Deuteronomy 18:13 says you shall be blameless before your God. Ephesians 1:4 indicates that we should be holy and without blame before Him. 2 Peter 3: 14 asks us to be diligent, to be found without spot and blameless. Paul to Timothy demands that Bishops and Deacons must be blameless.

My thoughts then strayed to what it means to be blameless. John Calvin says blameless means to be free from any notorious fault. The dictionary describes it as without guilt, censure or reproach, meaning to be perfect. No one is perfect except God. Corinthians 1: 8 tells us that it is Christ, Who will confirm us and make us blameless in the end.

This means we cannot declare ourselves blameless, as we will be judged blameless by another. Being blameless before God requires that like David in Psalm 51, we confess our sins to Him and ask to be thoroughly washed and cleansed.

In Isaiah, God says that if our sins are like scarlet and red as crimson, they shall be made as white as snow. The Book of Revelation indicates that those in heaven will be judged blameless before God. Does it mean that they have never sinned? Of course not! It means that God forgave them and granted them righteousness.