WEBVTT 00:00:01.600 --> 00:00:04.559 Welcome to this week's message from the Church at Chelsea Westover. 00:00:04.879 --> 00:00:10.800 Our core values are vibrant worship, intimate fellowship, fulfilling service, and clear biblical truth. 00:00:11.039 --> 00:00:13.279 We pray that this message changes your life. 00:00:13.519 --> 00:00:17.440 Let's tune in to today's message and see what God has in store for you. 00:00:18.879 --> 00:00:20.800 The joy of the gospel. 00:00:21.120 --> 00:00:21.600 Amen. 00:00:22.000 --> 00:00:23.839 Philippians chapter 1. 00:00:25.600 --> 00:00:27.280 Philippians chapter 1. 00:00:29.039 --> 00:00:31.440 Paul is writing to the church at Philippi. 00:00:31.920 --> 00:00:34.960 What a tremendous exhortation. 00:00:36.159 --> 00:00:39.039 Philippians chapter 1, verses 1 and 2. 00:00:39.520 --> 00:00:52.159 Says, Paul and Timothy, bond servants of Christ Jesus, to all the saints in Christ Jesus who are in Philippi, including the overseers, the preachers, and the deacons. 00:00:52.479 --> 00:00:59.200 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. 00:00:59.759 --> 00:01:07.920 Now, first of all, we see in these two verses an unbelievable picture of a healthy church. 00:01:08.239 --> 00:01:09.519 We really see that. 00:01:09.760 --> 00:01:24.959 In fact, what you see, first of all, Paul as a pastor, even though we know he was an apostle, and there were pastors there at the church at the writing of this, because Paul wrote this ten years after he had started the church, and we'll be looking at that. 00:01:25.040 --> 00:01:30.480 So this letter was written ten years after the church at Philippi had been started. 00:01:30.640 --> 00:01:32.239 And there was such a bond there. 00:01:32.400 --> 00:01:35.439 But anyway, we see, first of all, you've got to have preachers. 00:01:35.599 --> 00:01:38.319 And then you, hey, notice what the preachers are doing. 00:01:38.560 --> 00:01:43.680 Paul and Timothy, they're always training other young men for the ministry. 00:01:43.920 --> 00:01:44.560 Amen. 00:01:44.799 --> 00:01:48.000 They're always training other men for the ministry. 00:01:48.159 --> 00:01:55.200 Remember what Paul told Timothy, choose out from among you those that, hey, men that are faithful, that are able to teach others? 00:01:55.439 --> 00:01:56.879 2 Timothy 2.2. 00:01:57.359 --> 00:01:59.920 So we see that right at the very beginning. 00:02:00.079 --> 00:02:04.400 In fact, he, Timothy had been with him a while, and you're going to see that. 00:02:04.560 --> 00:02:11.439 He had been with him probably about 10 years, because in Acts 16, as we go back and we'll see, that's when the church was started in Philippi. 00:02:11.599 --> 00:02:22.960 And that the first thing he did, he met Timothy there, and I think he met his wife, uh Eunit, I meant Timothy, excuse me, mother, Eunice, and Timothy was there, and he had been saved. 00:02:23.039 --> 00:02:28.400 And I think, I think his mother right there had said, Hey, here's a young man that loves you. 00:02:28.479 --> 00:02:32.319 I wished you'd train him, I wish you'd teach him, and he took Timothy on. 00:02:32.479 --> 00:02:50.800 Now, the reason I've sense that and believe that is because when you get back over into Timothy, Timothy, uh, 2 Timothy chapter 1, he talks about Eunice and Lois, even the grandmother, and saying Timothy, when Timothy was down and out, and Timothy was discouraged, he said, Timothy, Paul said, Timothy, get up. 00:02:50.879 --> 00:02:52.080 You gotta get back up. 00:02:52.240 --> 00:02:54.159 You gotta fight, you gotta stand in there. 00:02:54.240 --> 00:02:56.319 You, hey, you're made of the good stuff. 