Christ communicates to us His delight to do God's will, and the joy that He has in it. Christ prays that we will enter into His joy---We are to be a joyous, obedient band of brothers with Christ, our prince and our kinsman redeemer, knit together in joy, love, faith and courage. The purpose is that, in the end, all the joyous things Christ promised will be accomplished in every one of us who have trusted in Him.--No wonder Christ prayed that His joy would be fulfilled in His people. His prayer cannot fail for any of us---Christ's joy must be fulfilled in us- What He joys in must be accomplished in every one of His people, and when it is, His joy floods over us as well.--What brings joy to Christ, in the end, are the same things that bring joy to us all. We come to share with Jesus a common enthusiasm.--What Christ delights in is His sacrifice that takes away our sin, and reconciles us to a Holy God, and justifies us, declaring us perfect before God in Christ, and rescues our bodies from sin and death and corruption.--A principle means used by God to fulfill Christ's joy in us, is the miraculous work of the Holy Ghost. By Him we are quickened, who were before dead in our trespasses and sins, and we are brought to faith in our Lord Jesus.--Not stopping with that, God sends the Holy Ghost to indwell every believer, to knit our hearts unto His, to adopt us by His Spirit as His sons.--The Holy Ghost also comforts us, by drawing us to the knowledge of all the things that bring joy to Christ---On the night He was betrayed, Christ promised that all this would happen.--But God also institutionalizes that comfort, He instantiates that comfort in the Holy Ghost Who indwells us.

Christ communicates to us His delight to do God's will, and the joy that He has in it. Christ prays that we will enter into His joy! We are to be a joyous, obedient band of brothers with Christ, our prince and our kinsman redeemer, knit together in joy, love, faith and courage. The purpose is that, in the end, all the joyous things Christ promised will be accomplished in every one of us who have trusted in Him. No wonder Christ prayed that His joy would be fulfilled in His people. His prayer cannot fail for any of us! Christ's joy must be fulfilled in us! What He joys in must be accomplished in every one of His people, and when it is, His joy floods over us as well. What brings joy to Christ, in the end, are the same things that bring joy to us all. We come to share with Jesus a common enthusiasm. What Christ delights in is His sacrifice that takes away our sin, and reconciles us to a Holy God, and justifies us, declaring us perfect before God in Christ, and rescues our bodies from sin and death and corruption. A principle means used by God to fulfill Christ's joy in us, is the miraculous work of the Holy Ghost. By Him we are quickened, who were before dead in our trespasses and sins, and we are brought to faith in our Lord Jesus. Not stopping with that, God sends the Holy Ghost to indwell every believer, to knit our hearts unto His, to adopt us by His Spirit as His sons. The Holy Ghost also comforts us, by drawing us to the knowledge of all the things that bring joy to Christ! On the night He was betrayed, Christ promised that all this would happen. But God also institutionalizes that comfort, He instantiates that comfort in the Holy Ghost Who indwells us.

God comforts us by the oath He made to Christ, appointing Him our high priest forever after the order of Melchizedek.--Christ communicates to us His delight to do God's will, and the joy that He has in it. Christ prays that we will enter into His joy---Just before He died for us, Jesus told us of the Father's love for Christ and for all who trust in Him. Jesus promised us that the Spirit of God would come down and indwell us. Jesus promised He would raise us all up from the grave at the end. Jesus told us He is preparing a place for us in Glory, and that He will come again and take us there to be with Him forever---Christ instructed us to love the brethren, to love the Father, and of His love for us. He urged us to be obedient to His commandments because of that love.--In other words, we are to be a joyous, obedient band of brothers with Christ, our prince and our kinsman redeemer, knit together in joy, love, faith and courage. The purpose is that, in the end, all the joyous things Christ promised will be accomplished in every one of us who have trusted in Him.--Christ longs for us to enter into His joy in all this, into His delight to do God's will.--How can we refuse-- After all, our joy and Christ's joy are the outflow of God's comfort to us in saving us by our great high priest and His perfect offering for our sin---Christ told us all these things while He was with us for a reason- -now come I to Thee -the Father-, and these things I speak in the world, that they might have my joy fulfilled in themselves.---As Christ redeems us by His righteousness and bloody sacrifice in our place, the comfort of God sets in upon us, as we grasp the unspeakable riches of His love-

