Ephesians 1:4
For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight.
As the Lord washed the feet of the disciples he made it clear that in this world we would become sullied and have need to be cleansed. Also in this example it is the Lord himself who takes it upon himself to do the cleaning. Indeed we are the ones who are dirty and made the mess of ourselves but from God’s perspective we cannot make ourselves clean - that is His work that He does on our behalf.
Philippians 1:6
He who began the good work in you will be faithful to complete it.
I do need to do what I can to stay out of trouble but in the final analysis it is God who does the work of making us clean and acceptable.
application
I need to rest in the fact that my hope for heaven rests in the faithful hands of God and that my responsibility is to keep myself from jumping into sin, and to not walk in condemnation for it is God who has called me to make me holy.
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