“According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:” Ephesians 1:4

“Notice first the positive fact of election in the words, He chose us. Then there is the positional aspect of the truth, in Him: it is in the Person and work of the Lord Jesus that all God’s purposes for His people are brought to pass. The time of God’s election is indicated by the expression, before the foundation of the world. And the purpose is that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love. This purpose will not be completely realized until we are with Him in heaven (1Jn_3:2), but the process should be going on continually in our lives down here.

Prayer: “Lord, make me holy now, since this is Your eventual purpose for me. (In Jesus’ name) Amen.” Believer’s Bible Commentary

“God having provided for each the same blessings, they should therefore be ἁγιους, holy – fully separated from earth and sin, and consecrated to God and αμωμους, without blame – having no spot nor imperfection, their inward holiness agreeing with their outward consecration. The words are a metaphor taken from the perfect and immaculate sacrifices which the law required the people to bring to the altar of God. But as love is the fulfilling of the law, and love the fountain whence their salvation flowed, therefore love must fill their hearts towards God and each other, and love must be the motive and end of all their words and works.” Adam Clarke

Beware of the false prophets who peddle this idea that God just wants to make you happy. Nothing could be further from the truth concerning the divine desire for His people.

A certain deceiver, who is a pastor, has for many years been doing what wolves do – teach a false, “another gospel” (Galatians 1:6-9). With not one Scripture to prove it, I heard him today saying  “Christ came to make us happy.” The original Gospel, given to us in God’s Word via Christ and His holy apostles, never once states that God’s plan or primary goal is to make us happy.

Those seeking to be happy will never be happy.
Those seeking to be holy, will ultimately be happy.

A cursory look at the things Christ and His holy apostles suffered makes such a conclusion more than obvious.

“Confirming the souls of the disciples, and exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.” Acts 14:22

“Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.” 2 Timothy 3:12

Notice the Bible never tells us that all who live godly in Christ will be happy. Happiness is contingent upon current circumstances and is not always the case.

“We should wear suffering as a badge of honor because it produces patience. James 2:2-4. Jesus is our example in the Garden of Gethsemane. Hebrews 5: 7-8. He felt great anguish to the point of death. But He stayed on the path until the end. Jesus through His suffering learned obedience. He came out of the Garden ready to do the will of the Father. And to suffer by carrying the weight of our sins. He surrendered to the will of God His Father.” Karen Cochran

Only a godless unrepentant rebel claims that Jesus died to give them a license to sin and that they are not personally responsible to lay down their life in this world, to deny self and take up the cross daily and follow Jesus (Luke 9:23-24; 14:33; 17:33; 19:27, etc.). Welcome to the delusional world of hell bound eternal security cowards.

“Satan deceived a third of the angels that were actually in the very presence of God. So imagine the power he has over mere men who don’t submit to the Word of God.” unknown

In writing about the sufferings, the fate of some of the patriarchs of the faith, the writer of Hebrews pens the following list of hardships they endured:

“And others had trial of cruel mockings and scourgings, yea, moreover of bonds and imprisonment: 37 They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword: they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, tormented; 38 (Of whom the world was not worthy:) they wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth. 39 And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise:” Hebrews 11:36-39

Though He doesn’t cause them, the LORD allows His people to suffer. Job comes to mind as well as Joseph in Genesis. Notice that it’s only “after that ye have suffered a while” that the LORD is going to “make you perfect (mature, repaired), stablish, strengthen, settle you.”

“Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: 9 Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world. 10 But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you.” 1 Peter 5:8-10

Holy, Whole, and also Happy

Those who choose to let God make them holy, shall be happy forever!

The false teacher mentioned in this message, as is usually the case, did not bother to give the biblical context for happiness.

“Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty: 18  For he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands make whole. 19 He shall deliver thee in six troubles: yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee.” Job 5:17-19

Divine chastening from our heavenly Father actually proves we are His.

“For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds. 4 Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin. 5 And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him: 6 For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth. 7 If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not? 8  But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons. 9  Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live? 10 For they verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure; but he for our profit, that we might be partakers of his holiness. 11 Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby.” Hebrews 12:3-11

To say Jesus came to make His people holy and whole is biblical. To say His goal in coming was to make us happy, is a lie. That doesn’t mean that in following Him and for eternity, His people won’t be happy. Yet happiness is not His goal – holiness, wholeness is.

