1 Corinthians 1:1-3 Who Are The True Saints?

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November 1st = All Saints’ Day

All Saints' Day is a solemn holy day of the Catholic Church celebrated annually on November 1. The day is dedicated to the saints of the Church, that is, all those who have attained heaven. It should not be confused with All Souls' Day, which is observed on November 2, and is dedicated to those who have died and not yet reached heaven.
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1 Corinthians 1:1–3 NKJV
Paul, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Sosthenes our brother, To the church of God which is at Corinth, to those who are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all who in every place call on the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both theirs and ours: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

I. The saints are in the local churches of God.

1 Corinthians 1:2 NKJV
To the church of God which is at Corinth, to those who are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all who in every place call on the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both theirs and ours:

A. Church is an organized gathering of believers.

B. Church belongs to God.

C. Church is local.

II. The saints are set apart in Christ Jesus.

1 Corinthians 1:2 NKJV
To the church of God which is at Corinth, to those who are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all who in every place call on the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both theirs and ours:

A. Sanctified hearkens to Old Testament tabernacle/temple worship.

Dedicated furniture

Dedicated people

Dedicated objects (Jericho)

Joshua 6:19 NKJV
But all the silver and gold, and vessels of bronze and iron, are consecrated to the Lord; they shall come into the treasury of the Lord.”

B. Sanctified is to be set apart from sin.

C. Sanctified is to be made holy in Christ Jesus.

D. Sanctified is not because of our holy lives but rather what Christ did.

III. The saints are called to be holy people.

1 Corinthians 1:2 NKJV
To the church of God which is at Corinth, to those who are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all who in every place call on the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both theirs and ours:

All saved are saints.

Every believer has the right to call himself/herself a saint.

None of us is worthy of the title.

Our behavior needs to be conformed to our “saintly” new nature.

1 Corinthians 6:9–11 NKJV
Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals, nor sodomites, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners will inherit the kingdom of God. And such were some of you. But you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God.
Ephesians 4:20–24 NKJV
But you have not so learned Christ, if indeed you have heard Him and have been taught by Him, as the truth is in Jesus: that you put off, concerning your former conduct, the old man which grows corrupt according to the deceitful lusts, and be renewed in the spirit of your mind, and that you put on the new man which was created according to God, in true righteousness and holiness.

Presidents do not always act presidentially, diplomats do not always act diplomatically, kings do not always act kingly—but they are still presidents, diplomats, and kings. Christians do not always act like Christians, but they are still Christians.

IV. The saints are all who call on the name of Jesus Christ our Lord.

1 Corinthians 1:2 NKJV
To the church of God which is at Corinth, to those who are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all who in every place call on the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both theirs and ours:

Saints belong to local church but also belong to the universal church.

Saints are the people who call on the name of Jesus Christ our Lord (Romans 10:9, 13).

Romans 10:9 NKJV
that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.
Romans 10:13 NKJV
For “whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved.”
Genesis 4:26 NKJV
And as for Seth, to him also a son was born; and he named him Enosh. Then men began to call on the name of the Lord.
Genesis 12:8 NKJV
And he moved from there to the mountain east of Bethel, and he pitched his tent with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east; there he built an altar to the Lord and called on the name of the Lord.
Genesis 26:25 NKJV
So he built an altar there and called on the name of the Lord, and he pitched his tent there; and there Isaac’s servants dug a well.
1 Kings 18:24 NKJV
Then you call on the name of your gods, and I will call on the name of the Lord; and the God who answers by fire, He is God.” So all the people answered and said, “It is well spoken.”
Joel 2:32 NKJV
And it shall come to pass That whoever calls on the name of the Lord Shall be saved. For in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there shall be deliverance, As the Lord has said, Among the remnant whom the Lord calls.
Acts 2:21 NKJV
And it shall come to pass That whoever calls on the name of the Lord Shall be saved.’
I. The saints are in the local churches of God.
II. The saints are set apart in Christ Jesus.
III. The saints are called to be holy people.
IV. The saints are all who call on the name of Jesus Christ our Lord.
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