I read a commentary recently on Colossians 1:21-23 here:
Holy And Blameless - 5 Ways To Know What It Means In God's Eyes!
But the gist of it was summed up at the end where it stated:
You are holy and blameless in God’s eyes. The Word of God tells you so.
Now all you need is to…
“continue to believe this truth AND STAND FIRMLY IN IT.”
I’m wondering how everyone views this matter. The above appears to make our righteousness or state of justification dependent on us, in the sense that I am holy and blameless so long as I maintain the belief that I’m holy and blameless. As if my resolving to believe will justify me -or keep me that way -and without any regard to my actually being holy and blameless to whatever degree God might otherwise expect from us. It’s kind of like believing in my belief.
Holy And Blameless - 5 Ways To Know What It Means In God's Eyes!
But the gist of it was summed up at the end where it stated:
You are holy and blameless in God’s eyes. The Word of God tells you so.
Now all you need is to…
“continue to believe this truth AND STAND FIRMLY IN IT.”
I’m wondering how everyone views this matter. The above appears to make our righteousness or state of justification dependent on us, in the sense that I am holy and blameless so long as I maintain the belief that I’m holy and blameless. As if my resolving to believe will justify me -or keep me that way -and without any regard to my actually being holy and blameless to whatever degree God might otherwise expect from us. It’s kind of like believing in my belief.