“And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.” 1 Thessalonians 5:23

The wolf I mentioned earlier who said God came to make us happy, used no Scripture, as usual. That’s why we have a Bible (2 Timothy 2:15; 3:16-17). Total false prophet. Run from devils like this who teach such and who do not teach what the Bible records – some of which we are observing in this message. “Let God be true and every man a liar” (Romans 3:4). Everything changes for God’s glory when you open God’s Word (KJB) and begin taking personal responsibility to be in it each and every day without exception, studying, learning, memorizing, and meditating on it. You will not make it if you do not.

“Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.” 2 Timothy 2:15

God’s Word makes it clear that He commands those who will be His to “Be ye holy; for I am holy.”

“But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation; 16 Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.” 1 Peter 1:15-16

In fact, no one can be happy until they are holy – which simply means they’ve repented afresh and are wholly submitted to God on His stated terms (sanctified).

There’s nearly no end to the examples of God’s people suffering found in His Word. This message you are now reading is to stir you to personally keep this truth in mind and to attune your eye to such a reality as you study God’s Word daily.

“Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life. … 13  I know thy works, and where thou dwellest, even where Satan’s seat is: and thou holdest fast my name, and hast not denied my faith, even in those days wherein Antipas was my faithful martyr, who was slain among you, where Satan dwelleth.”  Revelation 2:10, 13

“Jesus’ twelve disciples didn’t get rich off the gospel, they died for it.” Nelline Richard

Shocking: Numbers don’t lie! A stunning revelation of the prophecy of Jude in the modern church world! See Jude 4.

“Happy” appears 28 times in the Bible. “Holy” appears 611 times, and “holiness” 43 times—a total of 654 times in God’s Word. Yet Mike Hayes here is preaching happiness and not holiness – which alone reveals he is “accursed” for preaching “another gospel” (Galatians 1:6-9).

The Word of God never says that that without happiness no man shall see the LORD and yet it does say:

“Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:” Hebrews 12:14

Happiness is not an essential. Holiness is.

Scripture reveals that God is “Holy, holy, holy” which is part of His divine nature. No other part of His nature or attributes are listed in triplicate, not even once. Yet “Holy, holy, holy” appears 2 times in God’s Word (Isaiah 6:3; Revelation 4:8).

God’s Word plainly informs us that “he (God) hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be HOLY and without blame before him in love” (Ephesians 1:3-4). Do we see “happy” in that verse concerning the reason He chose us? No. Beloved, do not fall prey to the fairy tale messages of modern-day moral cowards who teach a happy message that is produced through the Luciferian serving of the god of self (as he supposes). Christ came and died to make us holy, not happy (Matthew 1:21; John 1:29; 1 Timothy 1:15, etc.). Although happiness will be born out of a clean heart, holiness (being set apart to the LORD), is what God is after, not the fruit of it. The root determines the fruit (Romans 11:16). Modern day beguilers, who wield great influence in this self-serving last day generation, are leading millions to eternal damnation (2 Timothy 3:1-13). They purposely leave out biblical truth such as the guarantee of sufferings, tribulations, judgment for sin, fasting, eternal damnation, the holiness of God, the coming judgment seat, readiness for the return of Christ, and the essential nature of personal holiness for all who will be His and be with Him, etc. True believers are called to endure sound doctrine and suffering and not to allow wolves to flatter them, to seduce them away from Christ (Matthew 10:22; 24:10-13; Colossians 2:4-19; 2 Timothy 3:12; 4:1-4; 1 Peter 2:21; 4:1).

The joy of the LORD truly is our strength and yet such a priceless spiritual fruit is yielded only as we abide in Jesus – which would be the biblical definition of holiness (Nehemiah 8:10; John 15; Galatians 5:22-23).

These deceivers weave the tapestry of a false, featherbed “Christianity” that is totally irreconcilable with the Holy Spirit-inspired words of Jesus and His holy apostles and prophets. – They “By good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the simple.” These men and their myths are to be marked and exploded with divine truth. See Romans 16:17-18; Jude 3-4. Paul told us that deceivers are “enemies of the cross of Christ” (Philippians 3:17-21). This is why we must read God’s Word for ourselves – the King James Bible.

“Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.” 2 Timothy 2:3

PRAYER: Father, I come to You now as a vile, self-serving sinner. You came and died, were buried, and raised again from the dead and I have selfishly followed false teachings, espoused another gospel, and made it all about me. Please forgive my damning sins of self-idolatry, and spiritual adultery. Break me dear LORD. Please unite my heart to fear Thy holy name LORD. Do Your deeper work in me through the crucified life. Here and now I declare with Your apostle Paul that this day “I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.” In Jesus’ name, amen.

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