Exposing "Effective Purpose"

2Co 2:17  For we are not as many, which corrupt the word of God: but as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God speak we in Christ. 

There are so many ministries that ask for money, and for that reason alone, you can easily discern them as false.  As the title suggests, the YouTube Channel "Effective Purpose" is one of them.  I'll get to his main heresy in a moment.  First, what he gets right.

This channel first came on my feed because of a video titled, "Why Christian Men Don't Understand What Women Want."  The video is here:

Firstly, the content is sound and Biblical.  I especially like the Scripture reference of I Timothy 5:8, which reads:

1Ti 5:8  But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel. 

In this video, EP argues that men don't realize that what women want are men allowing women to survive, because in the world is out to "kill them".  The man is a woman's "shield" for protection.  So, this is why she will test the man for competence, confidence, the ability to provide, etc.  EP provides Biblical references to all of this, including mentioning that the OT laws include protections for women and responsibilities for men.

However, when I got to his description, I see "Access exclusive extras on Patreon" and "Support the ministry with a 1-time or recurring gift".  THIS is why he is a heretic, because he is violating 2 Corintihans 2:17.  It's unfortunate that EP is a false teacher because of this.

Oh, here's another red flag of EP.  He has a video called "Is Anxiety A Sin, or Are These Pastors Kicking You While You're Down?"  This title presumes that EP says that anxiety is not a sin.  Jesus says otherwise (ESV for clarity):

“Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life? And why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin, yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is alive and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? Therefore do not be anxious, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ For the Gentiles seek after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them all. But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you. “Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.

(Mat 6:25-34)

I looked at more of the anxiety video in question (It's about an hour long, so I skimmed through it).  EP is speaking mostly to those with a diagnosable case of anxiety and depression.  He mentions psychology, brain chemicals, etc.  One thing he doesn't mention (and the chapter headings don't even suggest it), is the concept of the SOURCE of the anxiety.  If you are anxious, there is a cause.  In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus suggests the source of anxieties come from focusing on food and clothing, which God will provide, provided that you seek His kingdom and His righteousness.  Even in Philippians 4:6, which reads:

Php_4:6  Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.

The answer to anxiety is to trust in God, and this requires a change of mindset.  If you are anxious, it is evidence you are not trusting God with the problem.  If you were trusting God, you wouldn't not be anxious.  Now yes, Jesus was in agony in the Garden of Gethsemane (Luke 22:44), and EP suggests that it might also be anxiety.  However, Jesus trusted God, despite his body overclocking.  Your body can have butterflies in your stomach and your heart still not be anxious.  Thus, the "sin" of anxiety is when your heart believes the teachings of the body.  The overclocked body was not sin.  Jesus knew his body was in overdrive, and knew to go the Source to possibly remove the trial responsible for the overdrive.  Yet, it was not the Father's will, and Jesus accepted that.  So, Jesus wasn't anxious, he was simply weak in the "fight or flight" flesh.

To overcome chronic anxiety, it really is as simple as trusting in God via a different mindset, a "renewing of your mind" like in Romans 12:2.\