The Believer's Holiness & Blamelessness, Part 1 (TMF:2568)
Wednesday, March 12, 2025
Peace to Live By: The Believer's Holiness & Blamelessness, Part 1 (TMF:2568) - Daniel Litton
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To double-down, for really there is no way around this, as the verse itself is a double-down in a way, Paul tells us the end result of what our relationships with Christ are supposed to be. He says of the church, “he has now reconciled in his body of flesh by his death, in order to present you holy and blameless and above reproach before him” (Colossians 1:22, ESV). It would be easy, and perhaps convenient to assume the verse is talking about the future. You know, it could be said in the future Christ will present us “holy and blameless and above reproach before him.” That would mean that it wouldn’t matter much what we do now in our lives. But it appears better to assume, and most seem to agree, that the verse is talking about the life process by which this occurs. Holiness comes over one’s life, as one become more like Jesus. Blamelessness comes over one’s life, as one becomes more and more aligned with Jesus.