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A saint is one who is born again. One who has made Jesus Christ the Lord of his life. One whom Jesus has delivered from the kingdom of darkness and its power into his own kingdom: the kingdom of light.
The word saint actually means the sanctified one or holy one.
A saint is not one who has never committed sin or one who does not commit sin. No! A saint is one who has been chosen/called and sanctified by God.
To be sanctified means to be set apart for something.
So a saint is one who has been chosen/ called and set apart by God for God’s purpose.
Let’s see what the book of Romans 1:3-7 said about sainthood,
Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, which was made of the seed of David according to the flesh; 4 And declared to be the Son of God with power, according to the spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead: 5 By whom we have received grace and apostleship, for obedience to the faith among all nations, for his name: 6 Among whom are ye also the called of Jesus Christ: 7 To all that be in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints:
It is our answer to the call of Jesus Christ that made saints out of us. Our answer to the call of salvation in the name of Jesus Christ is what made us saints. This is what made us God’s chosen people. God made us an offer, we accepted and He made us His beloved.
Then Ananias answered, Lord, I have heard by many of this man, how much evil he hath done to thy saints at Jerusalem:
Acts 9:13
The phrase thy saints connote your chosen; those whom God has called unto Himself. These are people whom God has chosen and separated unto Himself to show forth His glory.
“Thy saint at Jerusalem” means those who have believed in the name of Jesus Christ at Jerusalem.
The saint nature of these people is not of their making. There are not accorded saints by their works or deeds. No! Their sainthood is a result of their being children of God. Their acceptance of the nature of God: the Holy, through the acceptance of Jesus Christ as Lord and they became His chosen people called to manifest who He is.
In the book of Isaiah 54:17, He says …and their righteousness is of me, says the LORD.
The righteousness of saints is not theirs. They aren’t saints because of what they did or are doing. They are saint because they accepted the offer of sainthood.
You don’t become a professional just because you studied a course. You become a professional because you accepted the certificate of the profession. If you reject the certificate of a profession, no matter who taught you and where you were taught, you are not a professional of the said course. If you are caught practicing, you will be jailed because you are an impostor; a quack.
You will not be a quack saint in the name of Jesus Christ. Say with me, am not a quack saint and will never be in the name of Jesus Christ.
No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their righteousness is of me, saith the LORD.
Isaiah 54:17
When your righteousness is of God, His inheritance becomes yours. You become a partaker of the treasure of the kingdom of God. But when your righteousness is of your works, you have no part in God’s inheritance.
But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:
1 Peter 2:9
We are a people called out from the kingdom of darkness into the kingdom of light through Jesus Christ to show forth the praise of God. We are a holy nation before our holy acts can be counted. We were called forth first before we could show God’s praise. We are called into the holy nation of God to show forth the praise of God’s holiness not our own.
Until you are called out into the kingdom of God, you can’t show forth God’s praise.
We trust you have been blessed by this message and you want to become a saint of God to show forth the praise of His holiness. We invite you to make Jesus Christ the Lord of your life now by making the prayer below.
Prayer of salvation
We believe you have been blessed by this message. We invite you to make Jesus Christ the Lord of your life by saying this prayer audibly:
Oh Lord God, I believe with my entire hearth in your son Jesus Christ. I believe He died for me and You raised Him from the dead. I believe He is alive today. I confess with my mouth that Jesus Christ is the Lord of my life from today. Through Him and in His name I have eternal life.
I am born again. Thank you Lord. I am now a child of God. Praise God!
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