So we go on hating, lusting, being greedy, selfish, sexually impure, unforgiving, etc. How sad that we are blinded by the half-truths of Satan. Genuine holiness is not about becoming boring and dull. It isn't about taking away. It is about reaching full potential in the plan of God, about knowing the approval of One from whom it matters most.
True holiness is beautiful on both the young and the old.
Sanctimony and superficial religiosity is ugly, a repulsive fake, that turns us off. The Christ of Christmas came to make sinners into saints. That strength we just talked about is, according to our text, able to make us blameless, truly holy in the eyes of God. What we need to receive, by faith, is the truth that God has declared us holy, sees us as holy through the sacrificial death of His Son, and empowers us to become holy in our day to day experience. The lie of the old way of life, when we were captives of Satan, was that because we sinned we had to hide, to run from God.