Bloody Glasses
December 7, 2015
Ephesians 1:4 "For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight. . ."
There is something called rose colored glasses. It is an idiom about the outlook someone has, which is more favorable in comparison to another person's point of view. In fact, the outlook of having rose colored glasses is kind of offensive, suggesting the person's point of view is not grounded in reality. Someone with rose colored glasses cannot see things the way that actually are, but in a rosy light. This can actually be a good thing sometimes as it allows a person to be happier, not seeing the negative in a situation. The down side is that the person can sometimes be taken advantage of or taken for a fool. If I had to error on one side, I suppose I would like to have rose colored glasses in more situations.
Someone else has rose colored glasses. It is the Lord. His glasses are more like blood colored glasses, though. It is the only way He can look at you and me, in the midst of our sin, and not wipe us off the face of the earth. Our sins make us look despicable, literally, but the Lord looks at us through blood colored glasses. Paul writes in Ephesians that the Lord looks at us as blameless. This is not to say the Lord can't blame us for our actions, because He can. This is saying that when the Lord looks at us, He is seeing first the redemption Jesus paid for with His own blood. The blood of Jesus is a filter that the Lord looks through in order to see us as Holy and Blameless in His sight.
In verse four of the first chapter of Ephesians, Scripture says the Lord chose us to be blameless in His sight. But there is no way we can be blameless unless something wipes away our sins. That redemption is spelled out in the verses following the fourth verse, through to the explanation of how it happens. In verse seven, Paul writes that we are redeemed through the blood of Jesus, which is only due to the graciousness of God. The Lord looks at us through blood colored glasses because He was full of grace before we were even born. He knew we'd be full of sin and knew there would be no way He could look upon us as blameless unless He also made a way to see us in that light.
If this is how the Lord looks at us, then we need to cut ourselves a little slack. We think that because we can't actually be perfect then the Lord could never possibly look at us that way. Surprising enough, the Lord doesn't submit to our line of thinking. Right now, if you've accepted the blood of Jesus for the forgiveness of your sin, then you are perfectly blameless. The Lord does not see your wrongs, in fact He has no more record of them. They are removed from His memory and He can see you in a very favorable light. The Lord has the enviable blood colored glasses and He is looking through them right now.
Don't take my word for it; look it up: 1 Cor 13:5, Eph 1, 1 John 4:8
Ephesians 1:4 "For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight. . ."
There is something called rose colored glasses. It is an idiom about the outlook someone has, which is more favorable in comparison to another person's point of view. In fact, the outlook of having rose colored glasses is kind of offensive, suggesting the person's point of view is not grounded in reality. Someone with rose colored glasses cannot see things the way that actually are, but in a rosy light. This can actually be a good thing sometimes as it allows a person to be happier, not seeing the negative in a situation. The down side is that the person can sometimes be taken advantage of or taken for a fool. If I had to error on one side, I suppose I would like to have rose colored glasses in more situations.
Someone else has rose colored glasses. It is the Lord. His glasses are more like blood colored glasses, though. It is the only way He can look at you and me, in the midst of our sin, and not wipe us off the face of the earth. Our sins make us look despicable, literally, but the Lord looks at us through blood colored glasses. Paul writes in Ephesians that the Lord looks at us as blameless. This is not to say the Lord can't blame us for our actions, because He can. This is saying that when the Lord looks at us, He is seeing first the redemption Jesus paid for with His own blood. The blood of Jesus is a filter that the Lord looks through in order to see us as Holy and Blameless in His sight.
In verse four of the first chapter of Ephesians, Scripture says the Lord chose us to be blameless in His sight. But there is no way we can be blameless unless something wipes away our sins. That redemption is spelled out in the verses following the fourth verse, through to the explanation of how it happens. In verse seven, Paul writes that we are redeemed through the blood of Jesus, which is only due to the graciousness of God. The Lord looks at us through blood colored glasses because He was full of grace before we were even born. He knew we'd be full of sin and knew there would be no way He could look upon us as blameless unless He also made a way to see us in that light.
If this is how the Lord looks at us, then we need to cut ourselves a little slack. We think that because we can't actually be perfect then the Lord could never possibly look at us that way. Surprising enough, the Lord doesn't submit to our line of thinking. Right now, if you've accepted the blood of Jesus for the forgiveness of your sin, then you are perfectly blameless. The Lord does not see your wrongs, in fact He has no more record of them. They are removed from His memory and He can see you in a very favorable light. The Lord has the enviable blood colored glasses and He is looking through them right now.
Don't take my word for it; look it up: 1 Cor 13:5, Eph 1, 1 John 4:8
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