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see them as holy people isolated from society. They appear to
have this mystic union and relationship with God. One way you
can tell how we have misinterpreted the word saint is by these
expressions: “Well, I ain’t no saint.” “Are you a saint or
something?” You get the idea that, you don’t want to be one. It
comes across like “goody two shoes”. You might feel better if
they said, “You little devil.” It’s lost its meaning. Let’s look at how
the Bible uses it? How Ephesians uses it?

Every Christian is a saint. That’s how the word is used in the
Bible. A Bible saint is not some isolated monk on a mountain.
He’s in the factories and on the street. She’s an everyday
Christian, who hasn’t lost contact with people. Someone, with
agony, and real problems. When you remove saint-ship from the
factory, the street, and from everyday existence, you make it
inhuman, anemic and weak. The saints in the New Testament
are everyday Christians.

When it says in verse 1, “To the faithful”. It’s not talking to
those who are loyal. There, the word “faithful”, just means “full
of faith”. Those who are trusting, those who are following.
Every Christian is a saint. Matter of fact, in chapter 5:3, Paul
advises all of us to, “Live as saints”. King James says, “As
becometh saints.” The NASV says, “As is proper among
saints.” You see, the Blesser is God, and who does He bless?
He blesses saints. Every Christian! Saint Bob, Saint Bill, Saint
Pat, Saint Jack and Saint Ed. We’re the saints!

Notice in verse 3, it doesn’t say,” He will bless”. It doesn’t say,
“He desires to bless”. It doesn’t say, “He might bless”. It
doesn’t even say, “Gather together and pray, then God will
bless”. It says, “He hath blessed” – past tense. He has
already blessed every saint, with every spiritual blessing, in
heavenly places, in Christ Jesus our Lord. Ask God to knock
down the walls of your mind, and believe that with all your heart.
He has already done it, in His saints. On the cross, and through
the resurrection of our victorious Lord. The Father, Son and Holy
Spirit, has already blessed us.