Page 44 - The Holiness of God

blessed us with all spiritual blessings in

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heavenly places in Christ: 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.” Some will argue that

this is that positional holiness. It may be, but it

goes beyond that, because we're going to see

in a moment that there's the practical side of it

as well. I think this is dealing with the practical

also. But notice he said in this passage that

we're chosen before the foundation of the

world that we should be holy and without

blame before Him in love. Yes, positionally that

is true, but practically that's to be true as well.

And I'm going to tell you that happiness is a by-

product of holiness. It really is. That is what

gives us peace and joy. We can pretend all we

want. I see so much pretense in the world —

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