Matching Your Practice to Your Position - Drawing Near - John MacArthur
God chose us “that we should be holy and blameless before Him” (Eph. 1:4).
The challenge of Christian living is to increasingly match your practice to your position.
God chose you in Christ to make you holy and blameless in His sight. To be “holy” is to be separated from sin and devoted to righteousness. To be “blameless” is to be pure without spot or blemish—like Jesus, the Lamb of God (1 Pet. 1:19).
Ephesians 1:4 is a positional statement. That is, Paul describes how God views us “in Christ.” He sees us as holy and blameless because Christ our Savior is holy and blameless. His purity is credited to our spiritual bank account. That's because God made Christ “who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him” (2 Cor. 5:21).
Despite our exalted position in God's sight, our practice often falls far short of His holy standard. Therefore the challenge of Ch
God chose us “that we should be holy and blameless before Him” (Eph. 1:4).
The challenge of Christian living is to increasingly match your practice to your position.
God chose you in Christ to make you holy and blameless in His sight. To be “holy” is to be separated from sin and devoted to righteousness. To be “blameless” is to be pure without spot or blemish—like Jesus, the Lamb of God (1 Pet. 1:19).
Ephesians 1:4 is a positional statement. That is, Paul describes how God views us “in Christ.” He sees us as holy and blameless because Christ our Savior is holy and blameless. His purity is credited to our spiritual bank account. That's because God made Christ “who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him” (2 Cor. 5:21).
Despite our exalted position in God's sight, our practice often falls far short of His holy standard. Therefore the challenge of Ch
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