00:02:56.479 --> 00:03:02.479 You were raised with the right stuff, that unfeigned faith, that unwavering faith. 00:03:03.280 --> 00:03:04.960 So where did all that start? 00:03:05.120 --> 00:03:10.479 That all started in Acts 16 at the beginning of the church in Philippi. 00:03:11.039 --> 00:03:12.319 And then notice what else. 00:03:12.400 --> 00:03:14.560 He says, the servants of Jesus Christ. 00:03:14.719 --> 00:03:17.840 Hey, a healthy church serves Christ. 00:03:18.400 --> 00:03:18.719 Amen. 00:03:18.879 --> 00:03:20.879 I meant they involved in service. 00:03:21.039 --> 00:03:22.800 They're not a country club. 00:03:23.120 --> 00:03:24.319 Hello, amen. 00:03:24.639 --> 00:03:27.439 It's not just me and you, it's me and everyone else. 00:03:27.520 --> 00:03:28.719 We're going after everybody. 00:03:28.879 --> 00:03:29.280 Amen. 00:03:29.840 --> 00:03:30.560 Everybody. 00:03:30.719 --> 00:03:36.719 It's a service place, not a it's a service place. 00:03:36.800 --> 00:03:38.000 I'm gonna be nice. 00:03:38.240 --> 00:03:41.039 It's a service place, it's not a country club. 00:03:41.199 --> 00:03:46.560 And not only that, he says to all the saints, a healthy church is full of true saints. 00:03:46.639 --> 00:03:49.039 And we're gonna talk about what a saint is today. 00:03:49.280 --> 00:03:54.719 They are godly people, but listen to me, all believers are saints. 00:03:54.960 --> 00:03:57.360 All believers are saints, and we're gonna look at that. 00:03:57.520 --> 00:04:01.759 And then he goes on and he says, I love this, saints in Christ. 00:04:01.919 --> 00:04:05.280 Jesus was at Philippi with the bishops and deacons. 00:04:05.439 --> 00:04:09.280 In other words, a healthy church has leaders who lead by example. 00:04:09.439 --> 00:04:10.639 Can I get an amen? 00:04:10.879 --> 00:04:14.879 They are the godly leaders, they lead by example. 00:04:15.120 --> 00:04:19.439 And 1 Peter 5 says about the shepherd's crown, so that's important. 00:04:19.519 --> 00:04:25.600 And then a healthy church experiences the grace and peace of the Lord Jesus Christ. 00:04:25.759 --> 00:04:29.279 So, I mean, in that one verse, it tells us what a church ought to be. 00:04:29.439 --> 00:04:45.439 A church ought to have pastors training young men and pastors that watch this, that are servants and people that are servants and leaders that are servants, and they're living godly lives, and they're being an example, and they're going into the community preaching the grace of God. 00:04:46.319 --> 00:04:48.240 Wow, all in those two verses. 00:04:48.399 --> 00:04:49.759 Somebody say that's good. 00:04:50.800 --> 00:04:51.920 Say that's full. 00:04:52.959 --> 00:04:53.519 Amen. 00:04:53.680 --> 00:04:54.959 Now let's look at it. 00:04:55.199 --> 00:04:56.480 Let's look at it. 00:04:57.040 --> 00:04:57.680 Joy. 00:04:58.000 --> 00:04:59.360 What is joy? 00:05:00.079 --> 00:05:04.319 Well, biblical joy is a lot different than worldly joy. 00:05:04.720 --> 00:05:16.399 In fact, man defines worldly joy as an attitude of satisfaction and delight based on circumstances. 00:05:17.279 --> 00:05:18.240 Let me repeat that. 00:05:18.319 --> 00:05:18.879 That's important. 00:05:18.959 --> 00:05:20.240 You may want to write that down. 00:05:20.560 --> 00:05:29.360 Man, the world defines happiness as an attitude of satisfaction and delight based upon present circumstances. 00:05:29.600 --> 00:05:32.800 Everything going good for you, bless God, you got joy. 00:05:33.120 --> 00:05:33.680 Amen. 00:05:33.839 --> 00:05:35.439 Hey, I got a raise. 00:05:35.600 --> 00:05:37.120 Woo! That's joy. 00:05:37.519 --> 00:05:40.160 I mean, hey, I got a new girlfriend. 