The joy of God over His People
1) The greatness of the joy
of God over His people, described:
Zep 3:17 The LORD thy God in the midst
of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he
will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing.
2) The joy
of God over His people, on account of their:
2a) Repentance:
Lu 15:7 I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be
in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just
persons, which need no repentance.
Lu 15:10 Likewise, I say unto you, there
is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that
repenteth.
2b) Faith:
Heb 11:5 By faith Enoch was translated that
he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for
before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God.
Heb 11:6
But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that
cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them
that diligently seek him.
2c) Fear of him:
Ps 147:11 The LORD
taketh pleasure in them that fear him, in those that hope in his
mercy.
2d) Praying to him:
Pr 15:8 ¶ The sacrifice of the wicked
is an abomination to the LORD: but the prayer of the upright is
his delight.
2e) Hope in his mercy:
Ps 147:11 The LORD taketh
pleasure in them that fear him, in those that hope in his mercy.
2f)
Meekness:
Ps 149:4 For the LORD taketh pleasure in his people: he will
beautify the meek with salvation.
2g) Uprightness:
1Ch 29:17 I know
also, my God, that thou triest the heart, and hast pleasure in uprightness. As
for me, in the uprightness of mine heart I have willingly offered all these
things: and now have I seen with joy thy people, which are present here, to
offer willingly unto thee.
Pr 11:20 ¶ They that are of a froward heart
are abomination to the LORD: but such as are upright in
their way are his delight.
3) The joy of God
over His people leads Him to:
3a) Prosper them:
De 30:9 And the LORD thy God will make thee
plenteous in every work of thine hand, in the fruit of thy body, and in the
fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy land, for good: for the LORD will
again rejoice over thee for good, as he rejoiced over thy fathers:
3b) Do
them good:
De 28:63 And it shall come to pass, that as the LORD
rejoiced over you to do you good, and to multiply you; so the LORD will rejoice
over you to destroy you, and to bring you to nought; and ye shall be plucked
from off the land whither thou goest to possess it.
Jer 32:41 Yea, I will
rejoice over them to do them good, and I will plant them in this land assuredly
with my whole heart and with my whole soul.
3c) Deliver them:
2Sa
22:20 He brought me forth also into a large place: he delivered me, because he
delighted in me.
3d) Comfort them:
Isa 65:19 And I will rejoice in
Jerusalem, and joy in my people: and the voice of weeping shall be no more heard
in her, nor the voice of crying.
3e) Give them the inheritance:
Nu
14:8 If the LORD delight in us, then he will bring us into this land, and give
it us; a land which floweth with milk and honey.
4) The
joy of God over his people, illustrated:
Isa 62:5 For as a young
man marrieth a virgin, so shall thy sons marry thee: and as the
bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride, so shall thy God rejoice over
thee.
Lu 15:23 And bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it; and let
us eat, and be merry:
Lu 15:24 For this my son was dead, and is alive again;
he was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry.
5) The joy of
God over his people, exemplified:
5a) Solomon:
1Ki 10:9 Blessed be the LORD thy God, which delighted
in thee, to set thee on the throne of Israel: because the LORD loved Israel for
ever, therefore made he thee king, to do judgment and
justice.
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