Christian Joy
Things will be a little bit different at today by the Steve feeling that well this morning did I'll stay because I hate the service but we decided that we do help each and we trust the Lord will continue with us and help us and then as being as a teeth problems if the accident Thursday 12 in the cycle race, that was so I contribute to both I and it's not being the best and when I tell you what I'm actually preaching on it might have much more significance in the light of those things, but let's just turn to the scriptures festival and I read from the gospel of job. Electra John Fletcher John and chapter 1 on a read the first 10 vs MSU reading for the new King James version. So it's going to be slightly different note much 1 John 1 verse 1 that which was from the beginning we should have her eyes when she is seeing with the eyes, but she looks Upon Our Hands have handled concerning the word of life. Life is manifested and we have seen a bad witness and declare to you as his son of Life, which was with the father and was manifested that what you're seeing and we heard we declare to you that you also may have fellowship with us and truly our fellowship is with the father and with his son Jesus Christ and these things we lie to you that your joy may be full. It's just a message with you have heard from him and declare to you that God is light and in him is no Darkness at all. If we say that we have fellowship with him. I'm walking Darkness we lie and do not practice the truth. But if we walk in the light as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another and the blood of Jesus Christ. His son cleanses us from all sin. If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in its if we confess our sins he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If we say that we have not seen we make him a liar and his word is not in a Amana me pray that God would be pleased to blast his word to our hearts and help us as we look at the first overseas of that first chapter of 1 John. And what I'm thinking of just have a son in such today, so I know it's not this coming up. I'm thinking of the basis of Joy the basis of Joy. I'm not going to ask but I'm sure that if I did ask H1 what they feel the basis of joy is and suddenly went outside and I asked those questions Maddie would think just in tubs of that which brings us happiness Springs is the light. Which we enjoy that and we let ourselves go and have a very nice & good time. I want to come to the scriptures that is not implied. What Joy is all about and we heard experiences. I said various difficulties already today for different reasons for Maddie. That would be at the Sahara at least an inclination to say that we are not having any Joy. I want description of basic clear. Once we've been singing about might be reading about already in the scriptures today make it clear that Joy is not that superficial effervescent passing thing that the world and sadly was so many Christians believe joy to be stable sitting with this when you were standing with the fruits of the spirits and they don't I'm usually here to Mount Joy and the Christian view of joy is that is totally different throughout the world. I understand it to be enjoying makes that very clear in this letter that she is rushing to these various believe us with whom he has called act that same Joy laughing suffering in many. Terrible Ways by many of our Lives threatened many of Persecution is very cruel and evil ways, but he still speaks of that Joy because Joy is a fundamental Christian experience. I hope this week look at this. We will get this got to see something or what that Joy actually is and the first thing that we see when we read this week that which was from the beginning which we have heard. We should have seen Without Eyes with your looks upon of Chopped with a Heinz concerning the Word of Life concerning the word of life. This is where Joy it finds its source forensic serology finds what Joy truly is. This thing that is so important to note is that that joy and that experience of joy is that which is eternal source of joy is that which was from the beginning? It's not something that is, bad because I'm about to experience as I know something has come about because setting changes took place and circumstances became different the source of This Joy a variety of fruit and proper Joy. Is that which Finds Its Source in eternity house that is ever real it is that there's every important it's not that is ever significant. Joey salads at that point we looking at things of it's gonna see we're looking at that. It's not just the experience of a point in time that comes and goes it is that it is always that always has been that and always will be there about this joy. That is something that is vocal strange. What we read is that withdrawals from the beginning which we have her John is making reference to that which he has her. It's not just then the result of his own imagination is out of InDesign as a result of an experience. It is something is outside of that that is more significant or not more important in the night and suddenly more real than that. That comes from that which was made known to him and it is clear Christmas a bit more about this in a moment that he had John is speaking all these experience all of the Lord Jesus Christ. He is the Eternal one. He is the one whom John is says he has Heard and Johnny could spend three years with the Lord Jesus Christ listening to him here in his ministry and all they have to say not just publicly with any people but certainly is we seem not prayer in John 17 that which was shared with just those 11 disciples on that occasion, but he has heard that Sarah has a substance it has