The ‘Blameless and Pure’ Generation

“Do everything without grumbling or arguing, so that you may become blameless and pure, “children of God without fault in a warped and crooked generation.” Then you will shine among them like stars in the sky as you hold firmly to the word of life. And then I will be able to boast on the day of Christ that I did not run or labor in vain.”

Philippians 2:14-16

 

It seems that something new to the last hundred years is that we like to ‘name’ our generations.

Baby Boomers and Generation X come to mind first.

Look again at today’s verse and you will discover that it is not new.

Paul spoke of a warped and crooked generation in his day.

Today we would be so easily offended by such a label and would fall right into the pattern Paul spoke of.

We would grumble and argue about it!

There is little left to the imagination that we are not offended by.

Look and listen and before long you will hear of this or that ‘group’ who ‘grumble’ and ‘argue’ that they have not been treated fairly.  

We, as believers, are no different.

We have raised our flag up the pole of ‘our right not to be offended’ and unfurled it loudly to be sure that the world hears us.

But adding our voice to the clamor already out there is not what we are called to do.

Paul says we will “...shine among them like stars in the sky...” when we do this...

“...hold firmly to the word of life.”

 Let our pattern of life – that is you and me living in the world blameless and pure because of Christ in us – be the most effective witness to todays warped and crooked generation.

We are not called to be warped and crooked but blameless and pure.

Something to think about...