Sinclair Ferguson

Not because they're, you know, they're using hammers on their thumbs, but just because we are different.

We belong to a heavenly body.

citizenship.

There should be something about us that makes people think, whether because of intrigue or because of irritation.

Why is it that he or she is different?

And going back to the first question, we're not going to get back past the first question, are we really?

It's because we're living for completely different motivations and ends.

Our end, our goal is to glorify God and to enjoy Him forever.

And one, the non-Christian thinks glorifying God is the abolition of my joy.

Whereas the catechism is teaching us, no, that's what gives us joy.

And the other thing that I think many non-Christians think is, there's no way I would become a Christian.

It is a joyless life.

And the catechism is saying, no, actually, it's the very reverse of that.

It is truly the joy-filled life.

Now, I'm Scottish, right?

So I sometimes have to say, we Scottish Christians enjoy this so much.

We don't want to waste our energy showing it by smiling all the time.

But joy does not need to be obnoxious, happy, happy, happy, but just a something about us.

So you've maybe heard me say, when we lived in Texas and in South Carolina, I loved riding on the elevators, what we call the lifts.

I don't know what they call them in Australia, the lifts.