Study10 Can we say this world is a strange land for the saint?
@Livingwater Study 10 WORLD,A STRANGE LAND (Scripture Portion: Philippians 4: 19-23) This study is based upon Philippians 4:21-22, in which the apostle Paul adds a postscript to his letter. In this P.S., the saints at Rome (and in particular the slaves in Nero’s household) send their greetings to the saints at Philippi. Who were these Roman saints? They were Christians, believers, disciples of Christ. Every true believer is a saint, so far as his or her standing before God is concerned. Verse 21 gives us a clue as to what a saint is: a saint is one who is “in Christ Jesus”. Very often this word is used only in reference to those who have departed this life. In the official sense in which the word is used, no one is given the rank until he is dead; but to reserve the name for those canonised by the Church, or for those called to asceticism and solitude, has absolutely no warrant from the New Testament. Paul addressed a number of his letters to the saints – in Rome (Romans 1:7); in