A Happy Man

Enjoying the Journey

Scott Pauley

Christianity, Business, Religion & Spirituality:christianity, Non-profit, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 11 July 2018

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Do you think of John the Baptist as a stern and unhappy man? Nothing could be further from the truth! Find out the secret of his joy and you will have found a supply of strength for your own life. Join Scott Pauley's study through Scripture this year. Find resources for every book of the Bible by Dr. Pauley and Enjoying the Journey at enjoyingthejourney.org/journey-through-scripture/.Whether you're a new believer or have walked with the Lord for years, you'll find thousands of free devotionals, Bible studies, audio series, and Scripture tools designed to strengthen your faith, deepen your understanding of the Bible, and help you stay rooted in the Word of God. Explore now at EnjoyingTheJourney.org.Extend the Work Enjoying the Journey provides every resource for free worldwide. If you would like to help extend this Bible teaching, you may give at enjoyingthejourney.org/donations/

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0:00.0	There was one man who Jesus himself said was the greatest man born of work.
0:14.0	As we study through the life of John the Baptist, we will discover why God used him in such a powerful way.
0:20.0	Join us now for today's study. Are you a happy man? Are you a happy woman?
0:44.3	We're studying the life right now of John the Baptist,
0:47.3	and we're looking at the things that characterized his life.
0:51.3	The very first thing that's very obvious in Scripture is that he was a humble man.
0:55.7	He was one who was willing to step forward when God told him to step forward and step back
1:00.9	when God told him to step back. We know that he was a holy man, a man who kept himself from
1:05.8	the world and for the Lord. But I want to bring you now to a truth that perhaps you've missed
1:10.8	as you've read the life of John the Baptist. We have this mental picture at the Lord. But I want to bring you now to a truth that perhaps you've missed as you've read
1:11.8	the life of John the Baptist. We have this mental picture at times, I'm afraid, of John the
1:16.5	Baptist almost as an angry man, this picture of soberness and sternness. Well, I believe that he was
1:23.5	serious about the call of God. I believe he had a serious message to give, and yet it's my
1:29.3	conviction that John the Baptist was a happy man. Was he humble? Yes. Was he holy? Yes. But he was happy.
1:37.4	Those things are not mutually exclusive. Some people think if they're going to be humble and holy,
1:42.0	they've got to be miserable. I believe God's people ought to be the happiest people on earth.
1:47.2	And I believe the Lord's servants, those who are engaged in his work, discover a joy that
1:51.9	others never enter into.
1:54.3	I bring it now to John chapter number three, a unique portion of scripture.
1:59.0	Beginning in verse 25, the Bible says,
2:01.3	Then there arose a question between some of John's disciples and the Jews about purifying.
2:06.6	And they came into John and said on him,
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