God comforts us by the oath He made to Christ, appointing Him our high priest forever after the order of Melchizedek. Christ communicates to us His delight to do God's will, and the joy that He has in it. Christ prays that we will enter into His joy! Just before He died for us, Jesus told us of the Father's love for Christ and for all who trust in Him. Jesus promised us that the Spirit of God would come down and indwell us. Jesus promised He would raise us all up from the grave at the end. Jesus told us He is preparing a place for us in Glory, and that He will come again and take us there to be with Him forever! Christ instructed us to love the brethren, to love the Father, and of His love for us. He urged us to be obedient to His commandments because of that love. In other words, we are to be a joyous, obedient band of brothers with Christ, our prince and our kinsman redeemer, knit together in joy, love, faith and courage. The purpose is that, in the end, all the joyous things Christ promised will be accomplished in every one of us who have trusted in Him. Christ longs for us to enter into His joy in all this, into His delight to do God's will. How can we refuse? After all, our joy and Christ's joy are the outflow of God's comfort to us in saving us by our great high priest and His perfect offering for our sin! Christ told us all these things while He was with us for a reason: "now come I to Thee [the Father], and these things I speak in the world, that they might have my joy fulfilled in themselves." As Christ redeems us by His righteousness and bloody sacrifice in our place, the comfort of God sets in upon us, as we grasp the unspeakable riches of His love!

God comforts us by the oath He made to Christ, appointing Him our high priest forever after the order of Melchizedek.--Christ had said to God in olden times, -I delight to do Thy will----Very early in Christ's ministry, He exhibited a particular, zealous delight to do God's will, when He cleansed the temple, upset the money changers' table, and let all the animals loose.--Christ denounced how the religious rulers and the people had turned the temple sacrifices into a commercial enterprise. Now, instead of bringing your own sacrifice, you could simply buy one on site - much less fuss and trouble then raising your own lamb, growing attached to it, and then bringing it to God's altar as a sacrifice because you sinned against God.--This stripped the people of their connection to their sin offerings, and turned the whole thing into the payment of what was essentially a fine.--Thus, the people were alienated and separated from their sacrifices, from their bloody substitutes in the temporal judgment of God for their sins. Now, it was merely a market transaction, rather than an offering that propitiated God's wrath for their crimes.--In a dramatic way, Christ here acted out God's opposition to their animal sacrifices, in which He took no delight, because the people had so disregarded the offerings of God.--After Jesus took this action, the people demanded of Him a sign, and He told them that they would destroy -this temple,- by which He meant, His Own body, but that He would rise again in three days.--Even as God had no delight in their animal sacrifices, they would shortly show their contempt for the only sacrifice that does delight God, the offering of His Dear Son.

God comforts us by the oath He made to Christ, appointing Him our high priest forever after the order of Melchizedek. Christ had said to God in olden times, "I delight to do Thy will!" Very early in Christ's ministry, He exhibited a particular, zealous delight to do God's will, when He cleansed the temple, upset the money changers' table, and let all the animals loose. Christ denounced how the religious rulers and the people had turned the temple sacrifices into a commercial enterprise. Now, instead of bringing your own sacrifice, you could simply buy one on site – much less fuss and trouble then raising your own lamb, growing attached to it, and then bringing it to God's altar as a sacrifice because you sinned against God. This stripped the people of their connection to their sin offerings, and turned the whole thing into the payment of what was essentially a fine. Thus, the people were alienated and separated from their sacrifices, from their bloody substitutes in the temporal judgment of God for their sins. Now, it was merely a market transaction, rather than an offering that propitiated God's wrath for their crimes. In a dramatic way, Christ here acted out God's opposition to their animal sacrifices, in which He took no delight, because the people had so disregarded the offerings of God. After Jesus took this action, the people demanded of Him a sign, and He told them that they would destroy "this temple," by which He meant, His Own body, but that He would rise again in three days. Even as God had no delight in their animal sacrifices, they would shortly show their contempt for the only sacrifice that does delight God, the offering of His Dear Son.

Christ had said to God in olden times, -I delight to do Thy will----That is, Christ delighted to come in human flesh, to sacrifice Himself, to take away our sin, and to shut down the animal sacrifices that God took no delight in.--Christ Himself expressed His desire to do God's will during His earthly ministry. Indeed, Jesus told His disciples that to do God's will was like food and drink to Him- Christ fed upon it, and drew strength from obeying His Father.--In John 6, Christ explicitly stated the will of the Father which He would surely accomplish- it was to save every single person given to Him by His Father, and lose not a one of us---He told us that He came down to earth to do His Father's will, and not His Own will.--It is important to recognize the congruence of the two statements of God's will which Christ delights to do. In Psalm 40 and Hebrews 10, God's will is, to set aside the animal offerings that He takes no pleasure in, and replace them with the offering of Christ that saves sinners, which God delights in. In these texts, the delightful will of God is expressed in terms of the means Christ must use to accomplish God's will.--In John 6, God's will is stated in terms of its purpose and result- to save all of His people that He gives to Christ unto everlasting life.--If Christ was to fulfill the will as stated in John 6, to save everyone given to Him by God, then He must delight to do the will expressed in Hebrews 10, that He sacrifice Himself as God's Lamb, and shut down the Old Testament animal sacrifices that could never save anybody.--When Jesus satisfied the will of God in dying to save us from our sin, He had in mind the same people that God gave Him-

