What is Your Level of Spiritual Maturity?
Acts 11:26

• The devil is a liar and the father of lies  (John 8:44).  Since saved people are to give God glory, saved people who go along with the lies of the devil are doing the opposite of giving God glory.  Eventually, God has to punish His children who keep supporting the lies of the devil.  Therefore, agreeing with the lies from the devil makes God look bad and causes the child of God to be punished.
• There are promises from God attached to our spiritual maturity.  People who are saved but have not reached that level of spiritual maturity have not met God's requirements in order to receive the promises.  When God's people believe that they should receive these promises, but they don't receive the promises because they have not met God's requirements, they question God, the Bible and the promises of God.
• No one likes to go through the lessons which bring maturity whether it is physical or spiritual.  Our flesh is lazy and all of us want a short-cut.  That's why people believe that they can just name it and claim it.  However, God refuses to accept such short-cuts.  Therefore, people who take these short-cuts deceive themselves and they can be harder to win to the truth than people who have not been deceived.  In Matthew 23:15 Jesus warned about our following religion which wants to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves. 
• When lost people try to claim  promises from the Bible, God's people are supposed to correct them.  However, if God's people are not spiritually mature and able to clearly explain the truth of the Bible then God's people contribute to the confusion over what the Bible really says.
• I could go on with more reasons why the Devil wants God's people to believe lies about God's promises and their own level of spiritual maturity.  However, we will return to the main subject with the warning that if you do not make your personal beliefs match the Bible then you will be deceived and be punished by God instead of being blessed.

1. Lost
2. Church member
3. Child of God
4. Carnal child of God
5. Disciple
6. Son
7. Christian
8. Saint

1. Lost - This is our initial state when we are born.  We are all born selfish and self-centered.  We all want things to go our own way and not obey God.  A child will fuss even if there is nothing wrong because it wants all of its mother's attention. 
• 1John 3:4 says sin is the transgression of the law.  God does not want us going into Heaven and making it a mess like this world is a mess. 
• Yes, Jesus died for the sins of the whole world (1John 2:2).  But He also said I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.  In John 14:6.  The person Who is -God in human flesh' is our only way to God the Father and true salvation.  Anyone who has not accepted this personal relationship with Him as Lord is lost according to the Bible.  In addition, this relationship includes an agreement to worship and obey the Son of God as our Lord.  This is so that He has our agreement to change us after we are saved.
• Any so-called plan of salvation which does not include this relationship and agreement is not Biblical and is a lie from the Devil which will send people into the lake of fire  for eternity.  As the angel told Joseph in Matthew 1:21 thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins.  Unless He gets us out of our sins, He has not saved us from our sins. 
2. Child of God - Any person who is truly Biblically saved is a child of God. 
• Romans 5:8 Says: But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. 
• When He died for us  He redeemed  us that we might receive the adoption of sons  as explained by Galatians 4:4-5, which says: But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law, To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons.  Thus, our receive the adoption  is dependent upon God's Son, which matches what we said was required to change from being lost to being a child of God. 
• Again, Ephesians 1:5-6 says: Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will, To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved.  Where we were lost and on our way to an eternity in the lake of fire,  we are made children of God  and our destination changed to be God's personal home called Heaven  when we personally accepted that Christ died for our own personal sins and accepted the relationship which He offers to us. 
• However, Galatians 4:1 tells us Now I say, That the heir, as long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all.  This verse literally tells us that we do not get all of the promises to sons  as long as he is a child.  This is only one of several places in the Bible which tell us that we must meet God's conditions in order to receive God's promises. 
• Yes, we will go to Heaven but we are not promised a mansion but only promised a place,  which is only bed-space.  Also, God does not wipe away every tear  until after more than 1,000 yearss after the 'Rapture' and the Bible teaches that God's disobedient children will have tears an average of twice a week for that 1,000 yearss.  Therefore, God provides much motivation for us to grow up. 