00:05:40.240 --> 00:05:41.040 That's joy. 00:05:41.279 --> 00:05:44.480 Hey, I got a new contract, Todd. 00:05:44.639 --> 00:05:45.519 That's joy. 00:05:45.759 --> 00:05:52.879 I mean, joy, if the circumstances are going well for you and you're on the mountaintop, you got joy. 00:05:53.839 --> 00:06:12.720 But all of a sudden, when the rug is pulled out from under you, all of a sudden all the demons of hell come against you, and you become, hey, you become depressed, you become in despair, you are dissatisfied, all of a sudden the joy's gone. 00:06:14.160 --> 00:06:14.800 Mmm. 00:06:15.920 --> 00:06:16.399 Why? 00:06:16.639 --> 00:06:21.680 Because your joy is determined by your circumstances and by people. 00:06:22.480 --> 00:06:23.680 But I got news for you. 00:06:23.839 --> 00:06:25.120 That's not biblical joy. 00:06:25.199 --> 00:06:27.360 And that's not what Paul's writing about. 00:06:27.519 --> 00:06:35.279 In fact, Paul was in jail, probably ready to be executed when he writes the joy book of the Bible. 00:06:36.879 --> 00:06:39.360 So, what is biblical joy? 00:06:39.519 --> 00:06:44.560 On the other hand, it consists of that deep abiding confidence. 00:06:45.759 --> 00:06:55.439 That deep abiding confidence, now write it down, that all is well regardless of our circumstances and our difficulty. 00:06:55.759 --> 00:06:56.720 All is well. 00:06:57.199 --> 00:06:58.720 And you know why all is well? 00:06:58.959 --> 00:07:06.480 Because we know all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are called according to his purpose. 00:07:06.959 --> 00:07:08.160 Romans 8 28. 00:07:08.240 --> 00:07:08.639 Amen. 00:07:08.720 --> 00:07:10.000 We know, say that with me. 00:07:10.240 --> 00:07:10.879 We know. 00:07:11.920 --> 00:07:12.560 We know. 00:07:13.199 --> 00:07:14.480 There's no doubt. 00:07:14.639 --> 00:07:20.160 And let me say right now, no one can take your joy from you but you. 00:07:20.560 --> 00:07:21.120 Amen. 00:07:21.920 --> 00:07:22.560 No one. 00:07:23.360 --> 00:07:26.079 John 16, 22, Jesus said that. 00:07:26.399 --> 00:07:29.839 No one can take your joy from you but you. 00:07:30.240 --> 00:07:41.360 When you allow the circumstances and your difficulties and your situations to steal your joy, then listen, you are not filled with the Spirit of God. 00:07:42.720 --> 00:07:43.920 I'm going to prove all this. 00:07:44.079 --> 00:07:45.759 I'm not just talking. 00:07:46.240 --> 00:07:59.680 So with that said, we see that biblical joy is always related to God and to those who are, in verse 1, in Christ Jesus. 00:07:59.920 --> 00:08:01.439 In Christ the saints. 00:08:01.680 --> 00:08:06.560 It's always related to the saints that are in Christ Jesus. 00:08:06.879 --> 00:08:11.680 Only a saint in Christ Jesus, only a Christian can have biblical joy. 00:08:11.920 --> 00:08:12.959 That's it. 00:08:13.279 --> 00:08:14.720 That's so true. 00:08:14.959 --> 00:08:16.800 It is so true. 00:08:17.040 --> 00:08:20.879 It is the permanent possession of every believer. 00:08:21.439 --> 00:08:22.560 Man, that's good. 00:08:22.720 --> 00:08:28.160 And with that said, a good analogy of joy is as I was reading. 00:08:28.399 --> 00:08:34.080 Back in the 1600s, when a king was in his castle, they would raise the flag. 00:08:34.320 --> 00:08:34.799 Why? 00:08:34.960 --> 00:08:36.559 Because the king was in the castle. 00:08:36.960 --> 00:08:46.159 Because a lot of times he had other, should I say, districts that he would go and places he'd stay as he ruled the whole area, Judean area. 00:08:46.240 --> 00:08:52.639 So, but the main castle, when he was at the main castle, they raised the flag to say the king was there. 