Christ had said to God in olden times, "I delight to do Thy will!" That is, Christ delighted to come in human flesh, to sacrifice Himself, to take away our sin, and to shut down the animal sacrifices that God took no delight in. Christ Himself expressed His desire to do God's will during His earthly ministry. Indeed, Jesus told His disciples that to do God's will was like food and drink to Him! Christ fed upon it, and drew strength from obeying His Father. In John 6, Christ explicitly stated the will of the Father which He would surely accomplish: it was to save every single person given to Him by His Father, and lose not a one of us! He told us that He came down to earth to do His Father's will, and not His Own will. It is important to recognize the congruence of the two statements of God's will which Christ delights to do. In Psalm 40 and Hebrews 10, God's will is, to set aside the animal offerings that He takes no pleasure in, and replace them with the offering of Christ that saves sinners, which God delights in. In these texts, the delightful will of God is expressed in terms of the means Christ must use to accomplish God's will. In John 6, God's will is stated in terms of its purpose and result: to save all of His people that He gives to Christ unto everlasting life. If Christ was to fulfill the will as stated in John 6, to save everyone given to Him by God, then He must delight to do the will expressed in Hebrews 10, that He sacrifice Himself as God's Lamb, and shut down the Old Testament animal sacrifices that could never save anybody. When Jesus satisfied the will of God in dying to save us from our sin, He had in mind the same people that God gave Him!

Christ had said to God in olden times, -I delight to do Thy will----That is, Christ delighted to come in human flesh, to sacrifice Himself, to take away our sin, and to shut down the animal sacrifices that God took no delight in.--Therefore, God has anointed Him with the oil of gladness above all other men---Christ disclosed His delight in several other texts of scripture.--In Psalm 16, the Spirit of Christ expressed His perfect obedience to God's will, and His happiness that God had sworn to Him that He would not rot in the grave after He died, but would be raised up quickly from the dead. The promise God made to Christ regarding His resurrection allowed Christ to rest in hope in His flesh, even while He died for us.--At the cross, when Jesus cried out that God had forsaken Him in judgment and wrath, He was embracing as His Own testimony Psalm 22.--That psalm begins describing the cruelty and horror of His crucifixion, and how wicked men abused Messiah at Calvary. It describes in sometimes gory detail the sorrows of Christ as He bore our sins in His Own body.--But the Psalm turns abruptly at verse 22, when He begins to describe His victory and His vindication by God Himself---It turned out that, even though Christ was forsaken by God, that didn't mean that God was oblivious to His sufferings.--The Spirit of Christ is very clear- He was to be forsaken by God in wrath and judgment, but not because God despised Him or treated His sufferings with contempt.--To the contrary, Christ declares that God had not despised His affliction, and had indeed heard Him when He cried out---Christ's death was not, after all, in vain- Rather, God is satisfied with His dying for our sins.

Christ had said to God in olden times, "I delight to do Thy will!" That is, Christ delighted to come in human flesh, to sacrifice Himself, to take away our sin, and to shut down the animal sacrifices that God took no delight in. Therefore, God has anointed Him with the oil of gladness above all other men! Christ disclosed His delight in several other texts of scripture. In Psalm 16, the Spirit of Christ expressed His perfect obedience to God's will, and His happiness that God had sworn to Him that He would not rot in the grave after He died, but would be raised up quickly from the dead. The promise God made to Christ regarding His resurrection allowed Christ to rest in hope in His flesh, even while He died for us. At the cross, when Jesus cried out that God had forsaken Him in judgment and wrath, He was embracing as His Own testimony Psalm 22. That psalm begins describing the cruelty and horror of His crucifixion, and how wicked men abused Messiah at Calvary. It describes in sometimes gory detail the sorrows of Christ as He bore our sins in His Own body. But the Psalm turns abruptly at verse 22, when He begins to describe His victory and His vindication by God Himself! It turned out that, even though Christ was forsaken by God, that didn't mean that God was oblivious to His sufferings. The Spirit of Christ is very clear: He was to be forsaken by God in wrath and judgment, but not because God despised Him or treated His sufferings with contempt. To the contrary, Christ declares that God had not despised His affliction, and had indeed heard Him when He cried out! Christ's death was not, after all, in vain! Rather, God is satisfied with His dying for our sins.