Colossians 1:9 That is why we keep on talking to God about you since the day we heard about you. We ask him that you may know everything he wants you to do. We ask him that you may be very wise and that the Spirit will help you to understand.
10 We ask him that you will live the way the Lord wants you to live, so that you will please him in everything you do. We ask that you will do everything that is good. We ask that you will see the fruit from what you do. We ask that you will know more and more about God.
11 God has wonderful power. And we ask him to give you all the strength you need to go through all your troubles,to be very patient in them, and to be happy.
12 Thank the Father who has made us ready to be with the people of God who live in his light.
Day 14—A Second Look at Yesterday’s Scripture |
As I was looking into the Greek New Testament at yesterday’s Scripture, it caught my eye that there were three negatives all in a row. They are to be worked out in us after we have been reconciled to God by the death of His Son. We don’t see these in the translation, but they are evident in the Greek.
Let’s view Colossians 1:21,22 again:
And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled in the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in His sight…
These three words, holy, unblameable and unreproveable, all begin with a Greek negative indicating that something must take place in us after our reconciliation with God that will make us acceptable in His presence.
We might not immediately think of holy in this group, but in actual fact it means, separated from common condition and use. If we allow our lives to remain open and available for common use, then whatever comes along might find easy access. Hágios, the word translated holy, is the same word elsewhere interpreted as “saint.” It is the saints who shall possess the Kingdom (Daniel 7:18).
The word unblameable, from amómos means, without a stain on one’s character, without disgrace. How important this is for one who will inherit the Kingdom with Christ. The word unreproveable is from the Greek aneģkletos, which means, having no ground in one’s life for dispute, without reproach, having no complaint from any quarter. These three negatives mark the lives of those who will reign with Christ.
DEAR LORD, to put it plainly, I ask You to move in me to bring my life into order for Your Kingdom. Wherein I have been careless, and have allowed matters to go without attention, please give me the wisdom and grace to bring things into an order of rightness that will qualify me for reigning with You. Here are these others who have professed knowing You, but who have remained careless. Please move in their behalf.
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