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How to Live with Joy
Dt: Paul encourages the church to continue in joy and resist the inappropriate influences of others.
Aim: We will choose to be joyful and resist distractions that may hinder our joy.
I. Aim Your Heart Towards Christ (v.1)
Paul says, Rejoice in the Lord.
He has mentioned joy or some variation of it eight times up to this point, thus continuing this centered theme of the entire letter of Joy.
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Phil.2.17-18
There are some things to consider about joy:
Joy is a choice not an emotion
it is not predicated on what happen to me
its what i have in-spite of what happens to me
it is not based on circumstances its based on faith
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David said it this way:
you got to understand what he was saying, “I’m going through right now, but I choose to wake up in the morning.
I choose not to allow this stuff to keep me down.
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Joy is reflective of our relationship with Christ
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Safeguard Your Heart with the Word of God (v.1)
Paul encourages the church further by explaining that though he is imprisoned writing this epistle is not a burden for him.
He says it is for them.
This letter is so that their hearts are strengthened.
His intention is that they will be empowered by what God has given them through the Word to resist evil.
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Application: Make the Word of God a sincere part of your life.
Read it and devote yourself to it.
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Resist Negative Influences (v.2)
Paul uses strong language but it is not abusive nor insulting.
he does so to make a point.
Dog- was not a word used in our context of insults.
he is not referring to a persons character but this term was used in a religious sense.
generally used regarding gentiles, those who were not of the Jewish tradition.
Jesus sued it when speaking to the syro-pheonician woman.
Paul reverses it , uses it sarcastically towards the Jewish Christians who were attempting to pollute the value of Christianity with ritualistic practices.
Evildoers- Blatant disregard for what God says.
these are those who refuse to live in line with righteousness
they do things their own way
Manipulators of Flesh- Those who Circumcised as an act of gain to salvation.
They taught unless you are circumcised you cant be a christian
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