DAILY?READINGS: 1 Kings 18; Jeremiah 30; Hebrews 1
To present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight. Colossians 1:22
The idea of blamelessness in the Old Testament means being purged to a point of clarity or pure transparency. God desired His people to be blameless (Deut. 18:13) and He loved to use people who were blameless to show Himself strong (2 Chron. 16:8-9). In the New Testament, God is still looking for blameless people. Graciously He enables us to be blameless before Him because of Jesus’ death (Col. 1:22). But He does more than that. He keeps us blameless (1 Thess. 5:23) and one day He will present us blameless to God our Saviour (Jude 1:24)! May God help us to live blameless lives before Him. —L. Devries
I stand amazed in the presence, of Jesus the Nazarene.
And wonder how He could love me, a sinner, condemned, unclean.
—Charles H. Gabriel