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Joy, rejoicing, delight, and gladness in God

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SERMON • SERMON 1533

Fear Not

Revelation 1:17

… folks get frightened at the Lord's glorious working—believe in it and rejoice! Why, if the Lord were to convert 3,000 in one day in any …

SERMON • SERMON 508

Comfort To Seekers From What The Lord Has Not Said

Isaiah 45:19

… he will be favorable unto Him, and he shall see His face with joy." The Psalms are crowded with such promises, and even the Prophet Joel, who is …

SERMON • SERMON 520

Confession With The Mouth

Romans 10:10

… You know how heartily I rejoice in the preaching of Christ anywhere. But there is a lack in all this labor. The corn is sown, but there is …

SERMON • SERMON 1778

A Heavenly Pattern for Our Earthly Life

Matthew 6:10

Joy! Do you not know it? Your Lord says, ‘That my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full.’ You will be larger vessels …

SERMON • SERMON 783

Sermons From Saintly Deathbeds No. 783

Genesis 49:33

… Well, he is gone from us—and while men are sad, there is joy beyond the skies! The loss of earth is the gain of Heaven, and if …

SERMON • SERMON 1448

Forgiveness Made Easy

Ephesians 4:82

… It is the joy of the Father to express his love to his Son. Throughout all ages they have had fellowship one with another: they have always been …

SERMON • SERMON 2295

God's People—or Not God's People

Hosea 2:23

… Why, the joy of life to some of us lies mainly in our fellowship with our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ! He is the very center of the …

SERMON • SERMON 2343

Faint—but Not Faint-Hearted

Judges 8:4

… Stand still and see that mighty host dividing into parties and beginning to slay one another! Behold the whole power of Midian suddenly broken! Oh, the joy that …

SERMON • SERMON 1771

Putting the Hand Upon the Head of the Sacrifice

Leviticus 1:4

… The believing Jew said, "This bullock represents to me the sacrifice which God has provided and I rejoice in it because it is the symbol of a sacrifice …

SERMON • SERMON 759

Jesus Putting Away Sin

Hebrews 9:26

… What joy would have filled his despairing spirit if suddenly that writing had been blotted out, and another hand had written "I have loved you with an everlasting …

SERMON • SERMON 457

Religion—a Reality

Deuteronomy 32:47

… They know that at times they can do all things; their heaviest trial is a joy, and their weightiest burden a delight; and that at other times they …

COMMENTARY

Psalm 73

Psalm 73

… Taken as a whole, the case of the ungodly is horrible throughout; and their worldly joy instead of diminishing the horror, actually renders the effect the more awful …

SERMON • SERMON 1912

The Holy Road

Isaiah 35:8

… not having seen, we love, and in whom believing, we even now rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory! This, then, is the sum of what I …

SERMON • SERMON 1557

Walking Humbly With God

Micah 6:8

… Have you more talent than other people? You will be a great fool if you begin to rejoice in it, for serious responsibilities come with special ability. Remember …

COMMENTARY

Psalm 129

Psalm 129

… Upon a survey of the sinner's life from beginning to end, we feel more inclined to weep than to rejoice, and we feel bound rather to wish …

SERMON • SERMON 595

Barabbas Preferred To Jesus

John 18:40

… I would speak the truth if it were so, but I do solemnly declare that there is more joy in the Christian life than there is in any …

SERMON • SERMON 1674

Brought Up from the Horrible Pit

Psalm 40:1-3

… to the kingdom. ‘The king shall joy in thy strength, O Lord; and in thy salvation how greatly shall he rejoice! His glory is great in thy salvation …

SERMON • SERMON 1419

Encouragement to Trust and Pray

Isaiah 30:19

… him, to forgive him, to bless him and to enrich him with every joy! Nor is He merely willing, but He is able, fully able to assist the …

SERMON • SERMON 2460

God's Fire and Hammer

Jeremiah 23:29

… Perhaps another friend says, "I have lost so much of my comfort, assurance and joy, that I feel as if I had grown quite cold and hard and …

SERMON • SERMON 1411

Under Constraint

2 Corinthians 5:14

… It is the highest order of freedom, for when a man does exactly what he likes to do, if he wants to express the enthusiastic joy and delight …

