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Isaiah 61:3 & 10

Gladness and Rejoicing. Isaiah 61:3 & 10. Joy in the Old Testament. Overflowing adoration before God. Joy in the Old Testament. Overflowing adoration before God Exuberant delight: Loud Shouting Ezra 3:11. Ezra 3:11. And they sang responsively, praising and giving thanks to the Lord,

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Isaiah 61:3 & 10

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  1. Gladness and Rejoicing Isaiah 61:3 & 10

  2. Joy in the Old Testament • Overflowing adoration before God

  3. Joy in the Old Testament • Overflowing adoration before God • Exuberant delight: • Loud Shouting Ezra 3:11

  4. Ezra 3:11 And they sang responsively, praising and giving thanks to the Lord, “For he is good, for his steadfast love endures for ever towards Israel.” And all the people shouted with a great shout when they praised the Lord, because the foundation of the house of the Lord was laid. English Standard Version Anglicised (ESVUK)

  5. Joy in the Old Testament • Overflowing adoration before God • Exuberant delight: • Loud Shouting - Ezra 3:11

  6. Joy in the Old Testament • Overflowing adoration before God • Exuberant delight: • Loud Shouting - Ezra 3:11 • Clapping - Psalm 47:1

  7. Psalm 47:1 Clap your hands, all peoples! Shout to God with loud songs of joy! ESVUK

  8. Joy in the Old Testament • Overflowing adoration before God • Exuberant delight: • Loud Shouting - Ezra 3:11 • Clapping - Psalm 47:1

  9. Joy in the Old Testament • Overflowing adoration before God • Exuberant delight: • Loud Shouting - Ezra 3:11 • Clapping - Psalm 47:1 • Dancing – Exodus 15:20

  10. Exodus 15:20 Then Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a tambourine in her hand, and all the women went out after her with tambourines and dancing. And Miriam sang to them: “Sing to the Lord, for he has triumphed gloriously; ...” ESVUK

  11. Joy in the Old Testament • Overflowing adoration before God • Exuberant delight: • Loud Shouting - Ezra 3:11 • Clapping - Psalm 47:1 • Dancing – Exodus 15:20

  12. Joy in the Old Testament • Overflowing adoration before God • Exuberant delight: • Loud Shouting - Ezra 3:11 • Clapping - Psalm 47:1 • Dancing – Exodus 15:20 • God is the source and object of Joy: “I will greatly rejoice in the Lord; my soul shall exult in my God”

  13. Joy in the Old Testament • In the Psalms exultant gladness emphasises: • God's nearness – Psalms 16:11

  14. Psalm 16:11 You make known to me the path of life; in your presence there is fullness of joy; at your right hand are pleasures for evermore. ESVUK

  15. Joy in the Old Testament • In the Psalms exultant gladness emphasises: • God's nearness – Psalms 16:11

  16. Joy in the Old Testament • In the Psalms exultant gladness emphasises: • God's nearness – Psalm 16:11 • Forgiveness – Psalm 57:7-8

  17. Psalm 57:7-8 Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. Let me hear joy and gladness; let the bones that you have broken rejoice. ESVUK

  18. Joy in the Old Testament • In the Psalms exultant gladness emphasises: • God's nearness – Psalm 16:11 • Forgiveness – Psalm 57:7-8

  19. Joy in the Old Testament • In the Psalms exultant gladness emphasises: • God's nearness – Psalm 16:11 • Forgiveness – Psalm 57:7-8 • Love – Psalm 31:7

  20. Psalm 31:7 I will rejoice and be glad in your steadfast love, because you have seen my affliction; you have known the distress of my soul, ESVUK

  21. Joy in the Old Testament • In the Psalms exultant gladness emphasises: • God's nearness – Psalm 16:11 • Forgiveness – Psalm 57:7-8 • Love – Psalm 31:7

  22. Joy in the Old Testament • In the Psalms exultant gladness emphasises: • God's nearness – Psalm 16:11 • Forgiveness – Psalm 57:7-8 • Love – Psalm 31:7 • Word – Psalm 119:14-16

  23. Psalm 119:14-16 I delight in following your commands more than in having great wealth. I study your instructions; I examine your teachings. I take pleasure in your laws; your commands I will not forget. Good News Translation (GNT)

  24. Joy in the Old Testament • In the Psalms exultant gladness emphasises: • God's nearness – Psalm 16:11 • Forgiveness – Psalm 57:7-8 • Love – Psalm 31:7 • Word – Psalm 119:14-16

  25. Joy in the Old Testament • In the Psalms exultant gladness emphasises: • God's nearness – Psalm 16:11 • Forgiveness – Psalm 57:7-8 • Love – Psalm 31:7 • Word – Psalm 119:14-16 • It is the characteristic of the future age • Isaiah 65:18-19

