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@Livingwater Study5B...who are saints? Ephesian 1:18. 2:22 Saints, in the New Testament, are never deceased individuals who have been canonized by the church and given sainthood. They are living individuals who have dedicated themselves to the worship and service of the one true God as revealed through his Son, Jesus Christ. Even the children of such parents are called "sanctified" ( 1 Cor 7:14-15 ). That is, they are considered undefiled by paganism if at least one of their parents is a Christian. All saved are sanctified, but not all sanctified are saved. Check 2 . THE SAINTS ARE GOD’’ S WORKMANSHIP (Ephesians 2 : 10 ) God is working in our lives, and four pictures are suggested from the Old Testament:- (1) A picture of the METAL WORKER (Exodus 39:3), where we read, ““They hammered out thin sheets of gold…”…” That is exactly what God is doing with us. He is taking our lives and making them into something useful and worthwhile. (2) A picture of the CORN GRINDER (

@Livingwater Study5A SAINTS CALLED BY A NEW NAME Scripture Portion: Ephesians 1: 18 – 2: 22 Over and over again God describes His people as ‘‘saints’’. Many of the New Testament letters are addressed ““To the saints…”…” (Romans 1:7; Ephesians 1:1; Philippians 1:1). The word ‘‘saint’’ simply means ‘’holy one’’, and it occurs over one hundred times in the Bible; for instance, 1 Samuel 2:9; Psalm 116:15; Romans 8:27; 1 Corinthians 6:2. But who are the ‘’saints’’? Every Christian is a saint. It’’s impossible to be a Christian and not be a saint. What is a Christian? –- he is someone into whose life the Lord Jesus Christ has entered (John 1:12; 2 Corinthians 13:5; Galatians 2:20; Colossians 1:27; Revelation 3:20). In the same way a saint is someone into whose life Christ Himself has come to live. There is a great difference between God’’s way of making a saint and man’’s way. Man chooses someone who has lived a good life or performed good works, and years after death that one is can