Title: The Unhappy Holy Christian Does Not Exist
Meta: Some use the expression, "God doesn't want you to be happy, He wants you to be holy."  Yet they forget that there is no such thing as the unhappy holy Christian. The holy Christian is the happy Christian. The believer does not forsake happiness to have holiness, but because of holiness they are happy in God.
Tags: happy,joy,holiness,set apart

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You know that expression,

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"God doesn't want you to be happy,

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He wants you to be holy."

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That's such a stupid expression.

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I hate that.

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:I used to be happy,

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but now I'm holy."

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Holiness

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is when we find our happiness in God.

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Holiness

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is when we learn to love what God loves

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and to be devoted to what God loves.

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That is holiness.

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There's no such thing as the

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unhappy holy Christian.

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The holy Christian is the happy Christian.

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And the only way to be happy-

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doing the things Jesus' authority requires.

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The only way to be happy,

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moving out into obedience,

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is to be motivated by love.