Repeat The Sounds Of Joy!
“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things
were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made. In him
was life; and the life was the light of men. And the light shineth in darkness;
and the darkness comprehended it not. There was a man sent from God, whose name
was John. The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all
men through him might believe. He was not that Light, but was sent to bear
witness of that Light. That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that
cometh into the world. He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and
the world knew him not. He came unto his own, and his own received him not. But
as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even
to them that believe on his name: Which were born, not of blood, nor of the
will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. And the Word was made
flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only
begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth” (John 1:1-14).
Today’s Morsel: Of all the gospel writers, John seems to be more interested in giving his reader a clear understanding of who Jesus was than the others. In his gospel, John writes of the many miracles, parables, and stories told to reveal the truth to his audience. He begins his gospel by putting the bottom line up front. He said that God was the word, and that word became flesh. In his epistles written to the church he wrote, “That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life; (For the life was manifested, and we have seen it, and bear witness, and shew unto you that eternal life, which was with the Father, and was manifested unto us;) That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye also may have fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ. And these things write we unto you, that your joy may be full” (1 John 1:1-4). John knew that if he could get his readers to believe and know that Jesus was God, then they would be filled with joy at the revelation of that Truth, and their hearts would be filled with songs of praise. We must repeat the sound that will bring others great joy.
Sing:
Joy to the world! The Savior reigns: let men their songs employ; while fields
and floods, rocks, hills, and plains, repeat the sounding joy, repeat the
sounding joy, repeat, repeat, the sounding joy.
Thought
for today: Repeat the sounding joy!
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