Ephesians 1:3-4
3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places, 4 even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him.
Pursuing holy and pure character is essential to the Christian faith. All throughout Scripture commands and statements are made to remind us of this necessity. The good news of Jesus Christ is that through Him we have achieved holiness, because on our owns we are damned to failure. This is and should be common knowledge to the Christian, but then why do we struggle so much with bad character? Yes, we live in a fallen world and in the flesh, but there is more to it. We forget the blessings and promises of God. Peter writes in his second letter a list of character traits to pursue (1:5-7) and then says that his intent is to always remind us (1:12). We also need to be reminded that Jesus Christ has already died to make us pure and holy. We are blessed. Let us not forget that. Next time we catch ourselves falling into the constant temptations of this world let us remember that Christ has already suffered on the cross and paid the penalty for our sin, so that we may eternally enjoy the presence of God. Jesus suffered for the sake of our purity. How then should we live with this in mind?
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