Joy

23/06/2024
The Christian idea of joy is counterintuitive as in James 1: 2 "Count it all joy brothers and sisters when you face trials". This sermon explains how joy is rooted in the very character of God and his wonderful purposes for us.
Jesus calls the Holy Spirit the Comforter. We explore how God comforts us by the personal presence of Holy Spirit with us.
Karl Barth writes, "in its root and origin sin is the arrogance in which a man wants to be his own and his neighbour’s judge." On the cross, the only one who truly is the Judge was judged in our place so that we might receive his forgiveness.
Turning water into the most delicious wine at the wedding in Cana of Galilee was the first of the signs through which Jesus revealed his glory, and his disciples believed…