Joy

The Church of God and the Truth of God

1 Timothy 3:15

… his Master's name in every place till he finished his course with joy as a conqueror! What sort of a character was John Knox in his day …

Why Some Sinners Are Not Pardoned

Job 7:21

… up out of the utmost depths of despondency into the topmost heights of joy. Therefore, be comforted, you poor prisoners. Through the bars and grating of your soul …

The Whole Gospel In A Single Verse

1 Timothy 1:15

… and to present you faultless before the Presence of His Glory with exceeding joy! This is a grand word, "Christ Jesus came into the word to save sinners …

Setting Jesus at Nothing—Treating Him with Contempt

Luke 23:11

… What an anguish it is to nourish and bring up children and see them refuse our Lord! I have no greater joy than to hear that my children …

Preparing to Depart

2 Kings 2:11

… the departure of the blessed when they are called to enter into the joy of their Lord. As for us, we have not got to Heaven yet. Our …

Unity In Christ

John 17:20

… Heaven ring again and again! When the world was made they sang for joy. But how shall the vaults of Heaven echo when the Church is all complete …

A View of God's Glory

Exodus 33:18

… My beauty are, my glorious dress! Midst flaming worlds, in these arrayed, With joy shall I lift up my head." In closing, I want to draw one practical …

The Planter of the Ear Must Hear

Psalm 94:9

… His Glory is no motive of action, no object of desire, no joy of their heart. "God is not in all their thoughts." And in consequence their lives …

True Worship

Psalm 50:14

… it sport to ruin other people's characters—who seem to take a joy and a delight in finding fault with the people of God! How can you …

The Simplicity and Sublimity of Salvation

John 1:11-13

… the dust who believe in Jesus! And we shall have all the honor, joy, privileges and delight that belong to the princes of the blood royal of Heaven …

A Holy and Homely Resolve

Psalm 101:2

… O, that whenever the Lord shall come you may meet Him with joy! III. Now to our third point. After a parenthesis of devotion, he returns with more …

Ruins

2 Chronicles 28:23

… They once seemed bright and happy, but they are not so now—their laughter is but a mimic joy. They have sinned, they have turned aside from God …

Preach the Gospel

1 Corinthians 9:16

… does speak as the Spirit gives him utterance, he will feel a holy joy akin to heaven; and when it is over he wishes to be at his …

Let Him Alone

Hosea 4:17

… sun again, and never see the fields, nor hear the birds sing with joy, nor ever have a hopeful thought of this world again, so that you may …

The Drought of Nature, the Rain of Grace and the Lesson Therefrom

Jeremiah 14:3

… When God makes us happy we, "go forth with joy and are led forth with peace: the mountains and the hills break forth before us into singing and …

The Bible

Hosea 8:12

… This book tells me that if I am converted, when I die, there is a heaven of joy and love to receive me; it tells me that angels …

Scriptural Salvation

Romans 10:11

… are exultant and the bed can scarcely hold them because of their supreme joy in the prospect of being with their Lord! I am not telling you idle …

Christ's Transfigured Face

Matthew 17:2

… But if Immanuel's face appears, My hope, my joy, begins! His name forbids my slavish fear, His Grace removes my sins." The hand of a Man touched …

The Glorious Gospel

1 Timothy 1:15

… So far as the matter of our preaching is concerned, it is our joy and our delight to preach it; but if others feel as I feel now …

Humility

Acts 20:19

… to be in despondency at all! He thinks he always ought to have joy and satisfaction, and so it comes to pass that his doubts and fears are …

Attention!

… It cured them for the time being, and I hope for ever, much to their pastor’s joy. We will now suppose that this is set right. You …

A Clear Conscience

Psalm 119:6

… discharge, He has often caused us to partake of the fruits in abundant joy. Now, I shall endeavor to bring out this principle while I am speaking upon …

'Christ Is All'

Colossians 3:11

… It is my joy that I am one of the citizens of "a city which has foundations, whose Builder and Maker is God." Christ has fired all of …

An All-important Question

John 9:35

… hurt, and no good! All loss, and no gain! All wretchedness, and no joy! All darkness, and no light! All Hell, and no Heaven—forever and ever! In …

Temptations On The Pinnacle

Matthew 4:5-7

… to do since He cannot give the sweetness of His comfort and the joy of His countenance to a man who would thereby be countenanced and encouraged in …

Laus Deo

Romans 11:36

… been restored from sickness and has your sorrow been turned into peace and joy? Then give Him more music! Put more coals in your censer, more sweet frankincense …

A Home Question

… hill of woe; and may I sail across the sea of happiness and joy, and not across the lake that burneth with fire and brimstone! Look to yourself …

Watching For Christ's Coming

Luke 12:37

… right state of heart, to that Second Coming of Christ which is the joy of His Church, you will also be in a right state of heart for …

The Lad's Loaves in the Lord's Hands

John 6:11

… Until Your blessed face I see, Your rest, Your joy, Your glory share." But, what is better still, these loaves and fishes were blessed by Christ as He …

Sovereignty and Salvation

Isaiah 45:22

… Although we feel always joy in the declaration of God’s Word, yet we have known what it is to totter on the pulpit steps, under a sense …

Infallibility—Where To Find It and How To Use It

Matthew 4:4

… To me it is an intense joy to search diligently in my Father's Book of Grace. It grows upon me daily. It was written by Inspiration in …

Converts, and Their Confession of Faith

Isaiah 44:5

… is, "I am the Lord's." Sing it in your souls! Let the joy bells of your heart ring it out, "I am the Lord's. I shall …

Life and Pardon

Colossians 2:13

… See him after a while, as he rises up into peace and joy and consecration! His life now being joined to that of his Lord, he rejoices that …

Is Conversion Necessary?

2 Corinthians 5:17

… which peace we never had before. "And not only so, but we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the …

Landlord and Tenant

Isaiah 38:1

… that you may leave it without reluctance, and enter into the next with joy, leaving your first house behind you without shame, in sure and certain hope of …

'Never, No Never, No Never'

Hebrews 13:5

… 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 for …

Christ the Overcomer of the World

John 16:33

… Brothers and Sisters, this is a great joy to us, to think of the reigning power of Christ as having overcome the world! There is yet this other …

Satanic Hindrances

1 Thessalonians 2:18

… And, if you do do that, I warrant you there shall be a joy and a peace in believing which shall overcome him of whom we read, that …

Nevertheless, Hereafter

Matthew 26:64

… There are streets of gold symbolic of your future wealth and there are celestial harps emblematical of your eternal joy! You shall have a white robe, soon, and …

Accidents, Not Punishments

Luke 13:1-5

… and her light burning, ready to see her Master and enter into the joy of her Lord! Souls, ye know the way of salvation, ye have heard it …