Joy from the Light of the world (pink)

Taking a break to Celebrate Joy

What is Joy?

A feeling and an Action

Joy in the OT - Victory / overcoming your enemies - Egypt

Communal and External - outward emotional sign

Joy in the NT - feeling and an action

Joy feeling and action (regardless of how you feel) - It’s a choice

1 Peter 4:13

13 But rejoice insofar as you share Christ’s sufferings, that you may also rejoice and be glad when his glory is revealed.

Joy that light breaks through

John intro Jesus mirroring Gen 1

John 1:1–14 (ESV)

1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made. 4 In him was life, and the life was the light of men. 5 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.

6 There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. 7 He came as a witness, to bear witness about the light, that all might believe through him. 8 He was not the light, but came to bear witness about the light.

9 The true light, which gives light to everyone, was coming into the world. 10 He was in the world, and the world was made through him, yet the world did not know him. 11 He came to his own, and his own people did not receive him. 12 But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God, 13 who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God.

14 And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.

Because Jesus dwelt or tabernacled with us we have reason to celebrate - Emotion and action

Chapter 7-9 Feast of booths it is at this feast that Jesus say

John 8:12

12 Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”

a disciple / follower

The light that causes people to really live

The feast is so rich with imagery that the following video gives context for this verse

Note the last night of festival with the lights

Feat

Day of atonement

Water

Light

Exodus

John 8:12 ESV

12 Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”

You have a choice to follow the light like Israel did to the promise land

Remember the feeling of Joy

Chose to act with Joy

as we follow.

1 peter 2:9

1 Peter 2:9 ESV

9 But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.