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Joy, rejoicing, delight, and gladness in God

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SERMON • SERMON 2524

Fearing and Hoping

Psalm 147:11

… or foot soldiers give Him any gladness—the Lord takes pleasure in very different persons from these. His delight, His joy, His solace—if we may use such …

COMMENTARY

Psalm 108

Psalm 108

… I will rejoice. If God has spoken we may well be glad: the very fact of a divine revelation is a joy. If the Lord had meant to …

SERMON • SERMON 2592

The Power of Christ's Name

Acts 3:16

… And we have cause to rejoice that our Jesus has all power in Heaven and in earth! If Joshua had power to bring the Israelites into the Promised …

SERMON • SERMON 2623

How Faith Comes

John 4:39-42

… Perhaps they even battled with her and raised questions—I will not say quibbles—but, at last, to her great joy, they said to her, "'Now we believe …

SERMON • SERMON 2317

Obeying Christ's Orders

John 2:5

… If they suffer with Him, they also rejoice with Him. If He goes to a feast, they must go, too—"Both Jesus was called and His disciples." They …

SERMON • SERMON 1141

Good News for the Destitute

Psalm 102:17

… with good things and their hearts are filled with gladness. You may see their riches, for the joy of their countenances and the bliss of their daily work …

SERMON • SERMON 1994

Sweet Peace For Tried Believers

John 16:33

… But it is not so—the saints are arrayed in white linen, which is the emblem of gladness as well as of purity. The Savior does not wish …

SERMON • SERMON 2913

David's First Victory

1 Samuel 17:50

… Jesus, the antitype of David, is anointed with the oil of gladness above His fellows! Grace and Truth came by Jesus Christ. The Spirit was not given by …

SERMON • SERMON 1133

A Fatal Deficiency

Romans 8:9

… therefore God, Your God, has anointed You with the oil of gladness above Your fellows"? Because upon Christ, the Anointed One, the Holy Spirit rests in fullness, the …

SERMON • SERMON 1974

The Suffering Savior's Sympathy

Hebrews 2:18

… the gates of Heaven, we will give forth such outcries of holy joy and gladness as never came from angels' throats, but can only come from the lips …

SERMON • SERMON 2355

Christ's Negative and Positive Prayer

John 17:15

… when you have been near to the gates of Heaven in ecstatic joy and holy gladness—have you not wished to slip in? "Lord, it is good for …

SERMON • SERMON 866

Rest

Hebrews 4:3

… the gladness, for we who may be privileged to help you, shall participate in your joy and even spirits before the Throne of God shall rejoice when they …

SERMON • SERMON 2732

Believers Tested by Trials

Job 23:8-10

… faces of those redeemed from among men—all radiant with celestial joy! What gives them that gladness? It is because God is there that they are so happy …

SERMON • SERMON 485

No Room for Christ in the Inn

Luke 2:7

… Jesus is free to you; he will receive you; he will welcome you with gladness, and to show this, I think, the young child was cradled in a …

SERMON • SERMON 754

The Saint and the Spirit

John 14:17

… He was anointed as Man with the oil of gladness above His fellows, and though able, as God, to have done as He pleased, independently, yet in order …

SERMON • SERMON 1291

The Best Burden for Young Shoulders

Lamentations 3:27

… Our shoulders bow themselves with gladness to the burden which Jesus declares to be profitable to us! This assurance from His lips makes His yoke easy to bear …

SERMON • SERMON 2511

Brought Out to Be Brought In

Deuteronomy 6:23

… We rejoice to know that we who believe in Jesus have a righteousness unto which Israel did not attain, for the Lord Jesus Christ, Himself, is our righteousness!

SERMON • SERMON 2823

One Trophy for Two Exploits

Psalm 18:29

… up your heart, and your hands, and your voice, and shout for joy and gladness, "He has broken the gates of brass, and cut the bars of iron …

SERMON • SERMON 1136

"Forever With The Lord"

Philippians 1:23

… Our spirits which wrestled hard here below and had to strive against a thousand outward enemies and inward doubts and fears, will then be all light, joy, gladness

SERMON • SERMON 1260

The Unbroken Line Of True Nobles

Psalm 45:16

… But, listen, I think that the word instead, if we listen to it with another ear, will sound out a note of gladness! If one falls, there is …