00:08:53.200 --> 00:09:04.559 Well, joy, the good example there is joy should be in our heart, and we should be able to raise the flag when the king is on the throne in our lives. 00:09:04.720 --> 00:09:05.200 Amen. 00:09:05.679 --> 00:09:10.639 When the king is at home, our flag of joy ought to be flying high. 00:09:10.799 --> 00:09:11.200 Amen. 00:09:11.279 --> 00:09:12.399 Is that not good? 00:09:12.720 --> 00:09:13.120 Yeah. 00:09:13.440 --> 00:09:14.960 There's a song like that. 00:09:15.279 --> 00:09:16.320 Little kick song. 00:09:16.399 --> 00:09:17.759 What it has it go? 00:09:18.559 --> 00:09:19.600 Can you sing it? 00:09:19.759 --> 00:09:21.120 Stand up and sing it. 00:09:22.159 --> 00:09:23.039 Sing it. 00:09:23.759 --> 00:09:25.120 Go, baby. 00:09:25.519 --> 00:09:26.799 Yeah, oh, that's right. 00:09:26.960 --> 00:09:27.919 For the overflow. 00:09:28.080 --> 00:09:30.000 Hey, don't say something if you're not ready to do it. 00:09:30.080 --> 00:09:30.559 Come on now. 00:09:30.879 --> 00:09:31.440 Hey. 00:09:32.639 --> 00:09:33.440 Unmute it. 00:09:33.600 --> 00:09:34.960 Unmute it, honey. 00:09:37.759 --> 00:09:38.159 Here. 00:09:39.759 --> 00:09:41.600 You can't keep hitting it. 00:09:45.039 --> 00:09:45.840 Testing. 00:10:27.360 --> 00:10:27.759 Ha ha. 00:10:28.320 --> 00:10:28.720 Amen. 00:10:29.440 --> 00:10:31.120 Good job, honey. 00:10:32.000 --> 00:10:33.279 Good job. 00:10:34.639 --> 00:10:35.919 That was good. 00:10:36.559 --> 00:10:41.759 Everybody's in the overflow and watching online and saying, what are they doing? 00:10:43.919 --> 00:10:45.519 But that is the example. 00:10:45.759 --> 00:10:47.519 That is the example, church. 00:10:47.679 --> 00:10:48.480 It really is. 00:10:48.720 --> 00:10:51.279 In fact, I wrote this to my own self. 00:10:51.440 --> 00:10:52.000 Here it is. 00:10:52.159 --> 00:10:53.600 You may want to write this down. 00:10:54.159 --> 00:10:56.240 All these, I just keep writing. 00:10:56.320 --> 00:10:57.440 I couldn't get through. 00:10:57.600 --> 00:10:58.639 It was so good. 00:10:58.960 --> 00:11:18.000 Christian joy is a gift from God to those who believe the gospel by which the Holy Spirit has produced in them the peace and the joy from obedience to the Word of God in difficult times. 00:11:18.240 --> 00:11:19.440 Wow, that's good. 00:11:20.080 --> 00:11:20.879 Is that not good? 00:11:20.960 --> 00:11:21.840 Let me say it again. 00:11:22.080 --> 00:11:38.240 Christian joy is a gift from God to those who believe the gospel, which is produced in them by the Holy Spirit, as they receive and obey the word of God, walking through difficult circumstances. 00:11:39.200 --> 00:11:39.840 Wow. 00:11:40.080 --> 00:11:42.720 That's the joy of the Lord. 00:11:42.879 --> 00:11:47.919 And Nehemiah 8.10 says, For the joy of the Lord is my strength. 00:11:48.080 --> 00:11:48.559 Amen. 00:11:49.200 --> 00:11:52.159 So with that said, let's look at the source of this joy. 00:11:52.480 --> 00:11:54.559 The source of this joy. 00:11:55.279 --> 00:11:56.240 It's awesome. 00:11:56.320 --> 00:11:57.759 And this is the introduction eight. 00:11:58.000 --> 00:11:59.200 Psalms 4, 7 and 8. 00:11:59.360 --> 00:12:02.960 Thou hast put, watch this, thou hast put gladness in my heart. 00:12:03.279 --> 00:12:06.240 For thou hast put gladness in my heart. 00:12:06.399 --> 00:12:11.759 And then he says in verse 8, For thou alone, O Lord, dost make me to dwell in safety. 00:12:12.080 --> 00:12:15.519 Woo! Joy comes from the Lord. 00:12:15.759 --> 00:12:21.120 Hey, both lay me down in peace and sleep, for thy Lord only makest me dwell in safety. 