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Joy is a gift of the Holy Spirit; when we grieve the Holy Spirit by our sin, we interfere with the flow of joy (among other things) from God. If we find that we are experiencing joy less and less, we may need to reevaluate our relationship with Jesus Christ to make sure we are living as we should.
- Robert Driskell
Feb 24, 2015 · Since the Bible commands us to rejoice always, I think it is sinful not to. There is my simple answer. Jesus commands us to rejoice even in the hardest circumstances: “Blessed are you when others revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account.
Feb 3, 2016 · One reason the Bible is so relentless in insisting on our joy is because of the goodness of God. The imperative to joy in us is based on the indicative of good in him. “You shall rejoice in all the good that the Lord your God has given to you” (Deuteronomy 26:11).
- A man commits to following a greater authority. [Jesus] said, “Follow me.” But [the man] said, “Lord, let me first go and bury my father.” And Jesus said to him, “Leave the dead to bury their own dead.
- He commits to sacrifice all else in the shadow of discipleship. “If anyone comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple.”
- He commits to determined, joyful obedience. After this many of his disciples turned back and no longer walked with him. So Jesus said to the twelve, “Do you want to go away as well?”
- He commits to spiritual discipline. Rising very early in the morning, while it was still dark, [Jesus] departed and went out to a desolate place, and there he prayed.
Mar 14, 2023 · From the text, we gather that the Bible defines a double-minded man as unstable and doubtful. James explains to every believer that we cannot expect to go in one direction while listening to two contradicting guides of faith and doubt.
Jan 4, 2022 · The Bible describes the righteous person as just or right, holding to God and trusting in Him (Psalm 33:18–22). The bad news is that true and perfect righteousness is not possible for man to attain on his own; the standard is simply too high.
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