MONDAY April 15, 2024
Having a Holy and Blameless Life
...that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love....
Ephesians 1:4
God has chosen us, and in that calling as Christians, we are to have a holy and blameless character. Know this: It is only because of Jesus Christ that we stand before God, holy and without blame. Therefore, we are to give Him all the glory. The word holy means “set apart,” and the word blameless means “without blemish, free from faultiness, just as a sacrificial lamb without spot or any blemishes.” This was the Old Testament requirement for an animal to be sacrificed. It had to be without blemish according to Leviticus 22.
Christians need to have a life of blamelessness, where people cannot point their finger and accuse them of anything. When we go to school, attend a university, or work as an employer or employee, we need to be holy, without fault, without blemish. Understand, our preaching will not bring people to Christ. It is our living example as a Christian that will bring people to know Him and His love. That is how people will be influenced by the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
Too often our conversation does not match our walk. That is a problem among Christians today, because too many are talking about Christ, but they are not walking the true walk of a believer. The walk of a believer has to be a walk of the Spirit––a life of blamelessness.
Know this: When someone comes with a false accusation against you, and a survey is taken, those in authority should come to the conclusion that you are not guilty of anything––blameless. This is exactly what God will say about our lives in Christ––not guilty.
How blessed and favored by God are those whose way is blameless [those with personal integrity, the upright, the guileless], who walk in the law [and who are guided by the precepts and revealed will] of the LORD.
~Psalm 119:1 AMP~
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