Free from Accusation
“But
now he has reconciled you by Christ’s physical body through death to
present you holy in his sight, without blemish and free from
accusation.”
~ Colossians 1:22
Paul of
Tarsus spent much of his life trying to extinguish the specific
falsehoods that eroded the notion that God’s demeanor toward us is
grace-full. His letters throb with countless “blame-extinguishing”
declarations.
These
explosive statements are designed to inoculate the church from any
accusation that can be laid at her feet. God accepts only one person,
His beloved Son.
And
we are in Him. So He accepts us on exactly the same basis as He accepts
Christ. Therefore, we need not struggle to earn God’s favor. We only
need to come to Christ and rest in Him.
On
balance, understanding that we are a new species in Christ is not a
license to practice sin. A proper apprehension of God’s irrevocable love
and acceptance of His children actually does the opposite.
It
wins our hearts over to Him. Granted, because we are His children, the
Lord will chastise us if necessary (Heb. 12:5–11; Rev. 3:19).
But such chastisement is an evidence of His burning love for us. It in no way affects His unconditional acceptance.
I address the two common enemies of the gospel, libertinism and legalism, here.
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