Introduction

Luke 6: 23: “Rejoice ye in that day, and leap for joy: for, behold, your reward is great in heaven”. The Lord connects our leaping for joy with our going to heaven.

“Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the LORD JEHOVAH is my strength and my song; he also is become my salvation. Therefore with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of salvation.”Isaiah 12: 2 – 3

The Lord God Himself is your eternal salvation. He is your song, and with joy, you draw water out of the wells of salvation.

“for the joy of the LORD is your strength”Nehemiah 8: 10

“The LORD thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing.”Zephaniah 3: 17

The Lord has joy, and He rejoices over us with His joy. The Lord sings over us.

Remember, the elect not only need to keep salvation, but as much as lies within yourself, saith the Lord, keep my joy. I stepped in that message right there, and He said, keep my, not your, joy. It’ll connect with your joy. Keep my joy in that salvation. Now, there is a joy of the Lord that cometh from His Spirit only.

The Lord Jesus, the mighty God, talks about His joy remaining in us, and in consequence, our joy will be full. Isaiah 9: 6; John 15: 11.

Why do the foolish virgins miss the translation? It is because they lack the joy of the Lord. They were not happy to see the Lord.

You remember the foolish virgins”? There’s a oil of joy. There is a oil of miracles, and there’s a oil of love. And when they came to the door, they didn’t have any joy. They weren’t happy to see the Lord. They didn’t have any divine love or love Him like they should when they were there. They didn’t even have the oil or the power of faith that they needed. He said, I’m not acquainted with you. I don’t know you. You’re not happy to see me. You don’t have enough of faith to really believe in me. I’m coming to somebody that loves me. You’ve lost your love. You have no oil, you have no word in you that produces the oil in a proper way, and the door was shut.

The devil does not have the joy that comes through salvation. When the people have joy with their salvation, then I can no longer remain, the devil says. Satan cannot live in joy; he cannot live in praises. The old devil can’t take joy. You’ll never find it with him.

There is joy in heaven, there is joy among the Angels, over one sinner that repents. It means when each one of us came to salvation, there was activity in heaven, there was joy in heaven. Luke 15: 7; Luke 15: 10.

You cannot get to heaven unless you speak the language of heaven.

And joy, and praise, is the language of victory.

So, we find out what the language of heaven is. It is praise. Holy, holy. Amen. Praise ye the Lord up there; it is nothing else.

So, the language of heaven is praise, and praise is magnified to the Lord. And that magnification comes up before Him, glorifies Him. We are created to glorify the Lord, and to tell others to glorify the great Creator, for He is the eternal One.

“Praising the Lord in intervals will drive back all demon powers from you and thou shalt rest in peace! By praising Him often you will be covered with a bright shekinah glory; whether you can see it all the time or not you will begin to feel it by the glory of His presence and demons cannot break through this covering very easy as long as you praise Him in confidence!”

“Why are there such secrets in praise, because that is why we were created to praise the Lord of Host!”

And Paul said, rejoice always. They said, what has he got to rejoice about? He come back a little later from heaven and said, I got a lot to rejoice about. No wonder I was rejoicing. He went to the third heaven. Philippians 4: 4; 2 Corinthians 12: 1 – 4.

God is very pleased with our praises; whosoever offers praises unto God, glorifieth Him. Psalm 50: 23.

And when you praise the Lord, you glorify Him, and that’s what He likes, because in that glorification comes that faith, and confidence, back to Him that He gave in the beginning. A defeated Christian is the one’s that don’t have praise. A defeated Christian or a defeated church cannot live in the same place of true praise and joy that the anointing produces.

Anyone that will share the eternal life like He has shared with us deserves all the praise and credit and all of it that we can give Him, lest you return to dust and never see Him except for the judgment. In your joy, in your praises, you tell the earth the Lord God liveth.

“Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.”Revelation 4: 11

You will be blessed.
Josephus Oluwatoyin Thomas

Summary of the Sermon

We listened to a sermon titled “Void or Joy”, CD # 1305, by Brother Neal Frisby.

