Only by obedience can murmurings and reason
Only by obedience can murmurings and reason ings be put to death.
BECOMING BLAMELESS
AND GUILELESS
In Philippians 2:15 Paul continues, "That you may become blameless and guileless, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and perverted generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world." The Greek word rendered "that" means "in order that." We should do all things without murmurings and reason ings in order that we may become blameless and guileless, children of God without blemish. The Greek word translated guileless also means simple, artless, innocent; hence, harmless (Matt. 10:16). It comes from a root which means un mixed. The word blameless describes our out ward behavior, and the word guileless, our inward character. To be artless means not to play poli tics. No one who is political can rightly be called guileless. If we are artless, we are also guileless and harmless.
If we do all things without murmurings and reasonings, we shall become blameless and harmless. What a great thing it is not to have murmurings and reasonings! However, I have