4. I AM A SAINT

5. EPHESIANS 1:1-2
1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus
by the will of God, to God’s holy
people in Ephesus,the faithful in
Christ Jesus: 2 Grace and peace to
you from God our Father and the
Lord Jesus Christ.

6. SINNERS AND
GOD’S WRATH

7. GENESIS 6:5-6
5 The LORD saw how great the
wickedness of the human race had
become on the earth, and that
every inclination of the thoughts
of the human heart was only evil
all the time.

8. GENESIS 6:5-6
6 The LORD regretted that He had
made human beings on the earth,
and His heart was deeply troubled.

9. LEVITICUS 26:27-28
27 “If in spite of this you still do
not listen to Me but continue to be
hostile toward Me, 28 then in My
anger I will be hostile toward you,
and I myself will punish you for
your sins seven times over.”

10. JEREMIAH 17:9
9 The heart is deceitful above all
things and beyond cure. Who can
understand it?

11. PSALM 11:4-5
4 The LORD is in His holy temple;
the LORD is on His heavenly throne.
He observes everyone on earth; His
eyes examine them. 5
The LORD examines the righteous,
but the wicked, those who love
violence, He hates with a passion.

12. ROMANS 2:5
5 But because of your stubbornness
and your unrepentant heart, you
are storing up wrath against
yourself for the day of God’s
wrath, when His righteous
judgment will be revealed.

13. EPHESIANS 2:3
3 All of us also lived among them
at one time, gratifying the cravings
of our flesh and following its
desires and thoughts. Like the rest,
we were by nature deserving of
wrath.

14. COLOSSIANS 3:6
6 Because of these, the wrath of
God is coming.

15. REVELATION 14:10-11
10 They, too, will drink the wine of
God’s fury, which has been poured
full strength into the cup of His
wrath. They will be tormented with
burning sulfur in the presence of
the holy angels and of the Lamb.

16. REVELATION 14:10-11
11 And the smoke of their torment
will rise for ever and ever. There
will be no rest day or night for
those who worship the beast and
its image, or for anyone who
receives the mark of its name.

17. SINNERS AND
GOD’S MERCY

18. EPHESIANS 1:7
In him we have redemption
through his blood, the forgiveness
of sins, in accordance with the
riches of God's grace.

19. For those of you who are non-
Christians You are sinners by nature
and choice.

20. For those of you who are Christians,
for those of you who are in Christ,
you are saints.

21. PAUL WRITES TO THE
CHURCH IN EPHESUS

22. EPHESIANS 1:1-2
1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus
by the will of God, to God’s holy
people in Ephesus,the faithful in
Christ Jesus: 2 Grace and peace to
you from God our Father and the
Lord Jesus Christ.

23. IS YOUR IDENTITY A
SINNER OR
A SAINT?

24. EPHESIANS 1:1
1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus
by the will of God, to God’s holy
people in Ephesus,the faithful in
Christ Jesus:

25. CATHOLIC
SAINTHOOD

26. Father James Martin:
lays out a ten-step process to become
a Catholic saint

27. 1. Be a Catholic.

28. 2. Die.
(Well, you can’t really enjoy
your sainthood then.)

29. 3. A local devotion grows up around
your memory.
(So, you die, and then people make a memorial,
and they talk about you, and think about you,
and honor you, and may start to venerate you.)

30. 4. Your life is investigated.

31. 5. It goes to the local bishop.
(The local bishop investigates the case for
sainthood. And then it goes all the way to
the Vatican. It’s got to go to Rome.)

32. 6. Then people start praying for
a postmortem miracle, that you
would heal somebody or do something
miraculous from heaven, & you would show
up on earth through answering of a prayer

33. (Somebody gets healed in your name or
some miracle happens in your honor.)

34. 7. Then the Vatican
investigates the miracle

35. 8. Then they declare you blessed
(A committee comes together in the
Catholic process and declares you blessed.)

36. 9: Then people start praying for
another miracle.
(You’vegottodoalotof miracles
afteryoudie.)

37. 10. Then you can be venerated.
Then schools can be named after you, and
churches can be named after you.
You might even get a festival day, like a
Saint Vetty’s Day.

38. BIBLICAL
SAINTHOOD

39. EPHESIANS 1:1
Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by
the will of God, To the saints in
Ephesus, the faithful in Christ
Jesus

40. ROMANS 1:7
To all in Rome who are loved by
God and called to be saints: Grace
and peace to you from God our
Father and from the Lord Jesus
Christ.