SERMON • SERMON 1416

The Faithful Saying

1 Timothy 1:15

… If you neglect the great salvation, which it shall be our joy to preach to you today, how shall you escape from the wrath to come? Chained up …

SERMON • SERMON 620

A Warning Against Hardness Of Heart

Hebrews 3:13

… We rejoice in God while the rocks run with rivers and while the daily manna drops about our tents. But when the fiery serpent bites us, or the …

SERMON • SERMON 1311

God of the Hills and God of the Valleys

1 Kings 20:28

… Now, if the Lord has prospered you, if in your souls peace and joy are reigning, or if you have enjoyed success in Christian service, take heed that …

SERMON • SERMON 465

The Holy Spirit Glorifying Christ

John 16:14

… Oh, what joy it shall be to remember that we did lift Him up, however feebly, yet we did extol Him. Though sometimes utterance would not come as …

SERMON • SERMON 2261

One Worker Preparing For Another

1 Chronicles 22:14

… He knew the value of the precious blood and he was resting in it—and I had great joy in knowing that all his hope and all his …

SERMON • SERMON 2585

Spiritual Glean1ng

Ruth 2:15

… He could sit down and rejoice that Redemption is finished and that for every penitent soul there is provided a great Atonement whereby He is reconciled to God …

SERMON • SERMON 1676

Despair Denounced and Grace Glorified

Ezekiel 37:11

… deal with you in a way of extraordinary Grace and cause you to rejoice in His salvation! It seemed to these poor people as if they were quite …

SERMON • SERMON 1868

Death and Life—the Wage and the Gift

Romans 6:23

… At first by deprivation of the joy which spiritual life brings with it and, afterwards, by suffering the inevitable misery of spiritual death. God has justly appointed that …

SERMON • SERMON 1355

Our Lord's Question to the Blind Men

Matthew 9:27-30

… there is nothing now left but for him to go his way and rejoice, for the Lord has opened his eyes and saved him! III. Now, thirdly, THAT …

SERMON • SERMON 1383

The Cause And Cure Of Weariness In Sunday School Teachers

Galatians 6:9

… And what shall I say? What reward can equal the conversion of these young immortals? Is it not the highest joy that we can enjoy on earth, next …

SERMON • SERMON 443

Sermon 443. The Two Draughts Of Fishes

Luke 5:4

… for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable to …

SERMON • SERMON 976

The Wedding Garment

Matthew 22:11-14

… He scorned to wear the livery of respectful joy, he preferred to make himself conspicuous by his daring insolence. The badge was intended to show that the wearer …

SERMON • SERMON 1517

For the Candid and Thoughtful

Mark 12:34

… I rejoice in your discovery of shortcoming, failure, and inability, for these lie near that hearty penitence which is the sister of saving faith, and the sure herald …

SERMON • SERMON 1338

Work For Jesus

Matthew 21:28

… I delight in it, for to me it is the greatest joy I know that you are my Father and my God. Therefore, Lord, my heart stands ready …

SERMON • SERMON 1627

Baptism’A Burial

Romans 6:3-4

… Now we live in newness of life, quickened unto holiness, and righteousness, and joy by the Spirit of God. The life of the flesh is a hindrance to …

SERMON • SERMON 756

Work

John 9:4

… He saw it floating, as it were, in an atmosphere of fire, and He wished to quench those flames and make the world rejoice, and therefore He must …

SERMON • SERMON 1483

The Present Crisis

Hosea 5:15

… Their life may be sapless and spiritless; joy and peace may flee. They may possibly try, at such times, to make up for their loss by enjoying the …

SERMON • SERMON 1813

Jonah's Resolve—or, 'Look Again!'

Jonah 2:4

… Faith has eyes that were made to drink in the sunlight and, so long as God is a Sun, there will be eyes of faith to rejoice in …

SERMON • SERMON 1488

More and More, or Less and Less

Matthew 13:12

… they are hot and eager for it and rejoice because it has come in their way—"And with joy they receive it." They sing and shout at once …

SERMON • SERMON 1767

Faith Among Mockers

Psalm 22:8

… The whole of our life should show that we are men who rejoice in the Lord, for trusting the Lord, as I understand it, is not a thing …