• Ephesians 4:11-15 tells us that God gave ministers to the chuirch For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ: Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ: That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive; But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ.  One of the major reasons why God created the church is to help His children to grow up into him in all things.  God did this because He wants to bless His children but only blesses those who grow up.  God provided everything that His children need to grow up,  but requires us to make the personal effort because He will not take away our free will.
3. Church member - You must be Biblically baptized before becoming a church member.
• Becoming a church member makes the local church our spiritual family.  They may take care of us and care about us as a sympathizer,  but not to the same extent as when we are church members.  Also, they have every right to exclude us from things if we are not members.
• A church member must first be Biblically baptized in order to be identified with God and His church.  1Corinthians 10:1-2 says: Moreover, brethren, I would not that ye should be ignorant, how that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea; And were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea.  Lots of people want to argue about a lot of non-Biblical things concerning baptism including dunking  versus sprinkling.  However, the Jews crossed the Red Sea on dry land and were neither dunked  nor sprinkled.  However they were identified with Moses and the Mosaic Law.
• Romans 6:3-4 says: Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death? Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.  Baptism is a symbolic ceremony whereby we publicly declare that we will walk in newness of life  like Christ did after His resurrection.  The basic gospel is that He died to pay for our sins, He was buried to be separated from this world and He rose to walk differently.  We are dunked  to show that we will be identified with His paying for our sins and that we agree that we can not earn Heaven on our own.  We are put under the water symbolizing that we will be separated from this world and the sins and temptations of it.  We are raised out of the water symbolizing that we agree to walk in newness of life. 
• Our baptism is done in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost  (Matthew 28:19).  This is a public declaration that we are agreeing that our future life will be identified with the holiness and righteousness of God the Father.  We are agreeing that our future life will be identified with the sacrifice and service of God the Son.  We are agreeing that our future life will be identified with the ongoing personal relationship with God which is through God the Holy Ghost.
• Amos 3:3 says: Can two walk together, except they be agreed?  We can not join God's church until we publicly agree to walk with God. 
4. Carnal child of God - This is someone who is truly Biblically saved but who is living like a lost person.  The title carnal Christian  is a lie from the Devil and is never accepted by God.  This will be explained in a moment but God's true children need to know the consequences of being carnal.
• 1Corinthians 3:1-3 says And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ.  I have fed you with milk, and not with meat: for hitherto ye were not able to bear it, neither yet now are ye able.  For ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men?  There are many more references in the Bible which describe the carnal child of God but the main point here is that such are babes in Christ.  They are not the spiritually mature people who are true Biblical Christians.
• Romans 8:6-7 says For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.  Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.  Notice that the results of being carnal is a lack of peace, it is disobedience to to the law of God  and results in death.
• Romans 6:16 says Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?  If we are not obeying God to the point that our life shows righteousness then we are doing a sin unto death. 
• 1Corinthians 10:5 says But with many of them God was not well pleased: for they were overthrown in the wilderness.  These were God's children who disobeyed God and God killed them.  1Corinthians 10 goes on to warn us against doing the same type of sins.
• Ephesians 5:3-6 and Colossians 3:3-6 both warn us that the wrath of God cometh on the children of disobedience.  The children of disobedience  are God's children  who live in disobedience,  which are carnal saved people.
5. Disciple - A disciple is a taught child of God who has a disciplined life of learning.  They pray and read their Bible daily as a minimum.  They also study and meditate on God's word so that it can affect their daily walk of life.
• Acts 11:26 says And the disciples were called Christians first in Antioch.  There were many saved people in the church at this time but they were not called Christians.  You can not be a true Biblical Christian unless you are first a disciple.
• Acts 11:29 says that disciples are active in the work of the church especially in the area of giving.
• Acts 13:52 says And the disciples were filled with joy, and with the Holy Ghost.
