and spotless” (1 Pet. 1:19), God has given us His own unblemished and spotless nature. The unworthy have been declared worthy, the unrighteous declared holy. Obviously that is our position in Christ, but our practice is far from Christlike and far from blameless. Yet in Colossians 2:10 Paul says, “In Him [we] have been made complete.” All that God is we become in Jesus Christ. That’s why our salvation is secure—we have Christ’s perfect righteousness. Our practice can and does fall short, but our