We Are Already Unblemished

Now to Him Who is able to keep you without stumbling or slipping or falling, and to present [you] unblemished (blameless and faultless) before the presence of His glory in triumphant joy and exultation [with unspeakable, ecstatic delight]-- To the one only God, our Savior through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory (splendor), majesty, might and dominion, and power and authority, before all time and now and forever (unto all the ages of eternity). Amen (so be it). Jude 24-25

We are not just kind of saved, we are completely and utterly saved. Jesus keeps us from stumbling and He presents us unblemished. He saves us to the uttermost.

Therefore He is able also to save to the uttermost (completely, perfectly, finally, and for all time and eternity) those who come to God through Him, since He is always living to make petition to God and intercede with Him and intervene for them. Hebrews 7:25

So many times we look to ourselves, as if we are alone, as if we are responsible for ourselves. We talk about what we have to do in our walk with the Lord. We believe that we have to pray more, study more, serve more, give more, whatever more. It is preached to us the steps that we need to take as Christians. All of that is wrong. The Truth is that it is what Jesus needs to do through us and for us. Jesus is our Head. He is our Shepherd. Jesus is responsible for keeping us unblemished and saved to the uttermost.

Notice how He does it to. Jesus intercedes for us and intervenes for us. We think that we messed up, yet Jesus has already interceded for us and there is no blemish on our permanent records. We think that we are walking the wrong path, yet Jesus has already intervened and the trouble is removed and now all things work out for our good. Whether we understand this Truth or not, does not for one second diminish the glorious Truth: that because of Jesus, we have no blemishes and we are saved to the uttermost!