It is
a great feeling when you are vindicated of wrongdoing. A life of faultless
living and the highest integrity will always stand against the harshest critics
and slanderers.
Living
above reproach means that your life is blameless in every area. You are one
hundred per cent honest in all relationships, trustworthy in all possessions and
uncompromising in character during times of adversity. This is not only limited
to a public life, but private as well. Even when you are falsely accused you
can stand in confidence knowing that the accusations are nothing but lies,
rooted in envy and jealousy.
How
many famous people in history and celebrities can you count who have this uncompromising
character? Too often a life of fame can all be swept away by a shaky personal
life and poor character. A life of faith and convictions the world will at
times laugh and mock, but to those who live by them will still be standing with
the storms of life come without warning.
Colossians
1:22 ...and above reproach…
Two
words that indicate this unseen phenomenon is above reproach. The Greek word for this
is “anegklētos” - a legal term used in the justice courts of ancient
days. It is pertaining to one who
cannot be accused of anything wrong – without accusation. Who cannot
be called to account.” (Thayers Abridged). “Unreprovable” or “above reproach” is “not only free from the blemish but from the
charge of it” (Vincent).
As
Christians our physical life and spiritual life is impacted by this reality. Another
translation of Colossians 1:22 reads ...free
from accusation. Our internal state or
totally purity before God and “above reproach” is alluding to
the fact that no charge can possibly be brought against us. This
idea can be interpreted in several ways:
1) We are looked upon by God above reproach
2) We are to live lives above reproach
3) We are free to live our lives in freedom
No scripture
underscores this better than Rom 8:31-34, “ What then shall
we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? He who
did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not
with Him also freely give us all things? Who shall bring a charge against
God’s elect? It is God who justifies. Who is he who condemns? It is
Christ who died, and furthermore is also risen, who is even at the right hand
of God, who also makes intercession for us.”
As a believer, right now that is
your position in Christ . It has always been your position and your reality from the
instant you were saved. This is incredibly powerful. This scripture can
transform your life!
Colossians 1:22 [But] he has now reconciled in his body of
flesh by his death, in order to present you holy and blameless and above
reproach before him.
See Christ presenting you to God the Father.
His all-knowing, all seeing eyes – His searching and penetrating gaze – looking
over you and within you. His conclusion is final – you are holy, blameless
and above reproach. All this is said to be accomplished in His
sight (verse 22). This speaks not of a casual glance or brief
inspection but of a searching, penetrating gaze.
Colossians 1:19-23 For it pleased the Father that in Him all the fullness should dwell, and by Him to reconcile all things to Himself, by Him, whether
things on earth or things in heaven, having made peace through the blood of His
cross.
And you, who once
were alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now He has
reconciled in the
body of His flesh through death, to present you holy, and blameless, and above
reproach in His sight— if
indeed you continue in the faith, grounded and steadfast, and are not moved
away from the hope of the gospel which you heard, which was preached to every
creature under heaven, of which I, Paul, became a minister.
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