• Acts 19:1-2 warns that someone can be a disciple while not being saved.  Such people believe what religious men tell them and not what the Bible actually says.
• John 6:66 says From that time many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him.  These disciples rejected Jesus because He taught spiritual truths which they did not understand and which they had to accept by faith before they could understand the truths.
• John 6:67-69 says Then said Jesus unto the twelve, Will ye also go away? Then Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast the words of eternal life.  And we believe and are sure that thou art that Christ, the Son of the living God.  True Biblical disciples believed what the Bible literally says even when they don't understand it.  This is called faith.  They trust that God will give them understanding at a later time.
• Mark 10:13 says And they brought young children to him, that he should touch them: and his disciples rebuked those that brought them.  A true disciple must accept that he is still learning and will make mistakes.  He must be willing to be corrected By God and God's man.
• Mark 14:13-16 says And he sendeth forth two of his disciples, and saith unto them, Go ye into the city, and there shall meet you a man bearing a pitcher of water: follow him.  And wheresoever he shall go in, say ye to the goodman of the house, The Master saith, Where is the guestchamber, where I shall eat the passover with my disciples? And he will shew you a large upper room furnished and prepared: there make ready for us.  And his disciples went forth, and came into the city, and found as he had said unto them: and they made ready the passover.  True disciples are willing to obey even when God tells them to do something which makes no sense in our flesh.
6. Christian - is a saved person whose daily life displays control by Christ.
• Acts 11:26 says And the disciples were called Christians first in Antioch.  There were many saved people in the church at this time but they were not called Christians.  You can not be a true Biblical Christian unless you are first a disciple.  says
• Acts 26:28 says Then Agrippa said unto Paul, Almost thou persuadest me to be a Christian.  Even as a lost man, Agrippa understood that true Christian doctrine has no middle ground.  Matthew 12:30 and Luke 11:23 say He that is not with me is against me: and he that gathereth not with me scattereth.  A true Biblical Christian has committed their entire life to gathereth  with Jesus Christ.  The th  on this word means that this is a lifestyle of keeping on keeping on getting closer  to Jesus Christ.  Anyone who has not completely dedicated their life to getting closer to Jesus Christ is not a true Biblical Christian.  This is why it is impossible to be a true Biblical Christian and carnal at the same time.  These two types of people are walking in opposite directions from each other.
• Much more can be said about this role for the saved person but we will move on.
• 2Timothy 3:12 says Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution..  1Peter 4:16 says Yet if any man suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf.  A true Biblical Christian knows that suffering and persecution absolutely will happen in their life and they are not only prepared for it but are also prepared to glorify God in the suffering and because of the suffering.
• Romans 8:10 says And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness.  One doctrinal error, which denies the Trinity, claims that all saved always have Christ in them.  However, the truth is that all saved always have the Holy Ghost in them and Christ is a different member of the Trinity.  Ephesians 5:32 teaches that the relationship between a man and his wife is a picture of the relationship between Christ and the church.  A married man can leave his wife and still be married but not be in a proper relationship with his wife.  Likewise, a saved person can leave a proper relationship with Christ and still be saved.  Such a person is not in Christ  and Christ is not in them.  This is one of several Bible references which tell us how a true Christian will live because they are in a proper relationship with Christ.  The phrase the body is dead because of sin  means that true Biblical Christians will stop responding to the prompts of the body (is dead)  because those prompts leads to sin.  Also, the true Biblical Christian will follow God's Holy Spirit  because He leads us to life. 
• 2Corinthians 5:17 says Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.  There is a doctrinal error which claims that we can be saved and not have God change our life.  Without going into that doctrinal error, this verse clearly says that true Biblical Christians will be a new creature (and) old things are passed away.  Whether a person is lost or carnal is a separate issue from the truth that a person can not be a true Biblical Christian and still do their old sins and not have an obviously changed life which makes them a new creature. 
