62. Must We Try to Become Holy?

As Christians, is holy something we are—or something we must try to become? First and foremost, holy is what we are in Christ. Scripture tells us: “By this we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once and for all.” When Paul refers to believers as saints (meaning holy ones), he isn’t addressing an elite class of Christians; he means all those who belong to Christ.

Likewise, the term blameless is often used right alongside the word holy to declare the believer’s unique position in Christ. Being blameless means being faultless or without blemish—the same as being made righteous.

Having been justified by grace, we are now held blameless, and as a result, set apart as God’s special possession. This isn’t merely a hypothetical status or position—as it is often thought of. This is who we truly are in Christ!

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