**IS **REJOICING** AND **JOY** PART OF THE GOSPEL OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST**??
Matthew 5:12: Jesus says, Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of Me. **REJOICE** and be glad, because great is your **REWARD** in heaven!!"
Luke 6:22,23: Jesus says, "Blessed are you when people hate you, when they exclude and insult you and reject your name as evil, because of the Son of Man. **REJOICE** in that day and **LEAP FOR JOY** because great is your **REWARD** in heaven!!"
Luke 1:47: My soul glorifies the Lord and my spirit **REJOICES** in God my Savior.
Luke 10:20: Jesus says, "**REJOICE** that your names are written in heaven!"
John 16:22: Jesus says, "I will see you again and you will **REJOICE**, and no one will take away **YOUR JOY**!!"
Acts 2:25,26,28: David said about Jesus, "I saw the Lord always before me, because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken. Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue **REJOICES**.... You will fill me with **JOY** in Your presence!!"
Romans 5:1-4: Since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we **REJOICE** in the hope of the glory of God. Not only so, but we also **REJOICE** in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope.
Romans 12:15: **REJOICE** with those who **REJOICE**!!
2 Corinthians 6:10: We are sorrowful yet **ALWAYS REJOICING**; poor yet making many rich; having nothing , and yet **POSSESSING EVERYTHING**!
I Corinthians 13:6 Love does not delight in evil but **REJOICES** with the truth!
Philippians 4:4: **REJOICE** in the Lord **ALWAYS**. I will say it again: **REJOICE**!!
I Peter 1:4-6: This inheritance is kept in heaven for you, who through faith are shielded by God's power until the coming of salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time! In this you greatly **REJOICE**!
Revelation 19:6,7: Hallelujah! For our Lord God almighty reigns. Let us **REJOICE** and be glad and give Him glory! For the wedding of the **LAMB** has come, and the bride has made herself ready!!
Colossians 1:12,13: We give **JOYFUL THANKS** to the Father who has qualified us to share in the inheritance of His holy people in the Kingdom of Light. For He has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the Kingdom of the Son He loves, in whom we have redemption and forgiveness of sins!!
John 15:10,11: Jesus says, "If you keep My commands, you will remain in My love... I have told you this so that **MY JOY** may be in **YOU** and that your **JOY** may be complete!!"
John 17:24: Jesus says, "Until now you have not asked for anything in My name. Ask and you will receive {If it is God's will}, and your **JOY** will be complete!!"
Romans 14:17,18: For the Kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of righteousness, peace and **JOY** in the Holy Spirit, because anyone who serves Christ in this way is pleasing to God!!
Romans 15:13: My the God of hope fill you with **ALL JOY** and peace as you trust in Him, so that you my overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit!!
Galatians 5:22 The fruit of the Spirit is love and **JOY**!!
I Thessalonians 1:6: You became imitators of us and of the Lord, for you welcomed the message in the midst of severe suffering with the **JOY** given by the Holy Spirit!!
I Thessalonians 5:16: **REJOICE ALWAYS**, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances, for this is **GOD'S WILL** for you in Christ Jesus!!
I Peter 1:7-9: This will result in praise, glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed. Though you have not seen Him, you love Him, and even though you do not see Him now, you believe in Him and are filled with an **INEXPRESSIBLE AND GLORIOUS **JOY**, for you are receiving the end result of your faith, the salvation of your souls!!
Jude 24,25: To Him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you before His glorious presence without fault and with **GREAT JOY**--to the only God and Savior be glory, majesty, power and authority, through Jesus Christ our Lord, before all ages, now and forevermore!! Amen!
To: Prophetic 7744 regarding your comment about 'Hark and others... 613 laws'
I know that this is most akin to poking a hornet's nest - but I've seen the comment enough on just the few threads I've had time to follow, so I feel that I might as well have a say. If you insist that others are stating that their belief is that 'all 613 laws' (of the old testament?) are still in effect, I feel that you need to give a specific reference as to which comment you are speaking of... give specifics as to the exact thread and topic so that we might see it for ourselves... Because anyone who thinks that the 613 RABBINACLE LAWS IMPOSED BY THE MEN WHO FOLLOW THE BABYLONIAN TALMUD are actually found in the scriptures, do not know of which they speak... There is no place in the old testament where it is declared that 'a woman must only stir the contents of a cooking pot in one direction', or that 'it cannot be sat down until all at the table are served', or that 'Matzeh dough must be in the pot within 17 minutes'... etc... etc... etc... now I might be a bit rusty on the finer points of these things but the overall concept is solid... (the website 'Judism101' is a good site to learn about these 'man-made laws' of the RABBINICAL SECT).
So I believe that your statement is one of 'bearing false witness against others'... If I am wrong - show me... where are these statements from what appears, by your statement to be a number of various people who supposedly believe as you say?
613 laws in the old testament? No... you are in error... until just a few years ago there were only 611 Rabbinacle Laws - 2 were created and instituted recently... so did the OT miraculously 'change' to reflect these new laws? Or did the Rabbis, who have so much zeal for finding every...tiny... nuance of 'the Hebrew scriptures', miss these 2 laws for... umm... how many thousands of years now?
I could go and get the exact page/circumstance/requirement for various thing relative to this 'argument' at any number of websites, but honestly, I do not think it will do any good... I have dealt with people like you before... your heart is hardened in your own zeal to prove 'yourself to be right'... it does not work that way... and I find all your 'hearts and lovey icons' to be a near-mockery of the tone with which you attack others...
Proverbs 8 (wherein 'Wisdom' speaks...)
4 -9 Unto you, O men, I call; and my voice is to the sons of man. O ye simple, understand wisdom: and, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart. Hear; for I will speak of excellent things; and the opening of my lips shall be right things. For my mouth shall speak truth; and wickedness is an abomination to my lips. All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; there is nothing froward or perverse in them. They are all plain to him that understandeth, and right to them that find knowledge.
13-14 The fear of the Lord is to hate evil: PRIDE, AND ARROGANCY, AND THE EVIL WAY, AND THE FROWARD MOUTH, DO I HATE. Counsel is mine, and sound wisdom: I am understanding; I have strength.
17-20 I love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find me. Riches and honour are with me; yea, durable riches and righteousness. My fruit is better than gold, yea, than fine gold; and my revenue than choice silver. I lead in the way of righteousness, in the midst of the paths of judgment: That I may cause those that love me to inherit substance; and I will fill their treasures.
32-36 Now therefore hearken unto me, O ye children: for blessed are they that keep my ways. Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not. Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors. For whoso findeth me findeth life, and shall obtain favour of the Lord. But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: all they that hate me love death.
No doubt the hornets are stirred up right now... because people who spew thinly veiled 'hate and animosity', in hopes of seeming somehow, more 'learned' and 'righteous'... do not realize that the taller the horse one seeks to ride, the further the potential fall...
I have no harsh feelings toward you... but I'm guessing that you will take personal offense to what I have posted... and yet one might ask why?
I doubt we will talk much after this... my time is precious to me and I'd rather 'invest it to some benefit' rather that 'spend it foolishly on dead-end efforts'...
I will close with a truly sincere desire that God bless you, according to your deepest needs...
