Are we Holy and Righteous before God ? And does
He see us without blemish ?
Yes, we are holy, righteous, and withou blemish! Praise the Lord!
Psalm 1:6 tells us: "For the LORD [Ps 37:18; Nah 1:7; John
10:14; 2 Tim 2:19] knows the way of the righteous, But the way of
[Ps 9:5, 6; 11:6] the wicked will perish.
This verse clearly indicates that there is such a thing as a
righteous person. And the Lord cares about his ways. There are
actually over 30 verses in Psalms which make reference to the
righteous. And throughout Psalms God says that He will recompense
the righteous, deliver the righteous, protect the righteous,
comfort the righteous etc.
In the NT we read: "Herod was afraid of John, knowing that
he was a righteous and holy man, and he kept him safe. And when
he heard him, he was very perplexed; but he used to enjoy
listening to him." So here you have both words to describe
one of God's servants. The New Testament develops this issue
mightly. For the writers see an urgency to separate God's people
from the non-elect. And in Ephesians 1:4 Paul settles the issue
when he says: " just as He chose us in Him before the
foundation of the world, that we should be holy and
blameless" in other words, without blemish as the KJV says.
It is God's desire to sanctify His people. In the OT God calls
His elect the " Holy ones." The Greek word for Holy
is" agios" which means pure, sanctified. In other
words, God's people are sanctified, set apart for God's Holy
purpose, you with me?
One thing we must keep in mind is that this righteousness and
holiness were imputed on us. In other words, God is the One who
makes us vessels of honor ( Romans 9). And in His eyes we are His
pure and sanctified vessels.