Now let's look at the other one, “blameless”. Most people refuse to think of themselves as blameless
because they know that they have done many things for which they ought to be
blamed. That is, they have made choices, deliberate choices, against light, and
against right, against God, and even against knowledge of the consequences. But
we confuse this word with another, because it is not sinless. Never having done anything wrong is sinless. But,
the Bible says you can be sinful and still be blameless. How? By handling your
sin in the right way, and only through Christ.
If you did something
that injured someone else, and the full result of it was not visible to you
when you did it, but afterward you saw how much you had hurt the person, and
you acknowledged it, apologized to them, asked for forgiveness, and did what
you could to restore it, then there would be nothing further you could do. From
that point on you would be blameless. You would not be sinless -- you still did
it -- but you also did all you could to handle it rightly, or to make it right.The idea is the same with our offenses against God. What can you do about your sins? You can't go back and straighten it all out, no, but you can ask for and accept his forgiveness. You can acknowledge what you did and your need for forgiveness, you can seek to restore the relationship, and when you've done that, you're blameless! And that is what God has chosen us to do -- to learn this wonderful process of being whole and blameless.
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