PEOPLE WHO KEPT GOD'S COMMANDMENTS
(Real People Who are Called Righteous, Perfect, Holy, Blameless, Upright)
Every verse below commends observable obedience—real choices God could point to in real time—not a mere "positional" status while the person remained disobedient.
| Person / Group | Scripture Wording | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Noah | "Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God." | Genesis 6:9 |
| "…for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation." | Genesis 7:1 | |
| Abraham | "…Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws." | Genesis 26:5 |
| Job | "That man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil." | Job 1:1 |
| "…a perfect and an upright man." | Job 1:8; 2:3 | |
| Caleb & Joshua | "…because they have wholly followed the LORD." | Numbers 32:12 |
| David | "…turned not aside from any thing that He commanded him all the days of his life (save only… Uriah)." | 1 Kings 15:5 |
| King Asa | "Nevertheless Asa's heart was perfect with the LORD all his days." | 1 Kings 15:14 |
| King Hezekiah | "He… kept his commandments… departed not from following him." | 2 Kings 18:3-6 |
| King Josiah | "…turned not aside to the right hand or to the left… with all his heart… according to all the law of Moses." | 2 Kings 22:2; 23:25 |
| Jehoshaphat | "…his heart was lifted up in the ways of the LORD." | 2 Chronicles 17:3-6 |
| Hezekiah (summary) | "…wrought that which was good… and prospered." | 2 Chronicles 31:20-21 |
| Daniel | "They could find no occasion nor fault…." | Daniel 6:4 |
| "…before Him innocency was found in me…." | Daniel 6:22 | |
| Zacharias & Elisabeth | "…walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless." | Luke 1:6 |
| Mary | "Thou art highly favoured… Behold the handmaid of the Lord…." | Luke 1:28,38 |
| Joseph (Mary's husband) | "Joseph… a just man…." | Matthew 1:19 |
| Simeon | "A man… just and devout…." | Luke 2:25 |
| Anna | "…served God with fastings and prayers night and day." | Luke 2:37 |
| Nathanael | "…an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile!" | John 1:47 |
| Cornelius | "…devout… just… feared God… prayed… gave alms alway." | Acts 10:2,22 |
| Ananias (Damascus) | "A devout man according to the law…." | Acts 22:12 |
| Joseph of Arimathea | "A good man, and a just…." | Luke 23:50-51 |
| Early believers at Philippi | "…blameless and harmless… without rebuke…." | Philemon 2:15 |
| Paul (pre-conversion) | "…touching the righteousness of the law… blameless." | Philemon 3:6 |
| Paul (post-conversion) | "I have fought… I have kept the faith." | 2 Timothy 4:7 |
| Thessalonian church | "…how holily and justly and unblameably we behaved…." | 1 Thessalonians 2:10 |
| "…stablish your hearts unblameable in holiness…." | 1 Thessalonians 3:13 | |
| New-Covenant believers (general) | "…if we keep his commandments… hereby we know…." | 1 John 2:3-5 |
| "He that doeth righteousness is righteous…." | 1 John 3:7 | |
| "…ye have obeyed from the heart… became servants of righteousness." | Romans 6:17-18 | |
| "…present you holy and unblameable… if ye continue…." | Colossians 1:22-23 | |
| the 144,000 | "…without fault before the throne…." | Revelation 14:4-5 |
| Church at Corinth (promise) | "…confirm you… that ye may be blameless…." | 1 Corinthians 1:8 |
| All obedient saints | "…present you faultless…." | Jude 24 |
John is confronting denial of past sin and the need for ongoing confession (1 John 1:9), not teaching perpetual disobedience; he immediately says, "These things write I unto you, that ye sin not" (1 John 2:1). Context is key, and it offers no excuses.
Scripture doesn't just throw around words like perfect, holy, blameless to describe mythical saints. It uses them for real people. And when God calls someone perfect, the only right response is "Yes, Lord"—not "Well, what He really means is…"
This isn't about semantics. It's about insulting God's intelligence while pretending to believe and defend His word.
When we say, "Nobody is Perfect" or "No one can actually obey like that," what we actually communicate is:
- God exaggerated.
- The Spirit is weak.
- Jesus is a liar.
- Satan was telling the truth in Eden.
Human strength alone cannot be perfect and holy, but God has already removed the "I'm only human" excuse when He placed His Spirit within us:
"With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible."
— Matthew 19:26
"If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth."
— Mark 9:23
If "all things are possible" somehow excludes obedience, then God is a Liar and Satan's Lie is True. Are we willing to embrace that blasphemy, or will we finally admit the problem isn't a perceived impossibility—it's our unwillingness to believe what He says?
Choose you this day whom you will serve.
Against our protests, God says obedience is possible, required, and Spirit-empowered. With His Word saving us, His Spirit indwelling us, and His grace empowering us, every "I can't" is now silenced—"that every mouth may be stopped" (Romans 3:19).
You are not being tested on whether God's commands are possible—you are being tested on whether you will obey. Disobedience is never inability—it's always unwillingness.