SERMON • SERMON 2691

Sorrow and Sorrow

2 Corinthians 7:10

… backsliding from God, and Christ will soon give you back your old joy and gladness. It does not spoil your happiness, my Brother or Sister, to confess your …

SERMON • SERMON 264

How Saints May Help the Devil

Ezekiel 16:54

… Why, just look at these saints:—a drivelling set of crying creatures, they never have either peace or joy; they are everlastingly pulling long faces, and talking through …

SERMON • SERMON 2126

Something Done for Jesus

Matthew 26:10

… Weary and worn was He and she would gladly anoint Him with the oil of gladness. Though others had rejected Him, she anointed His head and acknowledged the …

SERMON • SERMON 871

To Those Who Are "Almost Persuaded"

Acts 26:28

… and girded me with gladness! It has taken the ashes of sorrow from my head and anointed me with the oil of joy! Moreover, my testimony does not …

SERMON • SERMON 2044

All At It

Acts 8:4

… Good men that they were, their wonderment and their joy were equal and they could not hold their peace. When ancient Believers were shut up in prison, they …

SERMON • SERMON 560

Christ is Glorious—Let Us Make Him Known

Micah 5:4

… Righteousness and peace are the stability of his throne, joy and gladness are the ornaments of his reign. Oh! how happy are we who belong to such a …

SERMON • SERMON 314

Peace at Home, and Prosperity Abroad

Psalm 147:14

… Where multitudes of men and women were wont to drink with joy and gladness, there is not a single person to be seen. Or, suppose again, there is …

SERMON • SERMON 1835

The Man Christ Jesus

Hebrews 7:4

… the wisest and best of mankind all looked forward to his day with gladness. Think of that wonderful system of types, and emblems, and symbols which God ordained …

SERMON • SERMON 2786

The Soul's Best Food

Isaiah 55:2

… in Christ and, therefore, you are full of gladness! "Let your soul delight itself in fatness." There is this joy as one of the benefits of obedience to …

SERMON • SERMON 3023

John Mark—or, Haste in Religion

Mark 14:50-52

… And when she knew Peter's voice, she opened not the gate for gladness, but ran in and told how Peter stood before the gate. And they said …

SERMON • SERMON 3442

'The Desire Of All Nations'

Haggai 2:7

… self-sacrifice, and roofs of holy joy and Christian consolation! It is a Temple that males spiritual eyes flash with gladness! What care they for the splendor of …

SERMON • SERMON 1124

God Beseeching Sinners by His Ministers

2 Corinthians 5:18-21

… reconciliation provided for you in Jesus Christ, the Son of God! Oh what gladness it is to be allowed to speak thus! And now we are to tell …

SERMON • SERMON 2159

The Holdfasts of Faith

Romans 4:16

… He knew it would be so and he began to laugh with joy and gladness! Oh, for more of such laughing! He believed himself to be the father …

SERMON • SERMON 2011

Abram's Call—or, Half-Way—and All the Way

Genesis 11:31

… I fear that some true Believers are depriving themselves of the richest joy and the most heavenly experience by their undecided conduct. Some of you have come away …

SERMON • SERMON 1256

The Old Man's Sermon

Psalm 71:17

… Aim, then, my Brothers and Sisters to be disciples now, that in your old age you may look back with joy on the days spent in heavenly learning …

SERMON • SERMON 199

A Free Salvation

Isaiah 55:1

… Do you need something to light up the eye of your hope? Oh! there are joy-flashes in the gospel that may make your eye flash back again …

SERMON • SERMON 200

The Wicked Man’s Life, Funeral, and Epitaph

Ecclesiastes 8:10

… Oh! it is a noble sight when with joy and gladness we see the young and the old, the gray-headed and the children, all of them pressing …

SERMON • SERMON 2746

The Nature and Design of Divine Chastening

1 Corinthians 11:32

… you hereafter! You go merrily through this world, you carry the lamp of joy with you—it is that your blackness may be the more terrible and your …

SERMON • SERMON 888

The Silken Fetter

Hosea 3:5

… And you were filled with joy and peace as you looked up to Jesus and rested in Him. Months and years have glided away since then, but all …

COMMENTARY

Psalm 106

Psalm 106

… is their lot. "That I may rejoice in the gladness of thy nation." That we may partake in that unspeakable joy which arises from the beatific vision, which …