Romans 1:1-7
A saint, from a Biblical view, is anyone who has heard the call of God through His Son, Jesus Christ, and has responded to that invitation by repenting, turning from the ways of the world and the flesh, and started following Jesus. They have been washed and cleansed by His precious blood and made righteous and pure in the sight of God. The word saints means holy ones. Holy means set apart for the service of God.
You see, that is every born again believer. They have been set apart from the world, and are now in the service of God.
A saint is not one who has been exalted; a saint is one who exalts Jesus Christ. A person becomes a saint when Jesus Christ becomes his Savior.
There are only two classes of people in the world: the saints and the ain'ts. If you are not an ain't, then you're a saint. And if you are a saint, you have trusted Christ.
It is not your character that makes you a saint, it's your faith in Jesus Christ and the fact that you are set apart for Him. As Paul said of himself in the beginning, he was a bondslave of Jesus Christ.
