It ought to be evident to everyone reading this verse that since love is the grace which is set at the head of the list, that it is the most important of the graces. Without love we are nothing, it says in 1st Corinthians 13: 2. The reason that love is set at the head of the list is because when we exercise a love for God and man, all the rest of these graces listed here are also exercised in a coordinating way, to glorify God. After all, the first and greatest commandment is that you shall love the Lord your God with all of your heart, and soul, and mind and strength; and the second is like it, you shall love your neighbor as yourself. It is upon these 2 commandments that the whole law of God hangs. Everything that God expects of us flows from this. We are shown here, by the order in which it is placed, that joy is highest up in the list of graces which go along with love as a fruit of the Spirit. When we love God with all of our heart we will also manifest the fruit of the Spirit which is joy. So, the question that I would like to pose to you, is this: How can I be a truly joyful Christian? In answering that question I want us to see, 1st of all – That it is Christ Himself who gives the believer the real joy which is glorifying to God. And 2nd –That it is the grace of joy which enables the believer to fulfill his duties to God and man with delight. May our Lord help us to see the connections in truth that we need to see, which will help us to manifest the fruit of the Spirit which is joy.
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Pastor Paul Rendall was born in November of 1951, and grew up in Davenport, Iowa. He went to college at Drake University and the University of Iowa where he received a B.A. degree in Social Work and History in 1974. Paul searched for truth in all the wrong places in college, but...
