Rejoice in the Lord Always and Again I Say Rejoice Niv
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Rejoice, and once again I say Rejoice!
Have you learned to rejoice in everything?
The Bible says, "Rejoice always" (1 Thessalonians 5:16). A couple of verses later it says, ". . . in everything give thank you; for this is God'due south will for you in Christ Jesus" (v. 18). "Rejoice in the Lord always; again I say, rejoice" (Philippians 4:4).
Sometimes it is not easy to rejoice or to requite praise to the Lord, but that does not modify the control.
"It is God's will that we find joy in prayer in Christ Jesus in every condition of life," writes A. T. Robertson. There are no circumstances in the Christian's life where he cannot give thanks. God works everything together for good for those who love Him (Rom. viii:28).
"Rejoice . . . pray . . . give thank you" is God'south will for every believer in every situation.
Nehemiah knew "the joy of the Lord is your strength" when he saw his workers weeping equally they listened to the law read to them (Neh. 8:10).
The campaigner Paul writing from prison in Rome said, "Rejoice in the Lord e'er; again I will say, rejoice!" (Phil. iv:4). "Rejoice" is in the present, active imperative as in 3:1 when Paul said, "rejoice in the Lord." Paul repeats it in 4:4 for accent.
Paul did not tell his readers to "exist happy," merely "rejoice in the Lord." We are to "Rejoice in the Lord," not our circumstances. Our rejoicing is to take identify in Christ. We are to delight in Him. The apostle Paul had inner joy when his external circumstances did not look very promising.
What for you is the near hard time or situation for you to rejoice? Do you lot notice it difficult to "rejoice in the Lord e'er" when your good name and reputation have been smeared? Practice you find it overwhelming to "rejoice in the Lord" when y'all are under the weight of despondency or depression? Is it hard to "rejoice in the Lord" when yous are slandered for the sake of Christ? Disease, sickness of a child, aging parents, and bankrupts are times to "rejoice in the Lord." There is no limit to the exhortation to "rejoice in the Lord." Indeed, equally one beloved pastor said, "Through burn down and through water, through life and through death, rejoice evermore.'"
Whatever happens rejoice. That is an mental attitude. If yous are a believer in Jesus Christ everything that really matters in this life and the next is yours in Christ. If you trust in Jesus Christ the whole covenant of grace is yours with all of its space inheritance. Yous accept a correct to everything that grace provides as a coinheritor with Christ.
"Rejoice in the Lord" is something every Christian can do regardless of the chances, changes and circumstances that come in your life.
Is your hope fixed on Jesus Christ? Rejoice in Him! Are yous a partaker of the life that is in Him? Rejoice in Christ! Take you been begotten to a lively hope past the resurrection of Jesus Christ? Rejoice in Him!
The Psalmist said, "Delight yourself also in the Lord." Have you lot been reconciled to God through Jesus Christ? Rejoice in Him! Exercise you know the electing grace of the Father that has given yous eternal life? Rejoice in the Lord! Have you experienced the forgiveness of all your sins? Rejoice in Christ! Has the Holy Spirit spread abroad in your centre the love of God? Rejoice in Him! Do yous delight in knowing yous have been saved by grace through faith in Christ? Break forth with rejoicing with all your heart and soul! Do you lot please in knowing Jesus Christ died as your substitute on the cantankerous? Rejoice in the Lord!
If you lot have been saved the Holy Spirit has taken up permanent residence in you lot. Rejoice in the Lord. Rejoice in His habitation in you, quickening you, comforting you, and the illuminating His Discussion. Rejoice in Him! Is He abiding in your forever? Rejoice and be glad!
And in that location are many, many more great and mighty things God has done in Christ that should make y'all rejoice and proceed on rejoicing. His covenant of grace, redeeming blood, divine sovereignty, effectual call to salvation, justification, sanctification, glorification, final perseverance, vital marriage, etc., etc. Rejoice forevermore!
Message by Wil Pounds (c) 2006
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Wil is a graduate of William Carey University, B. A.; New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, Th. Grand.; and Azusa Pacific University, M. A. He has pastored in Panama, Ecuador and the U. Due south, and served for over xx years as missionary in Ecuador and Honduras. He had a daily expository Bible teaching ministry head in over 100 countries from 1972-2005. He continues to seek opportunities to exist personally involved in world missions. Wil and his wife Ann have three grown daughters. He currently serves as a Baptist pastor and teaches seminary extension courses in Ecuador.
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