INTRODUCTION

Some have suspected that one is blameless only when he does nothing wrong, but the scripture teaches that "all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God" (Romans 3:23For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
See All...). The Bible goes on to say that "there is none that doeth good, no, not one" (Romans 3:12They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.
See All...). In other words, there are no individuals on earth, apart from the Lord Jesus, who were or are sinless, including Zacharias and Elisabeth. Yet the Bible does teach that they were blameless. How could one be blameless and not be sinless? Blame suggests a failure to make wrongs right. As such, one can deduce that when Zacharias and Elisabeth sinned against the Lord, they did what the law required to make things right.

DEVOTIONAL THOUGHTS

• (For smaller children) One day the Lord will change us to be like Him (Philippians 3:20-21
  See All...). Until then, we all have trouble with sin (Romans 7:18-20 [18] For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not. [19] For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do. [20] Now if I do that I would not, it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.
  See All..., 24-25a). John tells us how to be blameless (1 John 1:8-10 [8] If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. [9] If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. [10] If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.
  See All...; 1 John 2:1-2 [1] My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous: [2] And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for our's only, but also for the sins of the whole world.
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• Are you sinless? How can you be blameless in spite of the fact that you sin on a daily basis? Do you make the necessary efforts to ensure that you are without blame?
• Paul as a sinner needed to be saved, yet he was blameless (Philippians 3:6He stood, and measured the earth: he beheld, and drove asunder the nations; and the everlasting mountains were scattered, the perpetual hills did bow: his ways are everlasting.
  See All...) concerning the righteousness which is in the law. How could this be?

PRAYER NEEDS

• Ask God to help you concern yourself with making things right.
• Ask God to show you when you are not without blame.

HYMN

Nothing Between

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