The fact of Jesus coming so anything this fallen world might throw at us, that we can have, we should have, joy.

Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the set before him endured the cross...
Hebrews 12:2

Joy in all circumstances is our inheritance because the .

When the wise men saw the star, they rejoiced with . Matthew 2:10

Wise humans go out of their way to seek Jesus. They don’t stop at the point of .

The of good news is directly proportionate to how the bad news is.

The last being in the universe we want mad at us, that we want as our is God. And that is exactly the message of the Bible. God is . (Rm. 5:9-10)

What if this depravity called sin means I cannot fix myself, cannot clean myself, cannot find for myself a way to be ?

What if sin means all - all includes me - must be to pay for my sins? (Mt. 10:28; Hb. 10:30-31)

What if my only chance was to start over - to be made new - to be ?

What if the miraculous were done and the impossible became possible? What if someone else for my sins?

And what if I didn’t have to spend eternity apart form God, but I could become God’s child and share in the He lavishes on His children?

Joy is the inner confidence, the deep , that comes because the most important issue in my existence is settled.

By faith I am with God through Jesus.