• Holiness And Happiness  PRO

  Contributed by Christian Cheong on Mar 14, 2011 (message contributor)

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  Scripture:  Joshua 1:1-23:6

  Tags:  Love, Separation, Holiness, Apart, Joint  (view more)  (view less)

  Denomination: Independent/Bible

HOLINESS AND HAPPINESS

Quote taken from an article "9 Points for Preaching on the Problem of Evil" by Norman L. Geisler, a distinguished professor of apologetics at Veritas Evangelical Seminary in Murrieta, California:

"The stark truth is that God is more interested in our holiness than in our happiness. There is no verse in the Bible that says, "Be happy, as I am happy." There are verses that declare, "Be holy, as I am holy" (Lev.