00:12:21.360 --> 00:12:27.039 The joy of the Lord is knowing that we are safe in the arms of God. 00:12:27.759 --> 00:12:28.720 Is that not good? 00:12:29.279 --> 00:12:37.440 Oh, and then Psalm 16, 11, he says, in thy presence is the, say this with me, fullness of joy. 00:12:37.679 --> 00:12:40.720 At his right hand there's pleasures forevermore. 00:12:40.960 --> 00:12:59.200 So when you are walking in the joy of the Lord, walking in the power of the Holy Spirit of God, not only is there peace, but there is a fullness and pleasure in your life, knowing that nothing can stop you and nothing can hurt you, because if God be for you, who can be against you? 00:13:00.399 --> 00:13:00.879 Amen. 00:13:01.840 --> 00:13:03.919 I almost stumped my leg down. 00:13:04.000 --> 00:13:04.879 I didn't, I didn't. 00:13:07.120 --> 00:13:07.679 Amen. 00:13:08.240 --> 00:13:10.399 For the joy of the Lord. 00:13:10.720 --> 00:13:14.000 And then notice the second thing the reception of this joy. 00:13:14.159 --> 00:13:17.120 We see the source, and then look, look at Luke chapter 2. 00:13:17.279 --> 00:13:18.159 I love this chapter. 00:13:18.240 --> 00:13:20.080 It's the Christmas passage. 00:13:20.320 --> 00:13:27.279 When an angel appeared to the shepherds in the Galilean countryside, remember, to announce the birth of the Savior. 00:13:27.519 --> 00:13:30.000 He said, look at what he said in verse 10, 11. 00:13:30.159 --> 00:13:34.960 Do not be afraid, for behold, I bring you, watch this. 00:13:35.120 --> 00:13:35.600 What? 00:13:35.840 --> 00:13:36.799 Good news. 00:13:37.039 --> 00:13:38.240 Good news of what? 00:13:38.559 --> 00:13:41.679 Great joy, which shall be to all the people. 00:13:41.840 --> 00:13:47.919 For today in the city of David there has been born for you a Savior, which is Christ the Lord. 00:13:48.080 --> 00:13:49.759 Hey, listen to what he's saying. 00:13:50.000 --> 00:13:55.840 The good news is that you got great joy provided for you in Christ Jesus. 00:13:56.559 --> 00:13:58.240 Wow, that's good. 00:13:58.639 --> 00:13:59.279 Amen. 00:13:59.759 --> 00:14:02.320 And then look at what else he says in John 15, 11. 00:14:02.480 --> 00:14:06.639 Jesus says, These things, the word of God is a reference to these things. 00:14:06.879 --> 00:14:11.360 These things have I spoken unto you that my joy might remain in you. 00:14:11.519 --> 00:14:12.000 Uh-oh. 00:14:12.720 --> 00:14:14.080 My joy's in you. 00:14:14.320 --> 00:14:15.200 Now watch. 00:14:15.440 --> 00:14:17.360 And that your joy might be what? 00:14:17.840 --> 00:14:18.960 Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. 00:14:19.039 --> 00:14:19.360 What? 00:14:19.519 --> 00:14:20.080 Full. 00:14:20.240 --> 00:14:21.039 Say that with me. 00:14:21.200 --> 00:14:21.840 Full joy. 00:14:22.399 --> 00:14:22.799 Come on. 00:14:22.960 --> 00:14:23.600 Full joy. 00:14:24.559 --> 00:14:25.200 Great joy. 00:14:26.799 --> 00:14:27.919 Now let me tell you something. 00:14:28.480 --> 00:14:33.679 If you've got great joy and you're full of joy, you can't walk around like a sour persimmon. 00:14:35.519 --> 00:14:36.159 Amen. 00:14:36.720 --> 00:14:43.200 Let's see the joy of the Lord flown from the whatever to the top of our higher, whatever. 