Top 7 Bible Verses About Saints

Here are my top seven Bible verses about the saints of God.

Hebrews 6:10 “For God is not unjust so as to overlook your work and the love that you have shown for his name in serving the saints, as you still do.”

The interesting thing is we don’t have to wait for a saint to be called one by a church as those who’ve repented and put their trust in Christ are already called saints by God as it uses the word “saint” or “saints” sixty times in the New Testament. The author of Hebrews wants us to know that God’s not going to overlook all the labor of love for His glory. He will reward those who do good things for the saints and for others.

Romans 8:27 “And he who searches hearts knows what is the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of God.”

Have you ever had trouble praying? Well my dear saints of God, the Holy Spirit is there to help you as He can express what you cannot express with words as “the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of God.” Isn’t that good to know? The Spirit of God searches the hearts and knows what is in the mind of the Spirit and He can help us communicate to God what we can’t always put in words.

Psalm 31:23 “Love the Lord, all you his saints! The Lord preserves the faithful but abundantly repays the one who acts in pride.”

Being called a saint is not new to the New Testament. The Old Testament speaks of saints too all who believe God and have placed their trust in Him are considered saints, right now, even while they’re alive as the psalmist writes that God “will not forsake his saints. They are preserved forever, but the children of the wicked shall be cut off” (Psalm 37:28).

Colossians 1:11-13 “May you be strengthened with all power, according to his glorious might, for all endurance and patience with joy, giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in light. He has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son.”

God’s grace delivered us out of the darkness and brought us into the light and transferred us from the kingdom or domain of darkness into the kingdom of His beloved Son, Jesus Christ. He does that only for His saints who’ve repented and put their trust in Him and that’s only because we’re qualified by Jesus redemption.

First Corinthians 1:2 “To the church of God that is in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints together with all those who in every place call upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, both their Lord and ours.”

The root word for “saints” comes from the word sanctified so those whom Jesus died for are the sanctified ones or saints. To be sanctified is to be “set apart for holy use” and that is what the saints are. We’ve been called out of the world to go back into the world to call others out of the world.

Daniel 7:27 “And the kingdom and the dominion and the greatness of the kingdoms under the whole heaven shall be given to the people of the saints of the Most High; his kingdom shall be an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey him.”

In Daniel’s vision of the four beasts (Dan 7:1-14), he was greatly troubled. Daniel’s reaction would have been ours too because God showed Daniel what was to come in the latter days. The end of all things is that “the greatness of the kingdoms under the whole heaven shall be given to the people of the saints of the Most High” God. This dominion or kingdom will not be like any other kingdoms because it “shall be an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey him.” Paul addressed this important point when he asked the rhetorical question “do you not know that the saints will judge the world” (2nd Cor 6:2a)? That assumes that they had been taught this and should have known. It was common knowledge among the early church that they would inherit the kingdom and rule or reign on the earth, but under Jesus Christ of course.

Ephesians 2:18-20 “For through him we both have access in one Spirit to the Father. So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God, built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the cornerstone.”

Next to the Book of Revelation, the word “saints” appears more times in the Book of Ephesians, and overall, third in the Bible, next to only the Book of Revelation and the Book of Psalms so Paul was not hesitant to call church members what they presently are; saints! Paul refers to the saints as if they already are saints and that they are! We were once aliens, separated by our sins (Isaiah 59:2) but now, we’re “fellow citizens with the saints” of God and as such, we are “members of the household of God” where the apostles and prophets have built, with Jesus being the Chief Cornerstone.

Conclusion

If you’re born again, then you’re already a saint even while yet a sinner (1st John 1:8, 10) like me and just like Martin Luther said so there is no set amount of time you must wait before being considered a saint. It doesn’t need the approval of the Vatican, and it doesn’t depend on other members in the church voting you. Positionally, you are now a saint of God. That’s how God looks at you and how you must look at other believers. This is what Paul and the other New Testament authors referred to the Christians. Paul addresses the church at Rome; “To all those in Rome who are loved by God and called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ” (Rom 1:7).

Article by Jack Wellman

Jack Wellman is Pastor of the Mulvane Brethren Church in Mulvane Kansas. Jack is also the Senior Writer at What Christians Want To Know whose mission is to equip, encourage, and energize Christians and to address questions about the believer’s daily walk with God and the Bible. You can follow Jack on Google Plus or check out his book Teaching Children the Gospel available on Amazon.