02-17-19 Morning Worship - Christ Glorified in you: Joy Fulfilled
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INTRODUCTION
● ⏩T/F Money makes people happy (False Dichotomy)
● John 17:6-16 Jesus’ prayer reveals the root of joy
● Critical because 1 of 6 Americans take antidepressants (2016 nbcnews.com)
BIG IDEA BIBLICAL TRUTH
Pursuing happiness makes you sadder
● Ultimately leads to what is commonly called “depression”
● ⏩DEPRESSION
Serious m
edical illness that negatively affects how you feel, the way you
think and how you act. Causes feelings of sadness and a loss of interest in
activities once enjoyed.
● Is it possible that our society feeds this?
○ ⏩Women are more likely than men to experience depression.
○ ⏩On average, depression first appears during the late teens to mid-20s.
~psychiatry.org
○ Not Surprising → Men increasingly use women rather than love them
■ Teens experience this first hand and are not taught to handle it
● Medicine is not a solution
○ Usage is most often long-term (NBCNEWS.COM)
● ⏩What is the Biblical Solution?
○ Psychiatry is vague and its solution is failing people. What next?
○ ⏩JN 17:6-16 Christ Glorified in Us and Our Joy fulfilled in him
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CHRIST GLORIFIED IN US
● 6 Jesus made the Father known → 8 Apostles understood and believed
● 10 I am glorified in them → Christ is glorified in us because his glory is revealed in us
○ ⏩ Ex 34:6-7 “merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast
love and faithfulness, keeping steadfast love for thousands, forgiving iniquity and
transgression and sin...
○ Christ never will cease to care for our salvation, since he is glorified in us -Calvin
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JOY IN HIM
13 My joy fulfilled in themselves → Christ’s joy was to do the father’s will
15 I do not ask that you take them out of the world → We are on earth by God’s design
○ Keep them from the evil one → The presence of sin remains by God’s design
○ Pursuit of holiness reveals Christ in us & fills us with joy
17 Sanctify them in the truth (your word) → ⏩Christian joy is found in the pursuit of
holiness
⏩BIBLICAL
TRUTH
Pursuing happiness makes you sadder
● ⏩Pursuing holiness fills the Christian with joy long-term
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Happiness focuses thoughts on self (idolatry)
Holiness focuses thoughts on God
Seek first the kingdom & everything you need will be added to you
○ And all your wants will change
Are you pursuing holiness diligently? → Don’t give up
If you think little of the pursuit of holiness, repent
If you think yourself holy → confess
If you have been diagnosed with depression and are on medication, let’s talk
○ Psychiatry commandeered the authority of the pastor by naming “depression” a
mental illness.
○ Much of the depression in the US is a spiritual issue → evidenced by its growth in
recent years as society turns from God
○ Not offering magic solution → Not saying “get over it” → Asking you to consider
alternative medicine from our sovereign God.
Christ is most glorified in the Christian when we are most satisfied in him (piper)
○ Because we cannot be satisfied in him unless his grace has renewed us
○ And when irresistible grace renews a person, they are a new person and hunger
for holiness!
○ This is why the pursuit of holiness fills the Christian with joy long-term