00:14:43.360 --> 00:14:44.639 I don't want you to wave. 00:14:44.720 --> 00:14:45.600 I want you to beat it. 00:14:45.840 --> 00:14:46.960 I want to radiate it. 00:14:47.120 --> 00:14:47.679 Amen. 00:14:48.480 --> 00:14:50.639 Radiate the joy of the Lord. 00:14:50.879 --> 00:14:52.159 Folks, come on. 00:14:52.639 --> 00:15:00.240 We live in such a depressed, defeated, discouraged society today that every time I turn around, people, oh, it's me. 00:15:00.399 --> 00:15:01.200 Well, guess what? 00:15:01.360 --> 00:15:04.080 You don't have to say, oh, it's me, or woe is me. 00:15:04.240 --> 00:15:06.080 You can have the joy of the Lord. 00:15:06.799 --> 00:15:10.399 Yeah, but you know, there are no conjunction butts with the Lord. 00:15:11.279 --> 00:15:11.919 Amen. 00:15:12.559 --> 00:15:14.480 There really, there is not. 00:15:15.200 --> 00:15:16.480 So, man, that's good. 00:15:16.639 --> 00:15:18.080 Look at what he says. 00:15:18.320 --> 00:15:21.200 So we see the reception of the joy, we see the source of joy. 00:15:21.279 --> 00:15:21.759 Now, watch. 00:15:21.840 --> 00:15:23.200 Now, what's the product? 00:15:24.080 --> 00:15:24.960 What's the product? 00:15:25.120 --> 00:15:26.399 All right, man, we got this joy. 00:15:26.559 --> 00:15:27.919 So, how do we see it? 00:15:28.159 --> 00:15:29.279 Man, this is good. 00:15:29.519 --> 00:15:33.679 Romans 14, 17, for the kingdom of God is not meat and drink. 00:15:34.720 --> 00:15:35.279 Whoa. 00:15:35.519 --> 00:15:37.759 Now, most of us think that's what we live for. 00:15:37.919 --> 00:15:39.759 We live for the meat and the drink. 00:15:40.159 --> 00:15:40.639 Amen. 00:15:40.799 --> 00:15:42.000 And by the way, that's okay. 00:15:42.240 --> 00:15:51.600 But let me remind this man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth, hey, of the Lord Jesus Christ. 00:15:51.679 --> 00:15:52.240 Amen. 00:15:52.559 --> 00:15:55.440 The word of the living God, clear biblical truth. 00:15:56.000 --> 00:16:00.000 But here's what he says: For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink, but what? 00:16:00.879 --> 00:16:01.840 Righteousness. 00:16:02.000 --> 00:16:02.720 Now what? 00:16:02.799 --> 00:16:03.360 And what? 00:16:03.679 --> 00:16:05.919 Peace and joy. 00:16:06.159 --> 00:16:08.399 Woo! There's that joy of the Lord. 00:16:08.639 --> 00:16:11.200 Hey, and then he says, in the Holy Ghost. 00:16:12.000 --> 00:16:15.039 So it's the Holy Ghost that brings these what? 00:16:15.200 --> 00:16:15.919 This product. 00:16:16.000 --> 00:16:19.679 And this product is peace, righteousness, and joy. 00:16:19.840 --> 00:16:20.879 You live right. 00:16:21.279 --> 00:16:22.159 Can I tell you something? 00:16:22.320 --> 00:16:27.440 When you live right and you don't lie and you don't cheat and you don't manipulate, hey, you don't have anything to hide. 00:16:27.519 --> 00:16:28.480 There's peace. 00:16:28.720 --> 00:16:29.039 Amen. 00:16:29.440 --> 00:16:30.000 Amen. 00:16:30.879 --> 00:16:37.360 If you're a liar, if you're a thief, or you're a manipulator, or you're always trying to con somebody, you're not going to have peace. 00:16:37.519 --> 00:16:42.080 You know what my granddaddy taught me early when I was, he said, Danny boy, Danny Boy, listen to me. 00:16:42.159 --> 00:16:45.279 If you always tell the truth, you'll never be caught in a lie. 00:16:45.679 --> 00:16:46.399 Jesus. 00:16:49.279 --> 00:16:49.919 Hello. 00:16:50.720 --> 00:16:51.360 Hello. 00:16:52.559 --> 00:16:53.840 Tell the truth. 00:16:54.799 --> 00:16:56.559 I can't stand liars. 00:16:57.679 --> 00:16:58.399 I can't. 00:16:58.559 --> 00:16:59.759 I lied one time. 00:17:00.000 --> 00:17:01.279 Never do it again. 00:17:01.519 --> 00:17:02.480 I stole. 00:17:03.440 --> 00:17:08.000 I was six, seven years old and I went to the five and ten cent dime store. 00:17:08.160 --> 00:17:09.519 Anybody remember those? 00:17:10.000 --> 00:17:13.279 And there was a little rubber knife, and I was a Tarzan fan. 00:17:13.519 --> 00:17:17.279 I wanted me a knife, and I saw a little rubber knife and I stole that rubber knife. 00:17:17.519 --> 00:17:21.359 I went back up to the fire station and I was playing with that rubber knife. 