• 2Peter 1:8 says For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.  The verses before this one tell us what these things  are which are to be in you.  Beyond that, this verse tells us that a true Biblical Christian will be neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.  In Acts 18:26 tells us that And (Apollos) began to speak boldly in the synagogue: whom when Aquila and Priscilla had heard, they took him unto them, and expounded unto him the way of God more perfectly.  Neither Aquila nor Priscilla were preachers but they were true Biblical Christians who helped to start at least three churches according to the Bible.  True Biblical Christians know Bible doctrine well enough to correct doctrinal error no matter how famous a preacher might be.
• Much more can be said about this role for the saved person but we will move on.
7. Son - a person who has a spirit like their father
• In the Bible, son  is used to describe a person who has a spirit like their father.  John 1:12-13 tells us But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name: Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.  Obviously, the sons of God  in these verses is not limited to males.  When we combine this verse with Romans 8:14 (For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God), we see that true Biblical sons of God  are led by the Spirit of God, which makes them have the same Spirit  as their Father.  Further, those who refuse to be led by the Spirit of God  can not claim to be the sons of God.  We also see this in John 21:15-17 where three times ...Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonas...  Like Jonas, Peter had run away from the ministry that God called him to.  In fact, John 21:3 tells us of Peter's decision to leave the ministry.  Also, like Jonas, God planned to use Peter to bring many people to salvation.  For those who don't know it, Jonas  reportedly preached the message that resulted in the greatest number of people being saved in all of the Old Testament.  While I could go on, I will quit with one more reference.  In John 14:7 we read If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also: and from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him.  This is just before Philip saith unto him, Lord, shew us the Father, and it sufficeth us  (John 14:8).  Most people know the rest of the story where Jesus tells them / us that He revealed the Spirit  of the Father  so much that looking at His life was seeing the Father.  This is the same truth that Paul meant when he declared For to me to live is Christ..  in Philippians 1:21.  Hopefully, people can understand why I say that the Bible uses Son  to describe a person who has a spirit like their father.  Please see the Verses - Son section for the reverences to notes which provide supporting details.
• In the Bible, Son  can be sub-categorized by the type of Son.  We are told that the Son of God  Is Jesus, Christ, Jesus Christ, Saviour  and Lord.  We are also told that God the Father  is also Saviour  and Lord.  Therefore, we can see how the Son of God  is like God the Father.  In addition, the Jews clearly understood from the Old Testament that Christ  would be the Son of God  because only the Son of God  would be able to do the things that were prophesied about Christ  and He would act like the Father.  Since Jesus  is Christ, the Son of God  being Jesus, Christ  and Jesus Christ  also matches.  Further, as already noted above, Jesus  acted like the Father  so much that He declared that He revealed the Father  in John 14.  In addition, to these facts, we are told in Hebrews 7:3 that Melchisedec  was a type of the Son of God  so that Old Testament saints would have an example.  We are also told that Adam was a son of God  (Luke 3:38), but a lower-case son  was used for Adam just like it is used for all saved people.
• There are several verses which use Son of David  and which tell us that the Son of David  is Lord,  Jesus  and Christ.  Son of David  was another Jewish name for the Messiah.  Basically, these verses show the basis of the Jewish belief that Christ  would be the Son of God  and Lord  and a human man (Jesus), although they did not know His human name of Jesus.
• While there are many similarities in the prophecies of Christ  and of Son of David,  the phrase Son of David  is more often used similar to Lord  and / or King  since David  is mainly known as the best king  of the Jewish people and since David  was promised by God that his physical descendent would rule Israel.  However, the title of Messias / Christ  is more associated with the role of a prophet, which is the messenger from God.
