenly things as ye did formerly in reference to those of earth; and vice versa. There is scarce anything more offensive than a child who looks, talks, and acts the old man. Set your affection on things above . The false teachers called their books of so-called wisdom apokruphoi ( G614) , the books that were hidden from all except from those who were initiated. Thus no room was left for striving to die. If we live a life of Christian purity and devotion now, when Christ, who is our life, shall appear, we shall also appear with him in glory,Colossians 3:4; Colossians 3:4. "And this I say, lest any man should beguile you with enticing words. For instance, under Jewish law, a husband could divorce his wife for any cause, while a wife had no rights whatever in the initiation of divorce; and the only grounds on which a divorce might be awarded her were if her husband developed leprosy, became an apostate or ravished a virgin. There is not a chapter in it where the Holy Ghost has not a most important and essential place. Don't presume upon the grace of God." Can you say that Christ is my life? If the parent is too easy-going, the child will grow up indisciplined and unfit to face life. The answer is important, for in it there is the whole Christian doctrine of work. Moreover, worldly lusts, the members which are on the earth, earthly pleasures that are sinful, may be here meant. Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged ( Colossians 3:21 ). Because the wife feels the love and the security and she knows, "Hey, he's my man." Do we look for such a happiness, and should we not set our affections upon that world, and live above this? For you died and your life is hidden with Christ in God. Our affections should not be fixed on houses and lands; on scenes of fashion and gaiety; on low and debasing enjoyments. We need the positive as well as the negative; and as we have just had the latter, so the former now comes before us. Since we are raised from the death of sin, and are made to live anew, the great object of our contemplation should be the heavenly world. Brethren, the Christ that God has made known to us is the Christ that man scorned, cast out and crucified. Many who really love the Lord are in this quite misguided as to the duty of the Christian here below. As to the Jewish rites and feasts that some were endeavouring to re-impose, take for an instance the Sabbath, which is the stronger, because it was from the beginning of the first man, yet unfallen, and of course long before the Jewish people. from now on the Christian will see everything in the light and against the background of eternity. Now, if that is so, the Christian must rise from baptism a different man. I. Because He was the greatest, the best, the holiest? Christ, and Christ alone, has truly represented God to man, as He alone was perfect man before God. We must live such a life as Christ lived here on earth and lives now in heaven, according to our capacities. Leave me alone." The word of God assigns one greater than all, which is the true and only key to the person and work of Christ: "For by him were all things created.". Jesus Christs present rule on His Fathers throne over the church is not the same as His rule on Davids throne over Davids kingdom, which will begin when He returns to earth. Next we enter on the apostle's thanksgiving. "Luke, the beloved physician, and Demas, greet you. We remember the poignant statement of John Newton: "I know that my father loved me--but he did not seem to wish me to see it." Christ is a believer's life. But he that doeth wrong shall receive for the wrong which he has done: and there is no respect of persons ( Colossians 3:25 ). But woe to such iniquitous and ungrateful adversaries! There are many nice shades in detail; but I have referred now to that which is the principal point whence the two lines of truth diverge. There is no one that rises before our mind's eye more readily and strikingly in this respect than the apostle Paul himself. The Christian never stood on any such fleshly ground. Thus they have a closer connection than any others in the New Testament. Without Him all sinks at once into dissolution. What a humbling consideration that those so blessed (dead, as we have said, and risen with Christ) are here told to mortify what is most shameful and shameless! Compare Philippians 3:19, Philippians 3:20. multitudes have so failed, nor is anything more common at this present moment, even as it was always so. It is never an ethic on which all the duties are on one side. Like a mine of unknown and inexhaustible wealth, the treasures of wisdom are all in Him hidden, but not in order to remain so; they only need to be explored for you to attain "unto the riches" in them ( Colossians 2:2 ); but until you, Colossians, press after attaining the full knowledge "hidden." But not a few of those that were baptized from early as in later days turned out untrue to the glory of Christ. Mortify, therefore, those fleshly things. THE MUTUAL OBLIGATION ( Colossians 3:18-25 ; Colossians 4:1 continued). As Rev., set your mind. Here we enter not merely what clears one out from the rudiments of the world, but what introduces us into the new thing. (iii) Christian speech must be true. For assuredly God is not trusted where there is so much as a desire thus to alter or turn aside a single word, for one's own convenience or any pretext whatsoever. In the light of that Cross the world's wealth and ambitions and activities are seen at their true value; and, the Christian is enabled to set his whole heart on the things which are above. The Greeks were the scholars and they would never have deigned to study a barbarian tongue. So you feel like you've got to challenge everything. In it there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, barbarian, Scythian, slave nor free man, but Christ is all in all. "It's a big step," he said, "and I can't persuade myself that the very severe attitude to sex which the Church thinks it necessary to adopt is really justified." Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holy day, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days: which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ." Yet it is never the sign either of life or of bloodshedding, but of a state of privilege beyond. The stronger our faith, and the warmer our love, the more will our comfort be. Thus it matters not what part of Ephesians is looked at. New Testament Individual Books. Our head is there, our home is there, our treasure is there, and we hope to be there for ever. Thus it is from the first the expression of a most needed truth, which remains the comfort of grace throughout the whole Christian career, and is therefore never repeated. "Whereunto I also labour, striving according to his working, which worketh in me mightily." Then Paul uses a vivid picture. The children of Israel made a tragic mistake thinking, "Well, we are God's chosen people, and we can live like the nations around us." This will obviously give him a new set of values. Not inside of youlike some dormant seed that, once found, can be watered, nurtured, and coaxed into maximum fruit-productionbut hidden. You're living in a new dimension of life, the spiritual dimension of life. The epistle to the Ephesians views the saint as already blessed by God in heavenly places in Christ. He who believes this would understand that it was still an unrevealed secret during Old Testament times. We very often evade the truth on which the New Testament insists, that a Christianity which does not change a man is most imperfect. Two rules: one for the wife, one for the husband. Paul goes on to list some of the things which the Colossians must cut right out of life. The expression "brethren," though of course flowing from Christ, brings forward their relationship by grace to each other. It is interesting to see that from the beginning the Church was a singing Church. Everything in our epistle is traced up to Christ as the head of all possible blessing. She never appeared on the streets alone, not even to go marketing. Or to come at it another way, the man whose life is dominated by the desire to get things has set up things in the place of God--and that precisely is idolatry. He is the first-born from among the dead, as well as the Head and firstborn Heir of all subsisting creation. The Christian must put off anger and temper. He assigns three reasons for this, Colossians 3:3; Colossians 3:4. That real object is Jesus Christ. It lies at the bottom when we think of the wants of the saints of God here below. We shall then appear with him in glory. And you just went ahead and did it. Three positional things are said in Colossians 3:1 about this eternal Son of God and Christ (Messiah) who entered history, died, and rose: (1) He is above: "Seek the things that are above, where Christ is.". And what a deliverance from self to see Christ in them! He is answerable to God, just as his workmen are answerable to him. Next, the doctrine is applied still more definitely. But the great basic Christian virtues are those which govern human relationships. So the fulness of the Godhead was pleased to dwell in Him. Nowadays to mortify the flesh means rather to practise ascetic discipline and self-denial. Here the candy, ha, ha, ha, ha." The Christian should never forget that he will give account for every idle word he speaks. No doubt the hint is wanted by some of us still. The thoughts should be occupied about the things where Christ now dwells, where our final home is to be, where our great interests are. "Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry: for which things' sake, the wrath of God cometh on the children of disobedience: in the which ye also walked sometime. Continue to teach and to admonish each other with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing to God with gratitude in your hearts. Ha, ha. That which brought in thousands on the day of Pentecost and afterwards was the preaching and the faith that Jesus was made Lord. In his pre-Christian days Joad could write: "Birth control (he meant the use of contraceptives) increases the possibilities of human pleasure. None of the others has touched on it not one. It lies in the fact that now the thoughts of the Christian must be set on the things which are above. The Christian must kill self-centredness and regard as dead all private desires and ambitions. He is the only divine source, sphere, and means of real growth for the soul. Forgiving one another is fortified by His example who did no sin, neither was evil found in His mouth. Colossians 3:2 Vincent's Word Studies Set your affection () Lit., be minded, think. The first is outward and the second inward. (b) So he calls that show of religion which he spoke of in the former chapter. (i) Paul begins by addressing the Colossians as chosen of God, dedicated and beloved. 