How To Be Filled With Joy
How To Be Filled With Joy
How To Be Filled With Joy
(John 15:1-11)
I. Introduction.
A. Orientation.
Last time we saw Jesus saying,
That if we love Him,
We will obey Him.
This reminded us of two things:
1. That this is how Jesus wants us to show Him our love:
He doesnt just want us to say it,
Or think it,
Or feel it,
He wants us to show it
By the way we live.
B. Preview.
This brings us to the topic of our passage:
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Because they would love Jesus more
And this in turn
Would bring an even greater blessing:
They would be filled with joy.
This morning, lets consider:
How we can have this joy Jesus promised.
II. Sermon.
A. First, lets see that this is what Jesus is talking about:
That we can have joy; how we can have it.
He tells us as much in verse 11, These things I have spoken to you so that My joy
may be in you, and that your joy may be made full.
Weve seen that Jesus has been saying
The things Hes been saying
To comfort His disciples
Because He had just told them
That He was going away
Back to heaven.
Look at verses 1 and 4-5: He says, I am the true vine, and My Father is the
vinedresser. . . . Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit
of itself unless it abides in the vine, so neither can you unless you abide in
Me. I am the vine, you are the branches; he who abides in Me and I in him,
he bears much fruit, for apart from Me you can do nothing.
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And have His Holy Spirit working in us.
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But we will bear much fruit
Well have the power
To do a lot of things for Him.
Look at verse 5 again, I am the vine, you are the branches; he who abides in
Me and I in him, he bears much fruit.
If doing a little
For His glory and that of His Father
Will give us joy,
Just think how much joy well have
When were able to do more.
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If we are trusting Jesus,
And doing what He tells us to do in His Word
He also tells us we can ask for whatever we want,
And He will give it to us.
He says in verse 7, If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, ask
whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.
As we saw recently,
He will do this because the things we ask for
Will be the things He wants us to have.
When we see the answers He sends to our prayers
We will have an even greater joy.
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If were connected to Him,
And His Spirit is working in us
We will bear much fruit
And be filled with His joy.
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And throw you into hell
And you will never come out.
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