• We are told that the Son of man  is Lord, Jesus,  Christ,  Saviour  and -God in human flesh'.  We are told that the Son of man  has physically returned to Heaven.  The term of Son of man  is used to emphasize His human nature.  While His body was put into the ground, the Son of man  would be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth  (Hell) [Matthew 12:39-41; 16:4; Luke 11:29-30, 32; John 21:15-17].  That is, His soul and Spirit went to hell for us.  While His Spirit came from God and His body came from Mary, His soul (mind, will and emotions) were human and trained just like ours are.  That's what Hebrews 5 teaches us.  Hebrews 5:8 says ...learned he obedience..  and Hebrews 5:28 says Who can have compassion on the ignorant, and on them that are out of the way; for that he himself also is compassed with infirmity.  Our soul is what makes us different from all animals and is the identifying part of us as humans.  The Bible uses Son of man  when emphasizing the human soul of the Son of God.
8. Saint - The functional definition is: 'is a fully spiritually mature saved person whom God can send anywhere and they can be a leader and teacher or preacher in an existing church. If sent to where there is no church, they will start leading people to salvation and teaching them the Bible so that there is the basis for a true church when God sends a properly ordained pastor to the new work'.  Forms of this word occur 101 times within 98 verses of the Bible.  Other than the 'first mention', only the New Testament references will be dealt with Here.  Please also see the Word Studies for more details on this word.
• Deuteronomy 33:2-3 is the first place in the Bible where we find the word saint.  It says: And he said, The LORD came from Sinai, and rose up from Seir unto them; he shined forth from mount Paran, and he came with ten thousands of saints: from his right hand went a fiery law for them. Yea, he loved the people; all his saints are in thy hand: and they sat down at thy feet; every one shall receive of thy words.  There are several important things to note here.  First, Moses says: he came with ten thousands of saints,  but there were millions of Jews who followed Moses.  Simply put, there are many people who can be called the people of God  who are not saints.  In addition, Moses had the most trouble from the mixed multitude  and most churches have that group in addition to (maybe) having saints.  Next, we need to note that Moses says: all his saints are in thy hand.  This means that they constantly obey God and God controls all aspects of their life.  This definitely is not true of many of the people of God.  .  Next, we need to note that Moses says: and they sat down at thy feet.  Many of the people of God  are not worshiping God and receiving instruction from God (Bible reading) at least on a daily basis.  Next, we need to note that Moses says: every one shall receive of thy words.  Many of the people of God  refuse to receive of thy (God's) words  but every saint  shall  ('absolutely positively will') receive of thy (God's) words.  Thus we see that our 'first mention' matches the definition given.
• Please note that several places tell us that all saved are called to be saints.  However, For many are called, but few are chosen.  (Matthew 20:16; Matthew 22:14).  Therefore, We need to be sure that we reach this level go spiritual maturity if we wish to be chosen  for eternal rewards.
• Matthew 27:52 says: And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose,:  This is the first massive resurrection.  Notice that only the saints  arose.
• Acts 9:13 says: Then Ananias answered, Lord, I have heard by many of this man, how much evil he hath done to thy saints at Jerusalem::  Saints are living people who are active in the ministry.  True Biblical saints  continue to serve God in spite of persecution and death.
• Acts 9:32 says: Then had the churches rest throughout all Judaea and Galilee and Samaria, and were edified; and walking in the fear of the Lord, and in the comfort of the Holy Ghost, were multiplied.  And it came to pass, as Peter passed throughout all quarters, he came down also to the saints which dwelt at Lydda.:  Saints multiply.
• Acts 9:41 says: And he gave her his hand, and lifted her up, and when he had called the saints and widows, presented her alive.:  Saints see the work of God.
• Acts 26:10 says: Which thing I also did in Jerusalem: and many of the saints did I shut up in prison, having received authority from the chief priests; and when they were put to death, I gave my voice against them.:  Saints disrupt established religions and religious power structures with their God-given testimonies.
• Romans 1:7 says: To all that be in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.:  This is what God wants all saved to become. We are called to be saints  but Matthew 22:14 says For many are called, but few are chosen.  God chooses who is actually a saint  but His criteria is based upon spiritual maturity.