In the sermon, Brother Frisby said:

Void or joy. Life of joy or a life of waste, ruined.

Every church age rose up, and then lost the victory, and a few was sealed away.

And every time that church age lost the victory, it was stamped void on it. It’s once been used, it’s organized, void.

Christians have salvation. They have got it. They believe in the Lord. But when they lose the joy of their salvation, a voidness sets in.

You remember the foolish virgins? There’s a oil of joy. There is a oil of miracles, and there’s a oil of love. And when they came to the door, they didn’t have any joy. They weren’t happy to see the Lord. They didn’t have any divine love or love Him like they should when they were there. They didn’t even have the oil or the power of faith that they needed. He said, I’m not acquainted with you. I don’t know you. You’re not happy to see me. You don’t have enough of faith to really believe in me. I’m coming to somebody that loves me. You’ve lost your love. You have no oil, you have no word in you that produces the oil in a proper way, and the door was shut.

Then the next thing that goes is their faith and their confidence and then worry starts. Little by little, depression begins to set in upon them there.

And joy, and praise, is the language of victory.

Jesus himself said leap for joy.

He said, if you don’t shout, the rocks are gonna shout here in a minute. I’ll make them shout, because standing before you is the power and praise and presence of the Almighty that produces the very joy of life, and the human nature, the old flesh as it is, without even the devil, will turn it down himself.

Let no one take your joy. No matter what happens, don’t let them take your joy. And Jesus said, may your joy be full.

And Paul was saying, now look. And he turns around and he said, I can do all things through Christ.

And Paul said, rejoice always. They said, what has he got to rejoice about? He come back a little later from heaven and said, I got a lot to rejoice about. No wonder I was rejoicing. He went to the third heaven. Don’t just hold your salvation. It’ll finally leak out.

Keep that joy that comes from the Spirit, and the joy of salvation is what’s going to keep you, and that joy, in the end.

And the foolish virgins, they have what we know as the salvation, to the point, but not enough to get the oil of power, joy, and faith, and divine love and miracles in there.

When the people have joy with their salvation, then I can no longer remain, the devil says.

The joy is gone, the salvation finally, the confidence, the good feeling of eternal life. It happens to go through there. The cares of this life will take away the absolute happiness.

But that translation is getting closer. Now, according to Paul’s writing, he said that we wouldn’t be ignorant of the times and season. I don’t have to write to you about the times and season as you well know.

And we’ll know almost the time is coming. Then I believe one of the great things that helps the joy return to the church like it should, because preaching so far has only done a certain amount from prophets on up until our age, the signs and the way that God moves with his Spirit across the earth.

And at the end of the age, the signs showing how close, and the elect are able to read those things. They’re able to feel the feeling He’s going to give them. And because they know that they’re right at the door, at any moment, they know it’s going to take place, they’re going to rejoice.

Great joy is going to come into the heart.

But He said buy of me gold tried in the fire, at that time, at the end of the age, buy of me gold. That means you’re going through a test and trial, but it’s gonna produce joy this time.

Remember, the elect not only need to keep salvation, but as much as lies within yourself, saith the Lord, keep my joy. I stepped in that message right there, and He said, keep my, not your, joy. It’ll connect with your joy. Keep my joy in that salvation. Now, there is a joy of the Lord that cometh from His Spirit only. You may have a joy sometimes within the human body, a type that comes to even sinners a lot of times, and the Christian may have more of this joy than what they have, but that turns into the joy of the Lord.

And that’s what He said, keep my joy. Always let your heart be bubbling over.

Satan shows you all of your troubles. Oh, he is so good at that. He showed you the dreary things of the world, and things are not getting any better. It looks like every time he shows you all the heinous crimes in the streets, and everywhere, and what’s happening to people all over the world. He shows you all of these problems until you forget your joy. There’s a thousand ways that you can lose the joy of the Spirit, albeit, the salvation will remain for a while.

