#Christmas/2024
#Speaker/Ray 

# Joy

World: When everything in your world is going right you can party.

Jesus talking about joy: [[John 15]]

Bible:

7 kinds of Happiness:
1. Nature
	- Derived from Gods Creation
2. Social
	- From relations
3. Vocational
	- Satisfaction of work
4. Physical
	- Especially after coming back from a health scare
5. Humor
	- God created us with humor
6. ???
7. Spiritual
	- When we get to commune with God


![[Luke 2#8..14]]

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## 1. The announcement of Joy
This is not some abstract thing. It was a really thing pointing to God's Grace.  --> v11

--> [[2Sam 7#2..13]]


## 2. The Person of Joy
We get to go from an enemy of God, children of wrath, to a person of God! Our Savior was born! --> v11

--> [[Matt 1#21]]


## 3. The result of Joy
--> v10, v14

Great joy for all people --> The prophecy God told Abraham, will bless all nations, people

True joy and peace is only experienced through salvation. 

![[Gal 5#22..23]]

If you want Joy, you fight for Joy!
Another thing that keeps us from joy is sin! Sin is the killer of Joy!

Want joy? Read the word!

![[Ps 16#11..11]]