Joy (To the World) (2 of 7)
Series: Fruit of the Spirit
Will McGee
Psalm 98
INTRODUCTION: That song that we just sang... Joy to the World... was written in 1719...
- By a man named Isaac Watts
I've been studying a lot about the life of Isaac Watts this week.
- As a teenager, he was often bored with the music in church.
- He thought that is lacked theological substance and he thought the melodies were dull and dry.
- He came home one Sunday and complained about the music to his Father... His father replied, ''Well then, young man, why don't you give us something better to sing?''
- That he did.
''Joy to the World!'' Isaac Watts wrote.
-That can seem naïve to sing in a world filled with so much brokenness... But Isaac Watts understood the possibility of Christian joy in the midst of pain. He had experienced it.
- He had a physical disease that actually caused him to have to quit his vocation as a pastor.
- The love of his life rejected his marriage proposal.
- Because his songs were so different from the church music of the day, with catchy melodies... He was considered to be a heretic by many church leaders... They opposed him publicly.
- Nothing new under the sun. (I remember when my church as a kid first got a drum kit...)
- Isaac Watts knew that the world was broken... He felt it.
- Yet, he was able to sing... ''Joy to the World!'' and millions of people sing it at this time every year.
This song was actually inspired by Psalm 98. Watts read this Psalm and set out to write a hymn that expressed what he read in the Scriptures... This is our text this morning.
[4] Make a joyful noise to the LORD, all the earth; break forth into joyous song and sing praises!
[5] Sing praises to the LORD with the lyre, with the lyre and the sound of melody!
[6] With trumpets and the sound of the horn make a joyful noise before the King, the LORD!
[7] Let the sea roar, and all that fills it; the world and those who dwell in it!
[8] ...
Series: Fruit of the Spirit
Will McGee
Psalm 98
INTRODUCTION: That song that we just sang... Joy to the World... was written in 1719...
- By a man named Isaac Watts
I've been studying a lot about the life of Isaac Watts this week.
- As a teenager, he was often bored with the music in church.
- He thought that is lacked theological substance and he thought the melodies were dull and dry.
- He came home one Sunday and complained about the music to his Father... His father replied, ''Well then, young man, why don't you give us something better to sing?''
- That he did.
''Joy to the World!'' Isaac Watts wrote.
-That can seem naïve to sing in a world filled with so much brokenness... But Isaac Watts understood the possibility of Christian joy in the midst of pain. He had experienced it.
- He had a physical disease that actually caused him to have to quit his vocation as a pastor.
- The love of his life rejected his marriage proposal.
- Because his songs were so different from the church music of the day, with catchy melodies... He was considered to be a heretic by many church leaders... They opposed him publicly.
- Nothing new under the sun. (I remember when my church as a kid first got a drum kit...)
- Isaac Watts knew that the world was broken... He felt it.
- Yet, he was able to sing... ''Joy to the World!'' and millions of people sing it at this time every year.
This song was actually inspired by Psalm 98. Watts read this Psalm and set out to write a hymn that expressed what he read in the Scriptures... This is our text this morning.
[4] Make a joyful noise to the LORD, all the earth; break forth into joyous song and sing praises!
[5] Sing praises to the LORD with the lyre, with the lyre and the sound of melody!
[6] With trumpets and the sound of the horn make a joyful noise before the King, the LORD!
[7] Let the sea roar, and all that fills it; the world and those who dwell in it!
[8] ...
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