There is Joy When:
1. The King is received
Joy to the world! The Lord is come. Let Earth receive her, King! Let every heart prepare Him room And Heaven and Nature Sing
Joy to the World
He came into the very world he created, but the world didn’t recognize him. He came to his own people, and even they rejected him. But to all who believed him and accepted him, he gave the right to become children of God.
John 1:10-12
2. The Savior reigns
Joy to the World! The Savior reigns.
Let men their songs employ
While fields and floods
Rocks, hills, and plains
Repeat the sounding joy
Joy to the world
People who receive Christ but don’t let him reign are usually not very joyful
“No one can serve two masters. For you will hate one and love the other; you will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and be enslaved to money.
Matthew 6:24
3. The curse is reversed
No more let sin and sorrow grow.
Nor thorns infest the ground,
He comes to make His blessings flow
Far as the curse is found
He rules the world with truth and grace
And makes the nations prove
The glories of his righteousness
And wonders of His love
Joy to the world
For we are not fighting against flesh-and-blood enemies, but against evil rulers and authorities of the unseen world, against mighty powers in this dark world, and against evil spirits in the heavenly places.
Ephesians 6:12
The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the devil’s work
1 John 3:8
Memory Verse
“I have told you these things, so that you can have peace because of me. In this world you will have trouble. But be encouraged! I have won the battle over the world.”
John 16:33
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