No 27

(God sees it as Perfect)

“….perfect in Christ Jesus.” (Col 1:28)

We feel, in our own soul, that perfection is not in us. Every tear which comes from our eye speaks imperfection and every harsh word which proceeds from our lips murmurs imperfection. We have too frequently had a view of our own heart to dream of a moment of any perfection in ourselves. But amidst this sad consciousness of imperfection, there is comfort for us because we are “perfect in Christ Jesus.” In God’s sight, we are complete in Him and we are accepted in His flock. But there is a second perfection, yet to be realized, which is sure to all true believers. Isn’t wonderful to look forward to the time when every stain of sin shall be removed from us, and we will be presented faultless before the throne without spot or wrinkle or any such thing? The Church of Christ will then be so pure that not even the Omniscient eye of God will see a spot or blemish in her; so holy and so glorious will she be.

Then shall we know and feel the happiness of this vast but short sentence, “Complete in Christ.” Not till then shall we fully comprehend the heights and depths of the salvation we have in Jesus Christ. Our hearts leap for joy at the very thought of it!! Oh, how wonderful it will be “For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.” (1 Cor 15: 53,57)