3:1-4 If then you were raised with Christ, set your hearts on the things which are above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God. Thereby he shows that God's love and grace have gone out to the ends of the earth, and that there is no "most favoured nation" clause in his economy. Do not lie to one another. (ii) There may well be a word play here which a Greek would recognize at once. but, "What do I owe to others?". . Look busy." The cross terminated the awful struggle and heartbreaking sight of man thus manifestly led captive of the devil at his will. The veriest victims of Satan, the open enemies of Christ, the fiercest powerless let them be, but the fiercest in their will of opposition against God are precisely those that God has already reconciled to Himself; and this where Satan had but just appeared to conquer in leading them to crucify Christ., In that field of blood where His ancient people joined the idolatrous Gentiles, and indeed incited them to plant the cross for their own Messiah there it is that God's grace has established a righteous deliverance for such as He has reconciled. Let no man deceive you with vain words for because of these things the wrath of God is coming on the children of disobedience" ( Ephesians 5:5 , Ephesians 5:6 ). They needed to learn especially the vanity of all that man's mind delights in. If He is, the fulness, you are made full in Him, "which is the head of all principality and power." Colossians 3:1,2. The old advice still stands which says that before we repeat anything about anyone we should ask three questions: "Is it true? Then follows that which could be said of us alone. 81-82; and John F. Walvoord, Jesus Christ Our Lord, pp. The way to right action is to appoint Jesus Christ as the arbiter between the conflicting emotions in our hearts; and if we accept his decisions, we cannot go wrong. There are many portions of the scriptures that do not by any means suit or suppose the estate and path of the Christian. Not only did he preach the one and teach the other (which the others no doubt did too), but he has committed to inspired writings the gospel as none other did; and he has, alone of all, brought out the church in the fullest way. Under Jewish law a woman was a thing, the possession of her husband, just as much as his house or his flocks or his material goods. After this follow particular exhortations, on which we need not at present dwell. When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory ( Colossians 3:4 ). Whenever Christ, your life, shall appear, then you too shall appear with him in glory. "In the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight." While that would be awkward speech in our culture, such repetition was then a way of laying emphasis. Let us take the cases one by one and look at them in the light of this new principle. There are at least two vivid pictures here. The Spirit of God applies the truth of Jesus Christ, which resists all such thoughts as human. What Paul is saying is, "Put to death every part of your self which is against God and keeps you from fulfilling his will." They shall make known unto you all things which are done here.". The Christian will have all the desires of the new man gratified. Christian life and growth come from God through a direct relationship between the believer and Christ. The slave and the free man came together in the Church. If, as men have fabled, spiritual beings sprang forth ready armed, as well as in fulness of wisdom and vigour, it would not be Christianity. He looks not at some advanced souls at Colosse, but at all the saints there. Now, you may be making your living by working there at that office, or factory, or wherever. Who could ever have combined with God's glory such a place for man too? Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds; and have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him ( Colossians 3:7-10 ): So we should be as John says, walking as Jesus walked. The soul prospers when we have clear knowledge of the truth as it is in Jesus. It is the law in a new and impossible shape. "Walk in wisdom toward them that are without, redeeming the time. We must not dote upon them, nor expect too much from them, that we may set our affections on heaven; for heaven and earth are contrary one to the other, and a supreme regard to both is inconsistent; and the prevalence of our affection to one will proportionably weaken and abate our affection to the other. Love heavenly things; study them; let your hearts be entirely engrossed by them. Yet it remains true, that "the hope is laid up for you," as he says, "in heaven, whereof ye heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel; which is dome unto you, as it is in all the world: and bringeth forth fruit and groweth, as also in you, since the day ye heard of it, and knew the grace of God in truth." It is evident, therefore, that these apostolic epistles were meant to circulate among the saints. We know that there is danger on all sides. Have you renounced these hidden things of the world? This is the kind of peak of devotion which we can only dimly understand and only haltingly and imperfectly express. In this phrase, however, all that the apostle asserts is in relation to the invisible God. This, I am sure, should not be weakened, brethren. Paul sometimes spoke of the "hidden wisdom of God" (1 Corinthians 2:7; see also Colossians 1:26; 3:3). Judge these same things, and they may become of some account to the glory of God. The Jew looked down on every other nation. Now he may have the blessed enjoyment of communion with Christ, but it is a Christ crucified on earth. there is in fallen man, as such, a will that hates the truth, and despises the grace of God. So again by Him alone do all, Jews and Gentiles, draw near to the Father. 