The Spirit of God said self-pity will begin to get ahold of you. And the next thing that you know, that self-pity will turn into a nightmare.

You’re not gonna live a hundred percent of your time though, and just complete joy. You’ll have your moments of test, but the joy shall remain; sadness for a little while, joy in the morning, it will come back.

Satan, he comes in, he makes you forget your joy. There’s a thousand ways old self will just get you down, and old self will just beat you up there. Don’t listen to those type of feelings. You praise the Lord, listen to the promises of God, and then keep rejoicing.

Jesus said that your joy remain. That was an important thing that run into peace, and I give you peace. Then He said that passes all understanding; that will come. Let not your heart trouble you, but remember the joy that I have given for you. Oh, He’s coming and He’s coming very soon.

God is very pleased with our praises; whosoever offers praises unto God, glorifieth Him.

And when you praise the Lord, you glorify Him, and that’s what He likes, because in that glorification comes that faith, and confidence, back to Him that He gave in the beginning. A defeated Christian is the one’s that don’t have praise. A defeated Christian or a defeated church cannot live in the same place of true praise and joy that the anointing produces.

You want that joy to rise up in your heart and then leap for joy, Jesus said. For great is the Lord God and what He has for you. And in this hour that we are living in. The close coming of the Lord is coming upon us, what a hour of great joy.

Absolutely, praise and joy will lift you up from sickness to divine health. He’ll lift you out of problems and defeat. It will give you the victory; it’ll set you upon a rock; that’s exactly right. Remember, when we praise the Lord, we glorify Him, and praise is the victory of faith. Praise is a victory of power and strength.

Praise is a language of victory. It is a language of faith. Praise, saith the Lord, it’s a language of coming.

So, we find out what the language of heaven is. It is praise. Holy, holy. Amen. Praise ye the Lord up there; it is nothing else.

So, the language of heaven is praise, and praise is magnified to the Lord. And that magnification comes up before Him, glorifies Him. We are created to glorify the Lord, and to tell others to glorify the great Creator, for He is the eternal One.

Anyone that will share the eternal life like He has shared with us deserves all the praise and credit and all of it that we can give Him, lest you return to dust and never see Him except for the judgment. You’ll see Him one time, but oh, we must praise Him, no matter how much this flesh has run you down, no matter how much the devil tells you, no matter what he does to you, you must remain and show that the Lord God liveth. You are His witness to the world.

In your joy, in your praises, you tell the earth the Lord God liveth. Time is like a vapor. It’s just a moment. In a second, it’s gone.

He’ll bring the gifts into power, all of that. But what good are they without the joy of salvation? Because that’s the greatest miracle.

And for rejoicing and praising the Lord, Paul said, whether I was in body or out of, I was too busy wondering what was going on, said, I was caught up into paradise from praising the Lord. But He told Paul, He said, it’s not lawful to even utter on this earth what God revealed to me. See, it pays to keep your faith, Paul said. It pays to keep your confidence that he wrote about; cast not away your confidence, he said. It pays to serve the Lord, and to have the joy of the Lord.

Satan cannot live in joy; he cannot live in praises.

It said the word of God. There were four different kind of listeners. Here He is. And then four different kinds. See, only one really stayed with the Lord down there on that ground there, and it said they received the word with joy.

The old devil can’t take joy. You’ll never find it with him. Out in the world, he’ll mock God’s joy. How the world, they’ll try to make you trade what you’ve got for their type of joy.

Scripture Reading

“Rejoice ye in that day, and leap for joy: for, behold, your reward is great in heaven”Luke 6: 23

The Lord connects our leaping for joy with our going to heaven.

“Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the LORD JEHOVAH is my strength and my song; he also is become my salvation. Therefore with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of salvation.”Isaiah 12: 2 – 3

The Lord God Himself is your eternal salvation. He is your song, and with joy, you draw water out of the wells of salvation.

