A Devotion from Charles Spurgeon
“Faultless before the presence of his glory.” —Jude 24
Revolve in your mind that wondrous word, “faultless!” We are far off from it now; but as our
Lord never stops short of perfection in his work of love, we shall reach it one day. The Saviour
who will keep his people to the end, will also present them at last to himself, as “a glorious
church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing, but holy and without blemish.” All the
jewels in the Saviour’s crown are of the first water and without a single flaw. All the maids of
honour who attend the Lamb’s wife are pure virgins without spot or stain. But how will Jesus
make us faultless? He will wash us from our sins in his own blood until we are white and fair as
God’s purest angel; and we shall be clothed in his righteousness, that righteousness which
makes the saint who wears it positively faultless; yea, perfect in the sight of God. We shall be
unblameable and unreproveable even in his eyes. His law will not only have no charge against
us, but it will be magnified in us. Moreover, the work of the Holy Spirit within us will be
altogether complete. He will make us so perfectly holy, that we shall have no lingering tendency
to sin. Judgment, memory, will—every power and passion shall be emancipated from the
thraldom of evil. We shall be holy even as God is holy, and in his presence we shall dwell for
ever. Saints will not be out of place in heaven, their beauty will be as great as that of the place
prepared for them. Oh the rapture of that hour when the everlasting doors shall be lifted up,
and we, being made meet for the inheritance, shall dwell with the saints in light. Sin gone,
Satan shut out, temptation past for ever, and ourselves “faultless” before God, this will be
heaven indeed! Let us be joyful now as we rehearse the song of eternal praise so soon to roll
forth in full chorus from all the blood-washed host; let us copy David’s exultings before the ark
as a prelude to our ecstasies before the throne.