that Rihanna see it has a clear definition that is brought to us the song of me think of this Joe average, John is speaking. But we we Outlook outside of that. We don't look at that. It is just bass and experience or what we think is best and most fidget next thing we see is that it is that which is seen as actually being seen he says that which was from the beginning that we have with your semen II's wish we looks upon a guy in it. Is that experience of the Lord Jesus Christ John said, he saw him. Jamas call Brian to be one of his John followed him and John had no, it's not just hearing that say a prayer request with the channel John also with Peter and James Soho that great vision all of our Lord Jesus Christ when he was transfigured where he manifested it is Gloria suddenly a major part of his glory. John has seen and it is this the guy leaves to chill right now. We need to be careful. Of course that we not saying that I've seen actually seen the physical Lord Jesus Christ, but know this Joy it is that we listen to the testimony of those who have seen him and then he reminds us a game. That is absolutely real. We are talking about reality. We're not talkin about Illusions. Don't talk about Alyssa Nations without talking about feelings that people have made up the people have generation within themselves. We are talkin about that that has Very real substance and salads that we trolls from the beginning which we have if your semen die Lies We should have looked upon and text with our hands concerning the Word of Life. They tossed it even after the resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ. You remember when Jesus appeared immediate resurrection that first Sunday Thomas was not bad. We don't believe the disciples. He said I'm not going to believe until I change the bun is so I need his hands and then the following week the Lord appeared a game and Jesus sent him to touch me like could touch him. He has a real boy and better than any other occasions when Lord by John knew that the presence of the Lord in that white the word of life now a guy ain't we cannot reach out and touch Jesus? In the same way as he and the other disciples did but we can reach out and we can know him we can know that she is with us. We cannot see brains. We know that pile that he brings. We know that Grace that he brings and we will surely know the reality all these presents on the joy that not presence brings to its initial guy leads us to that. Very real sense of Joy the basis of joy of what food Christian Joy is a strong continues in the next bus hea amplifies. This is how this is my manifestivus to he says the loss was made manifest and we will see it until stiff when I get to it and Proclaim to you the eternal life, which is with the father and was made manifest to There was an absolute why would say about this. Nothing is hidden. Nothing is behind closed doors. Is it what it is all open and where I able to see me and to know that he says the light was made manifest and we have seen its heat a guy and Rich rights or build upon that he said he has seen and receive a game that the real basis they from basis to secure bases. The total bases absolutely reliable. Basis is in the fact that I Lord Jesus Christ and all this he is asked to be made manifest to us. He has been revealed to us. And this is what Johnny said to the east of whom he is ricin and he's saying to us that life was seen But then I seen it but I'd life is made of an innocent game is where Joy really Finds Its Source. It is not a nice just having a good time happy song. It's not just us being in situations where there is nothing going wrong. That's a totally full form of Joy. Yes. I did. I said so many Christians 3-second joy in that way that joy that we know that we need that joy that is real is that which is made manifest in the Lord Jesus Christ and in him alone, and there is a truth to that we goes on to say that life was made manifest and we have seen it and testify to it. It is bringing test me to that. Testimony is real. This is what happens with Chris and I need a court case search.
Give me the first many people testifying the sudden things that I had seen all that hood and there was a reliability and I actually seen it may be challenging Gustavus. But if you seen that no one can take that away from you it is that which is real as I write this letter in the other letters that you wrote to 12 or what I'm doing to you for you is just giving testimony to what I know what I have seen. This is the testimony of every True Believers as well. But we know this repeat these things on to him onto that died, but you might this given this testimony Brake clear declaration just a life is my manifest and we have seen it and testicle right to it and Proclaim to you this adds to that. Text Marie. I got a cold situation when somebody's giving testimony testify and what they have seen that I have to pay for that. Anyway, that's cool. But John is doing this and this is what we Proclaim we Proclaim it because it is true Christianity is there are so many people in this includes sadly many Christians believe that Christianity in experience and experience. Is it say that white become that God had conversations with people that said about certain things I know it's really cold with what we should believe as Christians. I said we'll do it. Why do you salt the basis for what we as Christians believe what we as Christians should be doing this is a glorious thing about truth Christian. It is what it is based on absolute and total honesty with which is true. But that is not the case. We are proclaiming shirts the world will Proclaim anything and I Proclaim. All the time and that changes if you look over what people say.
