Holy, Unblameable and Unreprovable Colossians 1:22

After commending the Colossian church members for their love, hope and faith, and praying for them that they “might walk worthy of the Lord”, Paul told them of the sacrifice of the blood of Jesus Christ which was the price for reconciliation with God. They were alienated from God and His enemies, but because of Jesus, they could now have a relationship with the Heavenly Father. In chapter one and verse twenty-two, Paul continues to share about Jesus' sacrifice and the reasons that He went to the cross. We read:

In the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy

and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight:

The verse begins, “In the body of his flesh through death,...” Paul continued his thought from the last verse concerning reconciliation with God from “wicked works” by writing of Jesus “In the body of his flesh” or “with his earthly, fleshly, and living body” “through death” or “the separation (whether natural or violent) of the soul and the body by which the life on earth is ended or simply, the loss of life”. It was imperative that Jesus come “in the body of his flesh” so that He might experience the death on the cross that would provide reconciliation from sins.

The verse goes on to say, “ to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight:” Paul goes on to add three reasons that Jesus died in the flesh - “to present you” or “to stand beside, stand by or near, to be at hand, be present or make appear” “holy” which is a “most holy thing, or a saint”; “and unblameable” or “morally: without blemish, and faultless”; “and unreprovable” or “that which cannot be called into to account, unaccused, and blameless” “in his sight” which means “over against, before the face of, before the presence of, before, having one as it were before the eyes, before one as witness, and before God as judge”. In other words, Jesus died to present all who believe in Him before the Heavenly Father as holy, faultless, and blameless.

When we consider these three attributes which Jesus provided by His sacrifice, we may find it hard to believe that God would see us in such a manner. We don't look at ourselves in these ways, however, because Jesus paid the price for the sins of those who believe in Him, when God looks upon us, He sees us as “holy, unblameable and unreprovable”. If there had not been so many things to give praise unto God in this book thus far, we must all desire to praise the Lord now! Jesus came not only to reconcile us who were alienated and enemies of God to the Heavenly Father, but He also gave provision for us to be holy before Him. Let us bow our heads and lift our hands to give thanks to Jesus Christ for such wonderful gifts that no one else could provide!

Next time Paul will present an “if” to his statement and tell how the gospel was preached to the whole world, so read ahead, and we shall join together then.

Until tomorrow...there is more...

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