Grace Fellowship Church www Grace Doctrine org PastorTeacher

Grace Fellowship Church www. Grace. Doctrine. org Pastor/Teacher Jim Rickard Sunday, June 6, 2010

John 15: 11 Having the Joy of Jesus Christ!

Suffering for Blessing and Joy. Mat 5: 10 -12; James 1: 1 -5, 12; 1 Peter 1: 6 -9

In the age of technology, one of the ways the Christian is insulted and persecuted is the constant bombardment of anti. Biblical view point.

To endure means to have mental fortitude so that persecutions do not negatively influence your thinking with the result that you give up your faith and lose the Joy of Jesus Christ.

Mat 5: 10 -11, “Happy” means maintaining and continuing with cognitive invincibility in the face of anti-Christical attacks.

If you focus too much on the messages the media is feeding you, you will succumb to Cosmic Viewpoint and fail in receiving the Joy of Jesus Christ.

James 1: 2, (Suffering for Blessing) 1. “Consider” – HEGEOMAI

James 1: 2, (Suffering for Blessing) 1. “Consider” – HEGEOMAI a) “to lead” as in having authority.

James 1: 2, (Suffering for Blessing) 1. “Consider” – HEGEOMAI a) “to lead” as in having authority. b) “to suppose” - to think, to consider, to regard.

The believer is to have authority over their soul through the thinking / application of Bible Doctrine.

2. Thinking, considering, and regarding is the liveliness of Bible doctrine in the stream of consciousness (i. e. , JOY).

a. To Think - The reasoning of the conscious mind, the capability of reasoning, remembering, decision making, and application.

We are commanded to have this joy which means to employ the mind rationally and objectively in evaluation and application of Bible doctrine (Divine Viewpoint).

b. To Consider - To think carefully in making decisions. Making a decision based on thinking in terms of Divine Viewpoint.

c. To Regard - To concentrate, to value, to honor, to revere; therefore to think in terms of high esteem, to evaluate the facts is joy.

Suffering for Blessing with Joy is a system of thought based on cognitive self-confidence, (thinking in terms of Bible Doctrine), to stand firm against the attacks of anti-Biblical thinking which results in having the Joy of Jesus Christ, John 16: 19 -22.

Communion

Heb 12: 1 -2, The power of this Joy was demonstrated on the Cross in the prototype spiritual life of our Lord Jesus Christ.

1. The max. PSD for our Lord during the First Advent was Joy / Sharing the Happiness of God, which is a system of thinking.

2. For us Joy / +H and Occupation with Christ are two sides of the same coin, John 15: 7 -11.

3. Our Lord’s exhibited joy was the result of max. Bible doctrine circulating in His soul as a PSD as He endured the bearing of our sins on the Cross.

4. One of the rewards Jesus received was having joy in the knowledge that He made possible reconciliation for the entire human race.

5. Christ underwent all the misery and shame of the Cross, that He might purchase for us everlasting life, joy, and glory.

Grace Offering

Grace Fellowship Church Sunday, June 6, 2010 Tape # 10 -063 Having the Joy of Jesus Christ, Part 3 Upper Room Discourse, Part 378 John 15: 9 -10; 8: 29; 14: 31; Eph 1: 19 -22; 2 Cor 3: 17 -18 James H. Rickard Bible Ministries 2010