41. 1 CORINTHIANS 1:2
To the church of God in Corinth, to
those sanctified in Christ Jesus and
called to be holy, together with all
those everywhere who call on the
name of our Lord Jesus Christ--
their Lord and ours

42. PHILIPPIANS 1:1
Paul and Timothy, servants of
Christ Jesus, To all the saints in
Christ Jesus at Philippi, together
with the overseers and deacons

43. COLOSSIANS 1:2
To the holy and faithful brothers in
Christ at Colosse: Grace and peace
to you from God our Father.

44. WE DID NOT EARN IT TO BE A SAINT
BUT WE ARE CALLED TO BE SAINTS

45. Now, Paul makes it really simple.
To be a saint, what is required of us?
You must be in Christ Jesus.

46. Are you now in Christ Jesus?
If so, you’re a saint.
YOU ARE A SAINT.

47. Those who are not in Christ they
are SINNERS.

48. Those who are IN CHRIST the are
SAINTS.

49. 2 CORINTHIANS 5:17
17 Therefore, if anyone is in
Christ, the new creation has
come:the old has gone, the new
is here!

50. Here’s the good news: if you are in Christ,
you’re not just a guilty, wicked, vile sinner
who’s forgiven. You’re a new creation in
Christ with a new identity, and a new
biography, and a new eternity. All things
have become new.

51. Sin is some of what you do, but not
the totality of who you are in Christ.

52. The moment you receive Christ, that is
the moment that you become genuinely
new and you’re on the path to becoming
totally new forever.

53. HEBREWS 4:15
15 For we do not have a high
priest who is unable to empathize
with our weaknesses, but we have
One who has been tempted in
every way, just as we are—yet He
did not sin.

54. LUKE 4:3
3 The devil said to Him, “If you are
the Son of God, tell this stone to
become bread.”

55. LUKE 4:5-8
5 The devil led Him up to a high place
and showed Him in an instant all the
kingdoms of the world. 6 And he said
to Him, “I will give you all their
authority and splendor; it has been
given to me, and I can give it to
anyone I want to.

56. LUKE 4:5-8
7 If you worship me, it will all be
Yours.” 8 Jesus answered, “It is
written: ‘Worship the Lord your God
and serve Him only.’”

57. LUKE 4:9-12
9 The devil led Him to Jerusalem and
had Him stand on the highest point
of the temple. “If you are the Son of
God,” he said, “throw Yourself down
from here.10 For it is written: “‘He
will command His angels concerning
You to guard You carefully;

58. LUKE 4:9-12
11 they will lift You up in their
hands, so that You will not strike
Your foot against a stone.’” 12 Jesus
answered, “It is said: ‘Do not put
the Lord your God to the test.’”

59. A SAINT IS REMORSEFUL OVER SIN.

60. Means emotional feeling of being
sorry but will not remain remorseful
but he is moved to repent.

61. HEBREWS 12:16-17
16 See that no one is sexually
immoral, or is godless like Esau,
who for a single meal sold his
inheritance rights as the oldest
son.

62. HEBREWS 12:16-17
17 Afterward, as you know, when he
wanted to inherit this blessing, he
was rejected. He could bring about
no change of mind, though he
sought the blessing with tears.

63. GENESIS 26:34-35
34 When Esau was forty years old,
he married Judith daughter of
Beeri the Hittite, and also
Basemath daughter of Elon the
Hittite. 35 They were a source of
grief to Isaac and Rebekah.

64. Is not only a feeling of sorry but
move to change.

65. CONVICTION
vs.
CONDEMNATION

66. CONVICTION CONDEMNATION
-From God
-Leads to life
-Ends in joy
-Makes us want to
change
-From Satan
-Leads to despair
-Ends in sorrow
-Makes us believe
we can’t change

67. CONVICTION CONDEMNATION
-Leads to a new
identity in Christ
-Brings a specific
awareness of sin
-Looks to Jesus
-A blessing
-Leads to an old
identity in sin
-Brings vague
uncertainty about sin
-Looks to self
-A burden

68. CONVICTION IS DIFFERENT THAN
CONDEMNATION.

69. ROMANS 8:1
1 Therefore, there is now no
condemnation for those who are in
Christ Jesus.

70. A SAINT IS POWERFUL OVER SIN.

71. EPHESIANS 1:22-23
22 And God placed all things under
his feet and appointed him to be
head over everything for the
church, 23 which is his body, the
fullness of him who fills everything
in every way.

72. EPHESIANS 3:9-10
9 and to make plain to everyone the
administration of this mystery,
which for ages past was kept
hidden in God, who created all
things.

73. EPHESIANS 3:9-10
10 His intent was that now, through
the church, the manifold wisdom of
God should be made known to the
rulers and authorities in the
heavenly realms

74. Do you know how you could be
faithful?
By the grace of God

75. Christians tend to think of the
saving grace of God.
There’s also the
empowering grace of God.

76. The SAVING GRACE of God forgives all
the sins that we have committed.

77. The EMPOWERING GRACE of God helps
us to stop committing those sins.

78. HOW’S YOUR
FAITHFULNESS?

79. Christ has given to us, so we give.
Christ has loved us, so we love.
Christ has served us, so we serve.
Christ has gotten to know us,
so we get to know others.