I was talking with a young youth pastor a few days ago who asked me "What has happened to Christian's joy of their Salvation?" As we talked he mentioned one thing that stood out. He said "I've reached the point where when I feel I'm having fun, I look for what I'm doing wrong. I can come to a Sunday service with joy in my step, and leave feeling guilty because I am not living up to the message being preached. What am I missing?"
I would like to ask you to take on the "Joy of Salvation" from the scriptures.
I would like to ask you to take on the "Joy of Salvation" from the scriptures.
, because people are perceiving it in the wrong way. Because the disciples already know that Jesus existed, and so Jesus was telling them to trust in Him, even while they are going through tribulations, is to believe that what He had told them about the Kingdom, that there is a place for them.
Job 1:10 “Have you not put a hedge around him and his household and everything he has? You have blessed the work of his hands, so that his flocks and herds are spread throughout the land.
Luke 22:31 “Simon, Simon, Satan has asked to sift all of you as wheat.
Romans 5:3 Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance;
James 1:3 because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance.
James 1:12 Blessed is the one who perseveres under trial because, having stood the test, that person will receive the crown of life that the Lord has promised to those who love him.
Jonah 2:9 But I, with shouts of grateful praise, will sacrifice to you. What I have vowed I will make good. I will say, ‘Salvation comes from the Lord.’”
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