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95/We Are the Saints of God

Weekly Bible Study

WE ARE THE SAINTS OF GOD

Bible Study by Pastor Janice L Williams

All Christians/the body of Christ/faithful followers of JESUS, working & labouring in love for the Kingdom of God, are considered saints by virtue of our connection with JESUS CHRIST.

Ephesians 2:18, 19 NKJV * 18/ For through Him {JESUS} we both have access by one Spirit to the Father. 19/ Now, therefore, you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God. A ROYAL PRIESTHOOD, A HOLY AND PECULIAR PEOPLE, WORKING FOR THE KINGDOM OF GOD

In the New Testament many times the Apostle Paul referred to very ordinary Christians as Saints. He uses the word "Saint" over sixty times in his epistles.

For this Bible Study we will look at some scriptures in the Old Testament as well as the New Testament that refer to saints.

Romans 1:7 NKJV
To all who are in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ

Romans 8:27 NKJV

Now He who searches the hearts knows what the mind of the Spirit is, because He makes intercession for the saints according to the will of God.

Romans 12:13 NKJV

distributing to the needs of the saints, given to hospitality.

Romans 15:25 NKJV

But now I am going to Jerusalem to minister to the saints.

Romans 15:26 NKJV

26/ For it pleased those from Macedonia and Achaia to make a certain contribution for the poor among the saints who are in Jerusalem.

Romans 16:2 NKJV

2/ that you may receive her in the Lord in a manner worthy of the saints, and assist her in whatever business she has need of you; for indeed she has been a helper of many and of myself also.

Greeting and Blessing Philippians 4:21-23 NKJV * 21/ Greet every saint in Christ Jesus. The brethren who are with me greet you. 22/ All the saints greet you, but especially those who are of Caesar’s household. 23/ The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen

Saints Will One Day Judge The World & Angels

1 Corinthians 6:1-3 NKJV

1/ Dare any of you, having a matter against another, go to law before the unrighteous, and not before the saints? 2/ Do you not know that the saints will judge the world? And if the world will be judged by you, are you unworthy to judge the smallest matters? 3/ Do you not know that we shall judge angels? How much more, things that pertain to this life?

Order In Church Meetings

1 Corinthians 14:26-33 NKJV

26/ How is it then, brethren? Whenever you come together, each of you has a psalm, has a teaching, has a tongue, has a revelation, has an interpretation. Let all things be done for edification. 27/ If anyone speaks in a tongue, let there be two or at the most three, each in turn, and let one interpret. 28/ But if there is no interpreter, let him keep silent in church, and let him speak to himself and to God. 29/ Let two or three prophets speak, and let the others judge. 30/ But if anything is revealed to another who sits by, let the first keep silent. 31/ For you can all prophesy one by one, that all may learn and all may be encouraged. 32/ And the spirits of the prophets are subject to the prophets. 33/ For God is not the author of confusion but of peace, as in all the churches of the saints.

Collection for the Saints 1 Corinthians 16:1, 2* 1/ Now concerning the collection for the saints, as I have given orders to the churches of Galatia, so you must do also: 2/ On the first day of the week {Sunday} let each one of you lay something aside, storing up as he may prosper, that there be no collections when I come.

1 Corinthians 16:13-16 KJV

13/ Watch, stand fast in the faith, be brave, be strong. 14/ Let all that you do be done with love. 15/ I urge you, brethren—you know the household of Stephanas, that it is the firstfruits of Achaia, and that they have devoted themselves to the ministry of the saints— 16/ that you also submit to such, and to everyone who works and labors with us.

Administering the Gift

2 Corinthians 9:1 NKJV

1/ Now concerning the ministering to the saints, it is superfluous for me to write to you;

2 Corinthians 9:12 NKJV

12/ For the administration of this service not only supplies the needs of the saints, but also is abounding through many thanksgivings to God,

* Greetings and Benediction

2 Corinthians 13:11-14 NKJV

11/ Finally, brethren, farewell. Become complete. Be of good comfort, be of one mind, live in peace; and the God of love and peace will be with you. 12/ Greet one another with a holy kiss. 13/ All the saints greet you. 14/ The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all. Amen

Ephesians 1:1-3 NKJV

1/ Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God,To the saints who are in Ephesus, and faithful in Christ Jesus: 2/ Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus 3/ Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ

Prayer for Spiritual Wisdom

Ephesians 1:15-19 KJV

15/ Therefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints, 16/ do not cease to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers: 17/ that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him, 18/the eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that you may know what is the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints, 19/ and what is the exceeding greatness of His power toward us who believe, according to the working of His mighty power

Ephesians 4:11-13 NKJV

11/ And He Himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers, 12/ for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ, 13/ till we all come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ;

Faithful followers of God in the Old Testament were also referred to as Saints * Psalm 16:1-3 NKJV

1/ Preserve me, O God, for in You I put my trust.

2/ O my soul, you have said to the LORD,
“You are my Lord,
My goodness is nothing apart from You.”
3/ As for the saints who are on the earth,
“They are the excellent ones, in whom is all my delight.”

Psalm 34:8-10 NKJV

8/ Oh, taste and see that the LORD is good;
Blessed is the man who trusts in Him!
9/ Oh, fear the LORD, you His saints!
There is no want to those who fear Him.
10/ The young lions lack and suffer hunger;
But those who seek the LORD shall not lack any good thing.

Psalm 30:4 NKJV

Sing praise to the LORD, you saints of His, And give thanks at the remembrance of His holy name.

Psalm 31:23

23/ Oh, love the LORD, all you His saints! For the LORD preserves the faithful, And fully repays the proud person.

Psalm 37:28 NKJV

28/ For the Lord loves justice,
And does not forsake His saints;
They are preserved forever,

Psalm 50:5 NKJV

5/ “Gather My saints together to Me,
Those who have made a covenant with Me by sacrifice.”

Psalm 97:10 NKJV

10/ You who love the Lord, hate evil!
He preserves the souls of His saints;
He delivers them out of the hand of the wicked.

Daniel 7:18 NKJV

But the saints of the Most High shall receive the kingdom, and possess the kingdom forever, even forever and ever.’

Daniel 7:22 NKJV

until the Ancient of Days came, and a judgment was made in favor of the saints of the Most High, and the time came for the saints to possess the kingdom.

Daniel 7:27 NKJV

Then the kingdom and dominion, And the greatness of the kingdoms under the whole heaven, Shall be given to the people, the saints of the Most High. His kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, And all dominions shall serve and obey Him.’

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