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*The Joy Of Christianity*
All of the scripture readings today are from the NIV
 
*Introduction:   What is Joy?*
*(joi) *—n. 1. a.
A condition or feeling of great pleasure or happiness; delight.
b.
The expression or manifestation of such feeling.
2. A source or object of pleasure or satisfaction.
*NOUN: *      A condition of supreme well-being and good spirits
*Synonym:  *happiness  cheer  cheerfulness  gladness  beatitude  blessedness*   *
*Some people think its difficult to be a Christian and to laugh, but I think its the other way around.
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*God writes a lot of comedy, it's just that he has so many bad actors.
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--    Garrison Keillor, presentation at Goshen College, quoted in Reflections, Christianity Today.
*Paul, writing to the church in Philippi:*
*Philippians 3:1 *Finally, my brothers, rejoice in the Lord!
*There Is Joy in Serving Jesus*
*In Luke ten, Jesus appointed 72 to go out, preceding him as he went about.
Listen to what he said to them as they went - and to us.*
*Luke 10:20* However, do not rejoice that the spirits submit to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven."
*Jesus said:*
*John 16:33 *"I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace.
In this world you will have trouble.
But take heart!
I have overcome the world."
*In the story of Philip and the Ethiopian Eunuch: Acts 8:39 *When they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord suddenly took Philip away, and the eunuch did not see him again, but went on his way rejoicing.
*When Paul and Silas were imprisoned in Thyatira, their jailer was converted.
His response:*
*Acts 16:34 *The jailer brought them into his house and set a meal before them; he was filled with joy because he had come to believe in God-- he and his whole family.
Listen to Paul in Romans.
Notice the word reconciled in the first two verses we read.
Then notice the last verse (15).
Who did it and why should this bring us joy?
*Romans 5:10-15*
For if, when we were God's enemies, we were *reconciled* to him through the death of his Son, how much more, having been *reconciled*, shall we be saved through his life!
Not only is this so, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received *reconciliation*.
Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, and in this way death came to all men, because all sinned-- for before the law was given, sin was in the world.
But sin is not taken into account when there is no law.
Nevertheless, death reigned from the time of Adam to the time of Moses, even over those who did not sin by breaking a command, as did Adam, who was a pattern of the one to come.
*But the gift is not like the trespass.
For if the many died by the trespass of the one man, how much more did God's grace and the gift that came by the grace of the one man, Jesus Christ, overflow to the many!*
The gift given to us is given by Jesus Christ.
It is not what we do but what he did.
Maybe Paul says it even better in *Romans 14:17 *For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Spirit,
or in  *Romans 15:13  *May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
In the following scripture, Paul the apostle uses the example of the churches of Macedonia: Philippi, Thessalonica, Berea, and others in the region of Macedonia, to exhort the Corinthians and the Christians in Achaia to the good work of charity.
Notice what they have, JOY.
*II Corinthians 8:1-2*
And now, brothers, we want you to know about the grace that God has given the Macedonian churches.
Out of the most severe trial, their overflowing joy and their extreme poverty welled up in rich generosity.
*I Thessalonians 5:16-21*
Be joyful always; pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus.
Do not put out the Spirit's fire; do not treat prophecies with contempt.
Test everything.
Hold on to the good.
Happiness depends on what happens; joy does not.
*Oswald Chambers*
Happiness is a feeling.
Joy is an attitude.
a posture.
a position.
a place.
*Tim Hansel *
Happiness is caused by things that happen around me, and circumstances will mar it; but joy flows right on through trouble; joy flows on through the dark; joy flows in the night as well as in the day; joy flows all through persecution and opposition.
It is an unceasing fountain bubbling up in the heart; a secret spring the world can't see and doesn't know anything about.
The Lord gives his people perpetual joy when they walk in obedience to him*.
Dwight L. Moody*
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The Joy of Christian Fellowship*
*Romans 14:19 *Let us therefore make every effort to do what leads to peace and to mutual edification.
*I Thessalonians 5:11 *Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing.
*Hebrews 10:24-25*
And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds.
Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but let us encourage one another-- and all the more as you see the Day approaching.
*Have you ever felt alone?*
*We all experience loneliness.
But we should be able to find joy in one another.*
*I John 1:1-4*
That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked at and our hands have touched-- this we proclaim concerning the Word of life.
The life appeared; we have seen it and testify to it, and we proclaim to you the eternal life, which was with the Father and has appeared to us.
We proclaim to you what we have seen and heard, so that you also may have fellowship with us.
And our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son, Jesus Christ.
We write this to make our *joy* complete.
*In fact, Verses 1:5 through 2:11 have more to say about this.*
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Being One in the Spirit we need one another.*
*Loneliness is like a piano without keys, *
      Like a violin without strings.
Like a sanctuary without a congregation
      Or a choir where no one sings.
*Loneliness is like a blade of grass *
      Growing through a crack of cement.
*Loneliness is like a camp ground *
      Without a single tent.
*Loneliness is like a mocking bird *
      That cannot sing a song.
*Loneliness is a feeling *
      That one does not belong.
Like a pansy in a corn field
      Hidden where no one can see.
Maybe you have seen the Peanuts cartoon where Lucy demands that Linus change TV channels and then threatens him with her fist if he doesn't.
/"What makes you think you can walk right in here and take over?" asks Linus.
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/"These five fingers," says Lucy. "Individually they're nothing but when I curl them together like this into a single unit, they form a weapon that is terrible to behold."
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