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New Sermon Series
Today, we are starting a new series, and we will be in the book of Philippians.
We will be in the book of Philippians, till the middle of July.
What is Joy?
How would you define joy?
It’s not that easy of a task.
Sometimes it’s compared to happiness.
Sometimes it’s compared to happiness.
In Christianese, that’s our own church language that we use around Christians, we substitute the word happy for joy.
Sometimes we think it’s wrong to be happy, but its good to joyful.
But deep down we define the words exactly the same.
All we’ve done is taken the word happy out and replaced it with joy.
We also know that it’s commanded for us to be joyful.
It’s one of the Fruits of the Spirit.
A spirit-filled life, is one where there is Love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control.
Joy is the evidence that a Christian has the Holy Spirit within him, and is being lead by him.
But how do we have joy?
How do we exhibit it?
The world around us doesn’t know how to answer that question.
There are multiple ways that the world pursues joy.
One of the ways that it pursues joy is to distract the mind.
Take a trip to Disneyland, the happiest place on earth.
Some of the ways the world
There you also see the confusion between joy and happiness.
It’s the Magic Kingdom.
Costumed characters.
Immersive rides.
Themed lands.
And clam chowder in bread bowls.
And you will be able to forget your problems.
If only, your credit card company would forget the debt you went in to go there.
Another way the world tries to find joy is to eat up time.
See a movie.
Turn off your brain for an hour and a half and all your problems will go away.
Other ways that people pursue joy is:
Medication.
You don’t think happy thoughts, so take a drug that will give you happy thoughts.
Then there is sin.
The root of sin is our passions, our corrupt hearts want opposite of what God wants.
The lie is that if we pursue our passions, no matter how opposed to God, at least we will be happy.
The world is confused about how to find joy, so how do we have joy?
In God’s providence, He has given us the letter to the Philippians.
And when a Christian isn’t happy, we think it’s the same as joy, then we’ve got confusion.
Because when a Christian isn’t happy, then we think it’s the same as not being joyful, and we say that there is a spiritual problem.
And when the Christian isn’t happy, or isn’t joyful we think something is wrong.
It’s a letter written by Paul, to the Philippian church.
But if joy is happiness, then it’s just a feeling that comes and goes.
Paul is writing the letter while in Rome, and in prison.
He’s chained to a Roman guard.
And there’s a possibility, he will even be executed.
Certainly, a dire situation.
Yet, this is a letter that is filled with joy.
Paul has joy, and he wants the Philippian church to share in the joy that he has.
One of the reasons for him writing to the Philippian church, is so they wouldn’t worry about him.
Talk about irony.
He’s in jail.
He’s uncertain of his future.
And he’s telling the Philippians, “I’m fine, how are you?”
We will be in the first 11 verses of Philippians.
And in these 11 verses we see how Paul has joy.
And I think that they will help understand how to have joy as well.
Let’s read .
The first part of joy is to have Joy for the Church.
Paul begins his letter, as he often does, by saying who is writing, who he’s with, and who he’s writing too.
So Paul introduces himself and say that Timothy is with him.
And in this case he’s writing to the church in Philippi.
He calls them saints.
Saints means those who are holy.
Saints aren’t the really good Christians.
They’re not the extra special Christians.
All Christians are made holy, because they are chosen by God, saved by Christ, and indwelt with the Holy Spirit.
Therefore, all Christians are saints.
In addition to the saints who are in Philippi, he also writes to the overseers and deacons.
This tells us that the Philippian church is an established church and a mature church.
They have leadership.
Paul is joyful for this church, why?
Because they exist.
It’s a miracle that there are saints to write to, and it’s a miracle, that there are elders and deacons at this church.
You can find this in , but let me paraphrase it for you now.
About 5 years before writing this letter, Paul was on one of his mission trips.
He came into Philippi and preached on a Sabbath.
There he met a woman named Lydia, she was a business woman there, who sold purple goods.
She was a worshipper of God, but she was not saved.
Just because someone worships, and goes to church doesn’t mean they are a Christian.
Jesus Himself said, “Many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord’ and do all these great things for Him, but on that final day of judgment, Jesus will say, ‘Depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.”
This woman worshiped God, but she wasn’t saved.
She hadn’t been born again.
Which is a reminder, that just because someone worships God, it doesn’t mean they are saved, or regenerated.
Just because someone does religious actions, even towards the true God, it doesn’t mean they are saved.
A person must be born again, they must receive a new heart.
says that the Lord opened her heart, and she was able to understand what she was taught.
Something supernatural happened.
The Lord saved her.
Shortly after, her and her entire family were converted and were baptized.
After that, Paul was preaching and a demon possessed slave girl showed up.
Paul commanded the demon to leave her.
The owners of this girl were upset, because they had been using this poor girl to make a profit.
They had Paul beaten and then thrown into prison.
While in prison, Paul who was with Silas, spent the night praying and singing hymns.
They were having a little revival meeting there in the jail.
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