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. Seek those things that are above. There is not rich or poor, there is not favored and special class; we are just all one. Then he brings in, accordingly, his first solemn caution. And if we'll follow these rules we can have a very happy marriage and a happy relationship. Bible study tool. Have a mind all of whose thoughts are fixed on the things which are above, not upon the things on earth. Babes, young men, and fathers: such is in grace as in nature the divine way with us. The Colossians, insignificant ex-pagans from a third-rate country town, will be seen in a glory which, if it were now to appear, one might be tempted to worship." (Wright) 2. Just when he got level with us he tripped up and fell flat on his face. Ought I not to share my Master's shame and dishonour here? How we want them to be better than we were. The life of the Christian is hidden with Christ in God. The ancient writers defined chrestotes ( G5544) as the virtue of the man whose neighbours good is as dear to him as his own. He it is who strengthens the inner man to enjoy through Christ all the fulness of God. The Scythian was notorious as the lowest of the barbarians; more barbarian than the barbarians, the Greeks called him; little short of being a wild beast, Josephus calls him. "And my state shall Tychicus declare unto you, who is a beloved brother, and a faithful minister and fellow-servant in the Lord: whom I have sent unto you for the same purpose, that he might know your state, and comfort your hearts; with Onesimus, a faithful and beloved brother, who is one of you. There was no hindrance to the flow of the Spirit in unfolding the truth. Yet most people today have never heard of John Gill. He could not say in this epistle "worthy of your vocation," as in writing to the Ephesians. What he is saying, that these aren't the things that make you righteous. And perhaps this may be the key to what we are next told: "And ye likewise read the epistle from Laodicea." This may seem a strong statement, and I wonder at none feeling surprised, till they have rigidly examined it with the scriptures; for probably no one could believe it unless he had proved its truth. Had they prayed more, the result might have been to better purpose. rather than on the things that are only physical and temporal. No doubt Simon the Pharisee was a good man; but Jesus was more than good, he was chrestos ( G5543) . He uses the same line of thought in Romans 8:13: "If you live according to the flesh you will die, but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body you will live." Satan knew well what he sought in alienating many a Christian from this blessed man of God, and in carping at his ministry, and the testimony he was given to bear. The ancient world was full of barriers. They needed to be drawn away from every theme and object but Christ Himself. But if we violate these rules, we're going to bring misery into our marriage. She had no legal rights whatever. The needed and only remedy was to turn the eyes of the saints from other objects, even their own privileges, and to fix them on Christ. Slaves, obey in all things those who are your human masters, not only when you are watched, like those whose only desire is to please men, but in sincerity of heart, reverencing the Lord. If I have Christ as a Saviour at all, instead of struggling to die in the sense meant, I am called to believe that I am already dead. It was not wonderful that he said in Colossians 1:1-29, "If ye continue in the faith rooted and grounded, and not moved away from the hope of the gospel." We are offered two realities; things above and things on earth. The hope laid up for us in heaven supposes a position on the earth. He can no longer be concerned with the trivial passing things of earth; he must be totally concerned with the eternal verities of heaven. Seek marks the practical striving; set your mind, the inward impulse and disposition. Knowledge and faith make a soul rich. A man sets up an idol and worships it because he desires to get something from it. The sexual appetite was regarded as a thing to be gratified, not to be controlled. There is no proof of the sort. He knows everything and feels everything. See the same thing in the famous seventy weeks of Daniel. But alas! In baptism the Christian dies and rises again. (ii) The Christian ethic lays down the duty of the child to respect the parental relationship. The rule for the wife: submit yourself unto your own husband. Is it kind?" . This is a very good general rule: "Be as much in earnest for heavenly and eternal things, as ye formerly were for those that are earthly and perishing.". All that is to be got in certain provinces may be acquired after no long study. In Colossians the argument requires that our resurrection with Christ, as well as death and burial, should be distinctly stated. You come to that space from time to time in the prophets. Since we are raised from the death of sin, and resurrected to a new life, our contemplation should be on the heavenly world. Be not deceived; submit not yourselves to creeds, to books, or to men; give yourselves to the study of God's Word, derive your creed and the doctrines of your faith from it alone, and then you will be able to say: "Should all the forms that men devise Assault my faith with treacherous art, I'd call them vanity and lies, Don't do that. All momentous and blessed, but nevertheless by no means the same fulness of privilege of which he could discourse at once in writing to the Ephesians. 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. Pleonexia is one of the ugliest of sins but while it is quite clear what it means, it is by no means so easy to find a single word to translate it. 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