“for the joy of the LORD is your strength”Nehemiah 8: 10

“The LORD thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing.”Zephaniah 3: 17

The Lord has joy, and He rejoices over us with His joy. The Lord sings over us.

Remember, the elect not only need to keep salvation, but as much as lies within yourself, saith the Lord, keep my joy. I stepped in that message right there, and He said, keep my, not your, joy. It’ll connect with your joy. Keep my joy in that salvation. Now, there is a joy of the Lord that cometh from His Spirit only.

The Lord Jesus, the mighty God, talks about His joy remaining in us, and in consequence, our joy will be full.

“For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.”Isaiah 9: 6

“These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full.”John 15: 11

Why do the foolish virgins miss the translation? It is because they lack the joy of the Lord. They were not happy to see the Lord.

You remember the foolish virgins? There’s a oil of joy. There is a oil of miracles, and there’s a oil of love. And when they came to the door, they didn’t have any joy. They weren’t happy to see the Lord. They didn’t have any divine love or love Him like they should when they were there. They didn’t even have the oil or the power of faith that they needed. He said, I’m not acquainted with you. I don’t know you. You’re not happy to see me. You don’t have enough of faith to really believe in me. I’m coming to somebody that loves me. You’ve lost your love. You have no oil, you have no word in you that produces the oil in a proper way, and the door was shut.

The devil does not have the joy that comes through salvation. When the people have joy with their salvation, then I can no longer remain, the devil says. Satan cannot live in joy; he cannot live in praises. The old devil can’t take joy. You’ll never find it with him.

There is joy in heaven, there is joy among the Angels, over one sinner that repents. It means when each one of us came to salvation, there was activity in heaven, there was joy in heaven.

“I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons, which need no repentance.”Luke 15: 7

“Likewise, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth.”Luke 15: 10

You cannot get to heaven unless you speak the language of heaven.

And joy, and praise, is the language of victory.

So, we find out what the language of heaven is. It is praise. Holy, holy. Amen. Praise ye the Lord up there; it is nothing else.

So, the language of heaven is praise, and praise is magnified to the Lord. And that magnification comes up before Him, glorifies Him. We are created to glorify the Lord, and to tell others to glorify the great Creator, for He is the eternal One.

I read from Scroll # 70:

“Praising the Lord in intervals will drive back all demon powers from you and thou shalt rest in peace! By praising Him often you will be covered with a bright shekinah glory; whether you can see it all the time or not you will begin to feel it by the glory of His presence and demons cannot break through this covering very easy as long as you praise Him in confidence!”

“Why are there such secrets in praise, because that is why we were created to praise the Lord of Host!”

And Paul said, rejoice always. They said, what has he got to rejoice about? He come back a little later from heaven and said, I got a lot to rejoice about. No wonder I was rejoicing. He went to the third heaven.

“Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say, Rejoice.”Philippians 4: 4

“It is not expedient for me doubtless to glory. I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord. I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) such an one caught up to the third heaven. And I knew such a man, (whether in the body, or out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) How that he was caught up into paradise, and heard unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter.”2 Corinthians 12: 1 – 4

“Whoso offereth praise glorifieth me: and to him that ordereth his conversation aright will I shew the salvation of God.”Psalm 50: 23

God is very pleased with our praises; whosoever offers praises unto God, glorifieth Him.

And when you praise the Lord, you glorify Him, and that’s what He likes, because in that glorification comes that faith, and confidence, back to Him that He gave in the beginning. A defeated Christian is the one’s that don’t have praise. A defeated Christian or a defeated church cannot live in the same place of true praise and joy that the anointing produces.

Anyone that will share the eternal life like He has shared with us deserves all the praise and credit and all of it that we can give Him, lest you return to dust and never see Him except for the judgment. In your joy, in your praises, you tell the earth the Lord God liveth.

“Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.”Revelation 4: 11

You will be blessed.
Josephus Oluwatoyin Thomas

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