Comments on: God Makes Christians As Happy As He Is https://headhearthand.org/blog/2015/02/03/god-makes-christians-as-happy-as-he-is/  Informing Minds. Moving Hearts. Directing Hands. Mon, 23 Feb 2026 18:08:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.41 By: David Murray https://headhearthand.org/blog/2015/02/03/god-makes-christians-as-happy-as-he-is/#comment-47293 Wed, 04 Feb 2015 02:49:00 +0000 http://headhearthand.org/?p=20472#comment-47293 Good question. It’s a tension we all struggle with. I think the key is to hold them both together. For example in Psalm 100, we are encouraged to come to God with trembling and joy. The Apostle Paul speaks of being sorrowful yet always rejoicing (2 Cor. 6:10). Of course, the Old Testament has more emphasis on the fear and the sorrow, but only to prepare the way for the joy of the full revelation of the Gospel in the New Testament.

]]> By: BSF TL https://headhearthand.org/blog/2015/02/03/god-makes-christians-as-happy-as-he-is/#comment-47289 Tue, 03 Feb 2015 19:43:00 +0000 http://headhearthand.org/?p=20472#comment-47289 Hi David,

I’m teaching a year-long class thru Ex-Deut. How do you find the right balance between what you’ve posted above and the passages of Leviticus and Numbers where repeated warnings are given, e.g. for the Levites even to peek at the inner components of the tabernacle while taking it down would result in their instant deaths? The tone of these texts is extremely serious & heavy with warnings (Paul agrees: 1 Cor 10). Thanks for any thoughts on how to balance the two :)

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