00:17:21.599 --> 00:17:26.160 And my daddy said, uh son, where'd you get that knife? 00:17:28.720 --> 00:17:31.200 I looked at him, I said, I got it at the time store. 00:17:32.000 --> 00:17:34.000 He said, Did you pay for that knife? 00:17:34.640 --> 00:17:37.359 I didn't think you had any money because you just asked me if the money goes. 00:17:44.480 --> 00:17:44.799 Okay. 00:17:48.960 --> 00:17:49.920 You know what he did? 00:17:50.559 --> 00:17:57.680 He took me to the background and he began to Well, actually, when he said how'd they get the knife? 00:17:57.759 --> 00:17:58.480 Here's what I said. 00:17:58.720 --> 00:17:59.279 I lied. 00:18:01.920 --> 00:18:04.319 I told him the manager gave it to me. 00:18:10.000 --> 00:18:12.400 That was a real big mistake. 00:18:13.599 --> 00:18:14.880 He said, Oh, well good. 00:18:14.960 --> 00:18:16.160 Let's go talk to the manager. 00:18:16.240 --> 00:18:17.599 I want to go thank him. 00:18:18.720 --> 00:18:20.160 I said, uh oh. 00:18:20.400 --> 00:18:27.519 We went down, we went back into the manager's office, and he called the manager, and the manager came up and he said, My son said you gave him this rubber knife. 00:18:27.599 --> 00:18:28.400 Did you do that? 00:18:28.640 --> 00:18:30.000 He said, I did not. 00:18:30.799 --> 00:18:33.920 So I guess he stole this knife. 00:18:34.160 --> 00:18:36.640 That word stole just didn't sound good. 00:18:39.920 --> 00:18:41.759 Well, guess what? 00:18:42.079 --> 00:18:44.720 He said, now you got two choices. 00:18:46.000 --> 00:18:51.039 I can thank you all the way back to the fire department. 00:18:51.119 --> 00:18:52.880 That's two blocks, folks. 00:18:55.759 --> 00:19:02.240 Or you're gonna sweep and help this manager every Saturday afternoon for the next month. 00:19:02.400 --> 00:19:06.319 Whatever he needs you to do at seven years old, you're gonna do it. 00:19:07.359 --> 00:19:08.799 I said, yes, sir, I'll take it. 00:19:09.039 --> 00:19:14.079 For the next four Saturdays, I worked at the five and ten dime store. 00:19:14.319 --> 00:19:15.119 But you know what? 00:19:15.200 --> 00:19:18.559 I never again, I never again lied. 00:19:19.279 --> 00:19:21.359 And I saw how it hurt my daddy too. 00:19:21.920 --> 00:19:22.799 Not again. 00:19:24.400 --> 00:19:26.000 And I never stole again. 00:19:26.240 --> 00:19:32.640 In fact, I ate a donut the other day at Walmart and forgot to pay for it and had to drive all the way back to Walmart and pay for a 50 cent donut. 00:19:32.799 --> 00:19:37.440 And I gave the lady a dollar and said, if I do this again, I'm paid in full. 00:19:39.680 --> 00:19:41.519 I did, didn't I, honey? 00:19:42.000 --> 00:19:44.799 Here, here, keep the dollar, keep it, keep it. 00:19:44.960 --> 00:19:46.160 I may do this again. 00:19:46.400 --> 00:19:48.880 Well, when I'm walking around, I like those donuts. 00:19:49.200 --> 00:19:50.400 I did, I really did. 00:19:50.559 --> 00:19:52.000 The lady laughed at me, too. 00:19:52.079 --> 00:19:52.720 She really laughed. 00:19:52.799 --> 00:19:54.960 She won't, she said, I've never heard of this before. 00:19:55.119 --> 00:19:56.319 I've never seen this before. 00:19:56.480 --> 00:20:00.400 I said, Well, the Holy Spirit, I can't do that and get away with it. 00:20:00.480 --> 00:20:08.079 Folks, listen, if you want the joy of the Lord and you're walking in the joy of the Lord, you cannot grieve and quench the Holy Spirit and get away with it. 00:20:09.920 --> 00:20:10.559 Amen. 00:20:11.200 --> 00:20:12.480 You can't do that. 00:20:12.720 --> 00:20:14.079 You can't do that. 00:20:14.559 --> 00:20:17.920 So we see the fruit of the spirit, you know this. 00:20:18.079 --> 00:20:19.599 The fruit of the spirit is what? 00:20:19.839 --> 00:20:23.599 Love, joy, peace, long-suffering. 