Note 6 at Phil. 2:15: There are two areas of our lives where we need to be blameless and harmless-our spirit and our flesh. Our spirit was made blameless and harmless at salvation and this condition doesn't fluctuate according to our performance. Colossians 1:22 says, "And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled in the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight."

The way we become blameless and harmless in our flesh is to cease from murmurings and disputings (v. 14). As long as we are murmuring or disputing (see note 5 at v. 14), we are not blameless and we certainly aren't harmless.

Note 7 at Phil. 2:15: The New International Version translates this as "without fault." The Greek word used here literally means "that cannot be censured, blameless" (Davis).

Note 8 at Phil. 2:15: Some Christians are intimidated by the lights (witness) of other Christians. They feel they don't have as dramatic a testimony as others and therefore, are fearful of witnessing. But we need to remember how dark our world is. Instead of comparing our light to that of other believers, compare it to the darkness.

We live in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation which is so dark that a flickering candle light can be blinding. Any believer who feels that his light isn't bright enough just needs to find a darker place and his light will become a beacon. We are the only light some people will ever see. Let it shine!