• Romans 8:27-28 says: And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints according to the will of God.  And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.:  First, these verses say that the Holy Spirit maketh intercession for the saints.  The more spiritually mature you are the more you see the Holy Spirit working in your prayer life.  Secondly, these verses do not say that all things work together for good  for everyone but for them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.  A saint focuses his life on the love of God and on fulfilling the purpose of God. That is why he has these promises from God.
• Romans 12:13 says: Distributing to the necessity of saints; given to hospitality.:  Spiritual leaders are concerned about the physical needs of God's saints.
• Romans 15:25 says: But now I go unto Jerusalem to minister unto the saints.:  Spiritual leaders are concerned about the physical needs of God's saints.
• Romans 15:26 says: For it hath pleased them of Macedonia and Achaia to make a certain contribution for the poor saints which are at Jerusalem.:  Saints are concerned about the physical needs of other saints.
• Romans 15:31 says: That I may be delivered from them that do not believe in Judaea; and that my service which I have for Jerusalem may be accepted of the saints;:  Saints can be caught up in religious fervor which may not be completely correct.
• Romans 16:2 says: That ye receive her in the Lord, as becometh saints, and that ye assist her in whatsoever business she hath need of you: for she hath been a succourer of many, and of myself also.:  Romans 16 names several non-preachers who were in Rome starting a church. True saints are true missionaries and available to be sent anywhere God wants them to go.
• Romans 16:15 says: Salute Philologus, and Julia, Nereus, and his sister, and Olympas, and all the saints which are with them.:  Saints fellowship with other saints.
• 1Corinthians 1:2 says: Unto the church of God which is at Corinth, to them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all that in every place call upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both theirs and ours::  All saved are called to be saints.
• 1Corinthians 6:1 says: Dare any of you, having a matter against another, go to law before the unjust, and not before the saints?:  True saints can apply the wisdom of God to problems of this life.
• 1Corinthians 6:2 says: Do ye not know that the saints shall judge the world? and if the world shall be judged by you, are ye unworthy to judge the smallest matters?:  .
• 1Corinthians 14:33 says: For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints.:  True saints have unity of doctrine because their beliefs are dictated by the Bible and God's Holy Spirit.
• 1Corinthians 16:1 says: Now concerning the collection for the saints, as I have given order to the churches of Galatia, even so do ye.:  All churches are to be concerned with the physical needs of other saints.
• 1Corinthians 16:15 says: I beseech you, brethren, (ye know the house of Stephanas, that it is the firstfruits of Achaia, and that they have addicted themselves to the ministry of the saints,):  The ministry of the saints  is missions.
• 2Corinthians 1:1 says: Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, unto the church of God which is at Corinth, with all the saints which are in all Achaia::  Blessings are offered to saints who obey the word of God and are faithful.
• 2Corinthians 8:4 says: Praying us with much intreaty that we would receive the gift, and take upon us the fellowship of the ministering to the saints.:  .
• 2Corinthians 9:1 says: For as touching the ministering to the saints, it is superfluous for me to write to you::  .
• 2Corinthians 9:12 says: For the administration of this service not only supplieth the want of the saints, but is abundant also by many thanksgivings unto God;:  True saints not only supply the needs of others but they give thanks to God for the help they receive an d for the ability to help others.
• 2Corinthians 13:13 says: All the saints salute you.:  .
• Ephesians 1:1 says: Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, to the saints which are at Ephesus, and to the faithful in Christ Jesus::  Blessings are offered to saints who obey the word of God and are faithful.
• Ephesians 1:15 says: Wherefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus, and love unto all the saints,:  The truly saved will love all the saints.
• Ephesians 1:18-19 says: The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,  And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power:  True saints understand Biblical doctrine and experience the power of God in their lives. Their understanding and belief is based upon the working of God's power and not just according to religious tradition.
