I have my sins that I continually battle with I am sure you have yours. It can be easy, as Christians, to take grace for granted. We should be continually growing more and more like our Savior. We’ll never be perfect in this life, but our lives should reflect the change God has made in us. They weren’t going to lose their salvation, but they needed to live in light of it. If you’re familiar with the Corinthians at all, you know they weren’t living as people washed and sanctified. 6:1-11 is that the Corinthians need to live in a way that is consistent with this verdict and status (p. God was able to do this because the ‘righteousness’ that belongs to Christ, due to his perfect life, has become ‘our. God has already declared the Corinthians Christians to be ‘righteous’ (see Rom. The ESV Study Bible comments on this passage: But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God. Then he says in verse 11:Īnd such were some of you. In 1 Corinthians 6:9-10, Paul lists some of the kinds of people who will not inherit the kingdom of God. Well, first of all, we’re not only forgiven, but also cleansed when we trust Christ for our salvation.Ĭhrist loved the church and gave himself up for her, that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word, so that he might present the church to himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and without blemish (Ephesians 5:25-27).Īnd you, who once were alienated and hostile in mind, doing evil deeds, 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 1:21-22) Sometimes the word “blameless” caused me the same kind of frustration as a white shirt. Therefore, beloved, since you are waiting for these, be diligent to be found by him without spot or blemish, and at peace (2 Peter 3:14). Here are a few:Īnd it is my prayer that your love may abound more and more, with knowledge and all discernment, so that you may approve what is excellent, and so be pure and blameless for the day of Christ, filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God (Philippians 1:9-11).Īnd may the Lord make you increase and abound in love to one another and to all, just as we do to you, so that He may establish your hearts blameless in holiness before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all His saints (1 Thessalonians 3:12-13). So I prefer to wear clothes that make the occasional spill or scuff less noticeable.įour times since December 30, my Daily Light on the Daily Path devotional book, compiled from Scripture by Samuel Bagster, has had readings about being blameless. But eventually they turn gray or yellowish. I can wash white clothes, with varying degrees of success. I invariably spill food or find scuffs and stains from unknown sources that speckle my white garment.
I can’t wear white until I get to heaven.Īt least, I can’t wear white without frustration.
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