Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavens, as he chose us in him … to be holy and without blemish before him. [Ephesians 1:3-4]
To be holy and without blemish—sounds impossible, doesn’t it? Our call to be holy and clean without sin is impossible when we forget that “for God, all things are possible” [Matthew 19:26], including our holiness. Consider the Apostles—Christ sent them out and instructed them to take nothing for their journey to preach repentance. They were the first to represent Christ,