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To: NYer

Are there any “living saints”?


7 posted on 07/14/2013 3:08:37 PM PDT by reg45 (Barack 0bama: Implementing class warfare by having no class.)
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To: reg45

“Are there any “living saints”?”

Every believer in Christ who has entrusted himself to Him is a saint - now.


10 posted on 07/14/2013 3:10:50 PM PDT by aMorePerfectUnion ( “The more corrupt the state, the more numerous the laws.” - Tacitus)
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To: reg45
"Are there any “living saints”?"

According to the bible every single living Christian.

76 posted on 07/14/2013 3:59:24 PM PDT by circlecity
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To: reg45

“Are there any ‘living saints’?”

All born-again believers are “saints”, according to the Bible. When an epistle was written to a Christian church, it was written to “the saints who are in _____”. Sadly, many of the “saints” being prayed to today weren’t even born again.

The Bible strongly prohibits connecting with, or trying to connect with, the dead.


530 posted on 07/15/2013 6:51:45 AM PDT by MayflowerMadam (I feel much better since I gave up hope.)
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To: reg45

In the currently understood use of the word, no.Saints are souls that are in Heaven. In the apostolic times use of the word, believing Christians were the saints as opposed to the pagans. Some Protestants use the word in the older sense and that is fine, too.


939 posted on 07/16/2013 10:36:22 PM PDT by arthurus (Read Hazlitt's EcomT"ics In One Lesson ONLINE http://steshaw.org/econohttp://www.fee.org/library/det)
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