00:20:23.839 --> 00:20:24.400 We could go on. 00:20:24.559 --> 00:20:28.000 And then he says in verse 25, if we live in the spirit, let us what? 00:20:28.400 --> 00:20:29.839 Walk in the spirit. 00:20:30.000 --> 00:20:36.160 So when we're walking in the spirit, we have the right, we're living right, we're doing right, we're filled with the fullness of joy. 00:20:36.319 --> 00:20:37.359 We're overflowing. 00:20:37.440 --> 00:20:38.880 Those who look to him are radiant. 00:20:38.960 --> 00:20:40.400 They should never be ashamed. 00:20:41.839 --> 00:20:44.319 There's a joy unspeakable. 00:20:45.200 --> 00:20:52.799 There's a difference in a spirit-filled Christian than a non-believer in a carnal Christian. 00:20:52.880 --> 00:20:53.759 There's a difference. 00:20:53.920 --> 00:20:55.279 And you know what the difference is? 00:20:55.440 --> 00:20:57.519 It's the joy of the Lord. 00:20:58.000 --> 00:20:58.799 Really is. 00:20:59.119 --> 00:20:59.920 Really is. 00:21:00.160 --> 00:21:01.599 That's the difference. 00:21:02.480 --> 00:21:03.440 How do you know that? 00:21:03.599 --> 00:21:05.279 Look at the third thing. 00:21:05.759 --> 00:21:08.240 Not only the product, the joy, but the fourth thing. 00:21:08.559 --> 00:21:10.559 Hey, here's another product, obedience. 00:21:10.720 --> 00:21:12.240 Look at Jeremiah 15, 16. 00:21:12.319 --> 00:21:14.559 Thy words were found and I did eat them. 00:21:14.960 --> 00:21:17.279 And thy words were the what? 00:21:18.720 --> 00:21:19.359 Joy. 00:21:20.319 --> 00:21:21.839 Come on, let's read that together. 00:21:22.079 --> 00:21:24.480 Thy words were found and I did eat them. 00:21:24.720 --> 00:21:25.519 Whoa, whoa, whoa. 00:21:25.599 --> 00:21:26.480 I did eat them. 00:21:26.720 --> 00:21:27.839 I took them in. 00:21:28.240 --> 00:21:29.599 I meditated upon them. 00:21:29.680 --> 00:21:30.160 I read them. 00:21:30.240 --> 00:21:31.279 I memorized them. 00:21:31.440 --> 00:21:33.920 They became part of my soul. 00:21:34.240 --> 00:21:44.240 And I did eat them, and thy words were unto me the joy and rejoicing of my heart, for I am called by thy name, O Lord, God of hosts. 00:21:44.400 --> 00:21:44.960 Wow. 00:21:45.279 --> 00:21:54.480 God has called you to salvation, and salvation in your life is evident because of the joy of the Lord reigning from your heart. 00:21:55.599 --> 00:21:59.119 You want to know if somebody's saved, they'll have the joy of the Lord. 00:22:00.240 --> 00:22:01.119 Most of the time. 00:22:01.279 --> 00:22:03.519 And if you're carnal, you can't stay there too long. 00:22:03.680 --> 00:22:04.960 God's going to get you. 00:22:05.519 --> 00:22:06.799 To bring that joy back. 00:22:06.960 --> 00:22:09.599 You know, the most miserable person is not a lost person. 00:22:09.759 --> 00:22:13.039 The most miserable person is a carnal Christian. 00:22:13.119 --> 00:22:15.039 That's the most miserable person. 00:22:15.920 --> 00:22:18.559 The disobedient Christian. 00:22:18.720 --> 00:22:21.119 That's the most miserable person. 00:22:21.279 --> 00:22:22.319 Not the lost person. 00:22:22.559 --> 00:22:24.559 Lost person just doing what they're supposed to. 00:22:25.279 --> 00:22:26.480 Are you with me? 00:22:27.039 --> 00:22:29.119 And then we know he goes on. 00:22:29.200 --> 00:22:30.640 And there's other verses. 00:22:30.960 --> 00:22:42.559 Remember in Luke 24, verse 32, after Christ's appearance on the road to Emmaus, the disciples who had spoken with him and said to each other, watch this, verse 32, were not our hearts burning within us? 00:22:43.119 --> 00:22:44.720