The Fruit of the Spirit (4): Joy (2)

In the previous article about "Joy," we learned that Christ calls us unto the production of His wonder-fruit by His Spirit through His Word, which includes, for example, the command, "Rejoice in the Lord, and again I say, Rejoice!" (Phil. 4:4) Because in fulfillment of that call of Christ the sovereign Spirit works in and through us the gift of joy, we consciously learn and experience this joy according to our new nature. This joy is not a mere emotion, although it is often true that, because...