What is things are happening and so on and so forth with true Christianity it never changes because Jesus is the same yesterday today and forever. He never changes his word never changes. God never changes his word never changes and we have the absolute Reality Steve remind us that we have a guy who is a creation who has made all things was established over things and sustains all things and a girl who's what she's over his people in Old Situation and this is what we Proclaim and they said it's right Joy comes from the fact that people don't believe we still proclaim the truth is announcer manifestation also leads that he says last week and I II vest to a guy in this question of its harness. But in a different way, he says the law was made manifest and we have seen and testify to it and Proclaim it to you the eternal life which was with the father and was made manifest to Eternal Light. There was with the father of the Christian faith a true Christian belief that deals with each other like cuz he already knows it deals with things that I love trying to see not just of time because time is fleeting time that changes things. We could change that I said, they might they change the ideas they changed the most of these but we have a truce we have a message of faith that is concerned. Not just with eternity. So but with Uh-huh. No life real life is not just for this world. I like is that that is for each other and that is true of every individual that's being born in this world. There is in each other see that has to be faced and there is are the eternal life. All that is eternal and we need to face up to what it is that for us. The True Believer knows that it's her life alive that is found in our Lord Jesus Christ and in no other way whatsoever. And if we do not know the Lord Jesus Christ is our savior. We do not know the reality of that said truth that he brings to us. Then we will know it's a little. I will now that I've also gone for all eternity because holder do not believe and trust in him will be condemned to hell so you see how this really makes the real substance of joy that we know that but we are going to know in the future. We know that reality. That is the law of every true belief and privilege. He says you invest story. That's what you have seen and heard we Proclaim also see you so that you two may have fetish that it's so that you two may have fellowship with us at a d-die fellowship is with the father. I'm with his son Jesus Christ. Atelier speaks of that Proclamation John was as we mentioned a number of times recently was exiled to the Isle of Patmos because of his faith and trust in the Lord Jesus Christ and there goes that was why she was on the Isle of Patmos that I receive at most glorious vision of the Lord in the Book of Revelation was written as a result is Jesus gave him that so because of these things John is so concerned for claim that message reclaim that truth and you you and I have this glorious privilege, but we going to put the same a message via proclaim a reality. We have our claim a truth the world knows nothing about a toilet the word is so fickle how to choose as I said, I changed my answer change. Sandstone arches to take it while I'm trying they said John grade 4 lesson to side with this is the way this is what we need to do at the time. Someone totally didn't know I know what the truth is and that is what John is proclaiming. That is what we prefer night that we might you know, the Lord Jesus Christ is that you two might have fellowship with us that they will be that identity between here and oh Lord to whom he writes. I need a don't believe there's any meats and as I've said before we don't have experience, she's all of this that we know that right Joy of meeting other believers people never seen alive before we know nothing about them brats, nothing whatsoever. But we know that we share the same Fellowship in our Lord Jesus Christ. But much more importantly a mushroom will significantly and amazingly it is what John goes on to say that I don't know these things all species based on that truth that we live in the large ship that truth Weber claimed that Truth Fellowship is with the father and with his son Jesus Christ. Just that we have fellowship with each other more than that it. Is and beneficial that is we vanish it with a father. We have fellowship with God and his righteousness sense and source of joy that we have fellowship with him.
If I hosted Jerry 8mm Mauser if we stopped up a raven doesn't really match up if anybody needs taken from us if we have fellowship with the father of Joy American Experience of that. This is where we must look at it with the trash. It is with his son Jesus Christ. We know him as I didn't say that we don't know Jesus in the whole new hip that you could charge him. Physically. It actually hear him speaking those with us. We're wasted all know Jesus in the real way because this is what they Christian experience is conversion is that we are born again and we have money to know him who is our Lord and I save it in that glorious Fellowship. With him, so if everyone charging cases if I friends are family no matter who it might be if it was as it will waste does opposes us and brings these different hospice doubt. Remember that Fellowship is with the father and with his son Jesus Christ. I mean know that if you want to experience in that Christian Joy now, why are you in a sense? So simple yet? So gloriously profound what we need to do is look to the father and look to Jesus Christ and the size of things of Earth will grow strangely dim in the light of his glory and grace said Turn Your Eyes Upon here and then Jones closes with the 4th verse and he's ready. He'll brings together all these BC. It's a sight. Sorry indeed that continues to say he says you've got school and we are watching these things. So I had Joy may be complete. We are right in between these things that I may be complete because this is true Christian Joy is not just an individual experience. That's the problem with the world and I should probably these Christians are looking for these fanciful experiences. I have no basis in reality. They are in the word of God because that individual and Anna leaving aside everyone else but true Christian fellowship and Truth Christian Joy, is that which we experience together because we are one in the Lord and we know him he is with us he is guiding us he is teaching us. He is directing is he is leading us. Wonder why that he would have us go to be Those whom he would have us to be. So the question we asked ourselves do we know that Joy do we know that reality? Do we know that fellowship with a father and his son Jesus Christ because that's what we were impressed. That's what we all like him. So it needs to agree. Why should be there by God's spirit and by his help by his strength that I got joy in God's grace and mercy become Alice so we can face the world so we can face Satan so we can face the trials and tribulations the problems the difficulties with that real sense and knowledge and proper experience of joy in our hearts and our lives as we seek. To serve and to honor him I go be pleased to apply that to us and I know you'll has to know that Joy. Well that we sing together. Now. They are going to stay in the head like a river glorious.
