You say, well I don't think anybody thinks that sin is going to bring them joy.
Of course they do.
That's the only reason why anybody even commits sin.
Because they think that it's going to give them some kind of enjoyment.
I mean if sin did not bring enjoyment, why would anyone do it?
The world is on a quest for joy, they're on a quest for enjoyment, they're on a quest
for pleasure and happiness and it leads them down a path of sin.
They think that drinking will bring them joy and pleasure.
They think that fornication is going to give them joy in their life.
They think they're going to watch all the movies and all the rock concerts and all the
entertainment that the world has is what's going to give them joy in their life.
But God said I'm writing this book to tell you how to have the fullness of joy and that's
that you sin not.
You see sin will actually take away your joy.
Look at Psalm 51 verse 10.
The Bible reads, this is after David had committed adultery with Bathsheba, so he committed an
awful sin.
It says in verse 10, created me a clean heart O God and renew a right spirit within me.
Cast me not away from thy presence and take not thy Holy Spirit from me.
Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation and uphold me with thy free spirit.
You see he had lost his joy, he hadn't lost his salvation, he didn't say O God restore
unto me my salvation.
You see this is the Old Testament, Jesus Christ the same yesterday and today and forever,
Jesus saves eternally, once saved, always saved and in the Old Testament David said
restore unto me not my salvation but restore unto me the joy of thy salvation.
He's saying I've lost my joy and the best way to lose your joy in your life is to go
into a life of sin.
You're not really happy when you go out and sin but you always think you're going to be
happy when you sin.
You see the devil is a deceiver, he deceives the whole world the Bible says.
Now have you ever seen a bull fight before, but have you ever seen a bull fight?
You know what I'm talking about and they take of course the matador takes that red whatever
it is you know cloth and he waves it around and the trick is that the bull thinks that
there's something behind that red cape you know he thinks that there's something there,
he's being deceived but when he gets there there's nothing there it's just wind you know
and he ends up looking like a fool right.
The purpose of a bull fight is for the matador to make the bull look like a fool because
he waves something out there and he goes to attack it and he just goes right through
there's nothing there the bull falls and trips and whatever because he's being deceived.
Well the devil is a deceiver and he'll hold something up to you that's an illusion that's
an image of something that you think you want that's going to make you happy or bring you
joy and you go running toward it but when you get there you find there's nothing there.
It's all an illusion I mean TV is an illusion these billboards that are up glamorizing alcohol
glamorizing drugs glamorizing cigarettes glamorizing fornication it's an illusion once again and
kids grow up and they they look at this stuff and they think boy I can't wait till I get
out of my house and I can go out and dabble in the sand I can see what the bar is really
like I can see what what drugs are like see what alcohol is like hey they will find out
that it is not what it's cracked up to be the devil has nothing to offer you the world
has nothing to offer it's not what it's cracked up to be and yet name one good reason to drink
besides that it's going to give you enjoyment isn't that the reason why I mean the whole
point of drinking is what to have joy the whole point of smoking is what to feel good
and enjoy life enjoy Marlboro you know enjoy camel the whole point of taking drugs is to
have joy the whole point of going and watching a filthy movie is to make you happy to make
you joyful to make you laugh at the jokes and have fun and yet if you go today to the
person who's the biggest drunk in this city ask him if they're happy today they're not
ask those that are on drugs if they're happy ask those who live a life of sin and fornication
sleeping around ask these students at ASU are you happy are you satisfied with your
life and they'll tell you I'm not happy I'm not satisfied I wish there was something more
to life than this that's why there's suicide that's why people are on dope that's why people
give up on life because they can't find happiness in a life of sin and that's where the devil
will tell you it is that's where TV will show you that it is but it's a lie they can't find
the happiness that they crave why because joy is found look at look at Hebrews I'm sorry
Psalm 16 you're in Psalm 51 just flip back to chapter 16 while you're turning there let
me read this for you this is from Hebrews 11 by faith Moses when he was come to years
refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter choosing rather to suffer affliction
with the people of God than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season sin has pleasure for a
season I'm not gonna lie to you I'm not gonna say oh sin is never fun then why would anybody
do it because it does have pleasure for a season but look down at Psalm 16 11 thou wilt
show me the path of life in thy presence is fullness of joy at thy right hand there are
pleasures forevermore you see there's the pleasure of sin for a season then there's the pleasure of
serving God the joy of being at the right hand of God and having pleasures forevermore not a
temporary fun I mean not a temporary a fun night and then the next morning you regret it five
minutes later you regret what you've done ten minutes later you regret the sin that you
participated in there's no joy in the life of sin and yet there's no reason to sin but for
enjoyment it doesn't make any sense and so we need to understand what the Bible says joy is
really found it's not found in a life of sin but number two look at Luke chapter 6