16/06/2016
DAILY RHEMA: But the fruit of the Spirit is love, JOY, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith... Gal. 5:22. Isn't it amazing that Joy is a fruit of the spirit(and to us Christians).
When Apostle Paul was writing about the fruit of the spirit, I believe he arranged them according to their "other of importance" (please note; All are important and needful). Also, Dr. Luke who was accredited to be the author of the book of Acts, when writing Acts 13:52 by the Holy ghost inspiration said "And the disciples were FILLED WITH JOY, and WITH THE HOLY GHOST."
This shows us that there is really something remarkable about Joy, although it is a fruit of the Holy spirit, but Luke separated it from the Holy spirit when writing. He would have said "and they were filled with the Holy ghost " without adding Joy to it, since we all know Joy is a fruit of the spirit. But he wanted to place more emphasis on their mood even in times of persecution. If he hadn't written it that way, we would have thought that He is referring to something else because being filled of the spirit entails so many things eg. being filled with wisdom, knowledge, compassion etc. It is just like saying ' been filled with Love and the Holy spirit' of course we know that Love is a fruit of the spirit.
Apostle Paul went further to say in Romans 14:17 For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and JOY in the Holy Ghost.
Wahoo! THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS JOY(and not sorrow) IN THE HOLY GHOST. Everything about the kingdom is with joy, even in persecutions, trials, temptations, Jesus said count it all joy when you face persecutions matt 5:12, James said count it all joy when you are faced with diverse temptations James 1:2. The reason why those disciples were filled with joy is because that is what the kingdom of God entails.
BE FILLED WITH JOY IN THE HOLY GHOST. Share God's word and be a blessing to lives.