1. Grace Fellowship Church
Pastor/Teacher Jim Rickard
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
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2. Doxology Praise God, from whom all blessings flow; Praise Him, all creatures here below; Praise Him above, ye heavenly host; Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.—Amen.

3. Memory Verse John 15:13, “Greater love has no one than this, that one lay down his life for his friends.”

4. John 15:11 Having the Joy of Jesus Christ, Part 7

5. Doctrine of Joy G. The Biography of Joy.

6. 1. The infancy of joy is cognitive happiness related to the persistent function of GPS and the basic Problem Solving Devices. (Rebound, Filling of the Holy Spirit, Doctrinal Orientation, Faith Rest)

7. When you first begin to learn doctrine, there is enthusiasm
When you first begin to learn doctrine, there is enthusiasm. When you first begin to understand some basic doctrines, there is exultation; liveliness in your soul.

8. Bible doctrine has produced a spiritual animation, and this spiritual animation is the beginning of loving God.

9. 2. The adulthood of joy is entering the door of hope through the deployment of the advanced PSD, (Personal Sense of Destiny, Personal Love for God, Sharing the Happiness of God, Occupation with Christ, etc.).

10. 3. Joy is not an emotion, but is strength from GPS, from which your emotions respond.

11. 3. Joy is not an emotion, but is strength from GPS, from which your emotions respond. Emotion is not strength.

12. The joy of the Lord is strength to carry you through everything in life.

13. 4. Joy is an integral part of the spiritual life as a system of thinking with the capacity for loving God in awareness of the spiritual life.

14. 5. Joy is truly understood in relationship to the doctrine of Divine Love.

15. H. The Difference between Joy and Pleasure.

16. 1. Both joy and love are thinking functions of the spiritual life in contrast to pleasure.

17. Joy and love are associated with virtue righteousness and are in the soul (John 15:10-11), not in the emotions.

18. Joy and love are associated with virtue righteousness and are in the soul (John 15:10-11), not in the emotions. Pleasure is emotion, it is in the emotions.

19. 2. We must distinguish between joy and pleasure
2. We must distinguish between joy and pleasure. Joy is a system of thinking with happiness related to love for God, while pleasure is a system of emotion.

20. 3. There are some traps associated with pleasure
3. There are some traps associated with pleasure. 2 Tim 3:4 describes the believer out of fellowship as “lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God.”

21. 4. Pleasure is a state of feeling pleased, happy, delight, or satisfaction. It is a satisfaction derived from what is to one’s liking.

22. It’s a frivolous amusement or enjoyment which is not related to the Biblical word joy, Rom 14:17.

23. 5. The kingdom of God is described as righteousness, joy and peace through the power of the Holy Spirit and the infallible Word of God.

24. 6. Joy is the inner soul thinking that does not depend on circumstances, environment or pleasure.

25. There is nothing wrong with most pleasures if you are in your spiritual life. But pleasure can become a very definite destruction to your spiritual life.

26. 7. Joy is thinking Bible doctrine
7. Joy is thinking Bible doctrine. The result is peace, harmony, tranquillity, rapport with God. Cf. 1 Thes 1:6; 1 Peter 1:8 and Phil 4:10-13,

27. Grace Fellowship Church Tuesday, June 15, Tape # Having the Joy of Jesus Christ, Part 7 Joy vs. Pleasure Upper Room Discourse, Part John 15:11; Psa 56:3-4; Prov 23:15-16; Gal 6: James H. Rickard Bible Ministries 2010