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PHILIPPANS
TONIGHTS AS WE CELEBRATE THE SEASON OF CHRISTMAS, WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT THE WORD JOY AND WHAT IT MEANS TO US WHO LOVE GOD
TONIGHTS TOPIC IS JOY,
Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice!
REJOICE, ITS JUST THE VERB OF JOY. AND ITS A COMMAND IN THE BIBLE!
HOW DO WE GET TO A PLACE WHERE WE OBEY GOD IN BEING A JOYOUS PEOPLE?
Lets look at Mary… what did she find her joy in?
In the sixth month of Elizabeth’s pregnancy, God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a town in Galilee,
to a virgin pledged to be married to a man named Joseph, a descendant of David. The virgin’s name was Mary.
The angel went to her and said, “Greetings, you who are highly favored! The Lord is with you.”
Mary was greatly troubled at his words and wondered what kind of greeting this might be.
But the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary; you have found favor with God.
You will conceive and give birth to a son, and you are to call him Jesus.
He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David,
and he will reign over Jacob’s descendants forever; his kingdom will never end.”
Luke 1:26-
So mary is 14 year old jewish girl who is enganged to Joseph.
Gabriel comes to her and tells her your pregnant
Of all things that you would want God to come and tell you, would this be one of them?
We look back and admire her Faith in this.... but would we really beleive this today?
This could have meant she would be killed under jewish law?
Luke 1:34-
“How will this be,” Mary asked the angel, “since I am a virgin?”
The angel answered, “The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the holy one to be born will be called the Son of God.
Even Elizabeth your relative is going to have a child in her old age, and she who was said to be unable to conceive is in her sixth month.
For no word from God will ever fail.”
“I am the Lord’s servant,” Mary answered. “May your word to me be fulfilled.” Then the angel left her.
I am a servant of the lord… let it be according to your while.
We look back and admire her Faith in this.... but would we really beleive this today?
And Mary said: “My soul glorifies the Lord
and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior,
for he has been mindful of the humble state of his servant. From now on all generations will call me blessed,
for the Mighty One has done great things for me— holy is his name.
Luke 1:46-49
She REJOICES!!!! She is overflowing with joy because why?
He who is mighty has done great things for me… what has God done for you?
This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him.
This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.
1 John 4:9-10
The Ultimate sign that God loves us is he sent his son. This is what will bring you true joy, and this is what we celebrate tonight. God loved us… and