(Reproach,Righteousness] = [Reproach,Righteousness]
Colossians 1:21-23
So I don't get it. More and more, I see Christians who are leisurely resting right on top of reproach. I get it: you are not officially in the realm of reproach, but I don't see how touching the cusp is any better. I guess it's just the mathematician in me.
When considering a range of numbers, there are typically two kinds of brackets: (round brackets) and [square brackets]. For example, (-3,7) indicates the range from -3 to 7, but it does not include either of the ends. [-3.7] is the same range except for the fact that it does include -3 and 7. There are a handful of mathematical situations in which the difference really is a big deal. In most cases, though, they're practically equivalent.
In other words, I posit that being just above reproach without necessarily touching it is, in most cases, practically equivalent to being in reproach — or being reproachable.
In his letter to the Colossians, Paul is basically saying Christ died so that we could be blameless.
What do you think? Are we honoring Jesus' death? Does skirting reproach count as being above reproach?
And you, who once were alienated and hostile in mind, doing evil deeds, he has now reconciled in his body of flesh by his death, in order to present you holy and blameless and above reproach before him, if indeed you continue in the faith, stable and steadfast, not shifting from the hope of the gospel that you heard, which has been proclaimed in all creation under heaven, and of which I, Paul, became a minister.
So I don't get it. More and more, I see Christians who are leisurely resting right on top of reproach. I get it: you are not officially in the realm of reproach, but I don't see how touching the cusp is any better. I guess it's just the mathematician in me.
When considering a range of numbers, there are typically two kinds of brackets: (round brackets) and [square brackets]. For example, (-3,7) indicates the range from -3 to 7, but it does not include either of the ends. [-3.7] is the same range except for the fact that it does include -3 and 7. There are a handful of mathematical situations in which the difference really is a big deal. In most cases, though, they're practically equivalent.
In other words, I posit that being just above reproach without necessarily touching it is, in most cases, practically equivalent to being in reproach — or being reproachable.
In his letter to the Colossians, Paul is basically saying Christ died so that we could be blameless.
What do you think? Are we honoring Jesus' death? Does skirting reproach count as being above reproach?
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