  26. Isaiah 65:18-19 But be glad and rejoice for ever in that which I create; for behold, I create Jerusalem to be a joy, and her people to be a gladness. I will rejoice in Jerusalem and be glad in my people; no more shall be heard in it the sound of weeping and the cry of distress. ESVUK

  27. Joy in the New Testament Jesus ministry described by John the Baptist as the joy of a bride groom with his friends • John 3:28-29

  28. John 3:28-29 I said, ‘I am not the Christ, but I have been sent before him.’ The one who has the bride is the bridegroom. The friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly at the bridegroom's voice. Therefore this joy of mine is now complete. ESVUK

  29. Joy in the New Testament Jesus ministry described by John the Baptist as the joy of a bride groom with his friends • John 3:28-29

  30. Joy in the New Testament • Jesus ministry described by John the Baptist as the joy of a bride groom with his friends • John 3:28-29 • Luke stresses the Joy in Jesus' ministry • Luke 10:17

  31. Luke 10:17 The seventy-two returned with joy, saying, “Lord, even the demons are subject to us in your name!” ESVUK

  32. Joy in the New Testament • Jesus ministry described by John the Baptist as the joy of a bride groom with his friends • John 3:28-29 • Luke stresses the Joy in Jesus' ministry • Luke 10:17

  33. Joy in the New Testament • Jesus ministry described by John the Baptist as the joy of a bride groom with his friends • John 3:28-29 • Luke stresses the Joy in Jesus' ministry • Luke 10:17 • Luke 13:17

  34. Luke 13:17 As he said these things, all his adversaries were put to shame, and all the people rejoiced at all the glorious things that were done by him. ESVUK

  35. Joy in the New Testament • Jesus ministry described by John the Baptist as the joy of a bride groom with his friends • John 3:28-29 • Luke stresses the Joy in Jesus' ministry • Luke 10:17 • Luke 13:17

  36. Joy in the New Testament • Jesus ministry described by John the Baptist as the joy of a bride groom with his friends • John 3:28-29 • Luke stresses the Joy in Jesus' ministry • Luke 10:17 • Luke 13:17 • Luke 15:3-7

  37. Luke 15:3-7 So he told them this parable: “What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if he has lost one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the open country, and go after the one that is lost, until he finds it? And when he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing. And when he comes home, he calls together his friends and his neighbours, saying to them, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep that was lost.’ Just so, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance. ESVUK

  38. Joy in the New Testament • Jesus ministry described by John the Baptist as the joy of a bride groom with his friends • John 3:28-29 • Luke stresses the Joy in Jesus' ministry • Luke 10:17 • Luke 13:17 • Luke 15:3-7

  39. Joy in the New Testament • Jesus ministry described by John the Baptist as the joy of a bride groom with his friends • John 3:28-29 • Luke stresses the Joy in Jesus' ministry • Luke 10:17 • Luke 13:17 • Luke 15:3-7 • Luke 19:37

  40. Luke 19:37 As he was drawing near—already on the way down the Mount of Olives—the whole multitude of his disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works that they had seen, ESVUK

  41. Joy in the New Testament • Luke also stresses the joy in the preaching of the gospel • Acts 8:6-8

  42. Acts 8:6-8 And the crowds with one accord paid attention to what was being said by Philip when they heard him and saw the signs that he did. For unclean spirits, crying out with a loud voice, came out of many who had them, and many who were paralysed or lame were healed. So there was much joy in that city ESVUK

  43. Joy in the New Testament • Luke also stresses the joy in the preaching of the gospel • Acts 8:6-8

  44. Joy in the New Testament • Luke also stresses the joy in the preaching of the gospel • Acts 8:6-8 • Acts 13:48 & 52

  45. Acts 13:48 & 52 48 And when the Gentiles heard this, they began rejoicing and glorifying the word of the Lord, and as many as were appointed to eternal life believed. 52 And the disciples were filled with joy and with the Holy Spirit. ESVUK

  46. Joy in the New Testament • Luke also stresses the joy in the preaching of the gospel • Acts 8:6-8 • Acts 13:48 & 52

  47. Joy in the New Testament • Luke also stresses the joy in the preaching of the gospel • Acts 8:6-8 • Acts 13:48 & 52 • Acts 15:3

  48. Acts 15:3 So, being sent on their way by the church, they passed through both Phoenicia and Samaria, describing in detail the conversion of the Gentiles, and brought great joy to all the brothers ESVUK

  49. Joy in suffering • Christian joy is remarkable when expressed through suffering • Jesus - Hebrews 12:2

  50. Hebrews 12:2 …. Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God. ESVUK

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