• Ephesians 2:19 says: Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God;:  The citizenship  of true saints  is in Heaven more than in any Earthly country.
• Ephesians 3:8 says: Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ;:  God gives grace to saints to preach and be a witness for Him.
• Ephesians 3:16-19 says: That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man; That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love, May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height; And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God:  These many blessings are given to saints while the less spiritually mature may not experience them.
• Ephesians 4:12 says: For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ::  Even after someone reaches the spiritual maturity to be a saint, they still need perfecting.
• Ephesians 5:3 says: But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints;:  True saints put aside known sins from their life.
• Ephesians 6:18 says: Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;:  Part of our 'Spiritual Warfare' is to consistently pray for other saints that they not fall.
• Philippians 1:1 says: Paul and Timotheus, the servants of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Christ Jesus which are at Philippi, with the bishops and deacons::  Blessings are offered to saints who obey the word of God and are faithful.
• Philippians 4:21 says: Salute every saint in Christ Jesus. The brethren which are with me greet you.:  Saints send encouragement to other saints, especially to those on the mission field.
• Philippians 4:22 says: All the saints salute you, chiefly they that are of Caesar's household.:  Missionary saints pray for those who send them and send encouraging reports back.
• Colossians 1:2 says: To the saints and faithful brethren in Christ which are at Colosse: Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.:  Blessings are offered to saints who obey the word of God and are faithful.
• Colossians 1:4 says: Since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love which ye have to all the saints,:  Saints love other saints as part of their faith in Christ Jesus.
• Colossians 1:12 says: Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light::  The full inheritance  is given to saints in light.  People with a lesser spiritual maturity receive a lesser inheritance.
• Colossians 1:26 says: Even the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations, but now is made manifest to his saints::  Saints receive revelation from God which less spiritually mature and lost people do not receive.  Saints are to use these revelations to help other saved people to spiritually mature.
• 1Thessalonians 3:13 says: To the end he may stablish your hearts unblameable in holiness before God, even our Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all his saints.:  Saints will be returning with Christ for His 1,000 years reign.  Saints are to have stablished hearts unblameable in holiness before God.
• 2Thessalonians 1:10 says: When he shall come to be glorified in his saints, and to be admired in all them that believe (because our testimony among you was believed) in that day.:  Christ  is to be glorified in his saints  because their belief is to result in a testimony similar to Paul and other church leaders.
• 1Timothy 5:10 says: Well reported of for good works; if she have brought up children, if she have lodged strangers, if she have washed the saints' feet, if she have relieved the afflicted, if she have diligently followed every good work.:  Only widows who have a testimony of being a saint are to be supported by the church.
• Philemon 1:5 says: Hearing of thy love and faith, which thou hast toward the Lord Jesus, and toward all saints;:  The love of God's saints is equated to the personal love and faith...toward the Lord Jesus.
• Philemon 1:7 says: For we have great joy and consolation in thy love, because the bowels of the saints are refreshed by thee, brother.:  Love and provision of saved people is a required testimony of a true saint.
• Hebrews 6:10 says: For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister.:  Love and provision of saved people is a required testimony of a true saint.  This is one of the causes which will result in eternal reward.
• Hebrews 13:24 says: Salute all them that have the rule over you, and all the saints. They of Italy salute you.:  Missionary saints pray for those who send them and send encouraging reports back.
• Jude 1:3 says: Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints.:  Saints earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints.
• Jude 1:14 says: And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints,:  Saints will be returning with Christ for His 1,000 years reign.
• Revelation 5:8 says: And when he had taken the book, the four beasts and four and twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them harps, and golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of saints.:  The prayers of saints  are part of the true worship in Heaven.
• Revelation 8:3 says: And another angel came and stood at the altar, having a golden censer; and there was given unto him much incense, that he should offer it with the prayers of all saints upon the golden altar which was before the throne.:  The prayers of saints  are part of the true worship in Heaven.
• Revelation 8:4 says: And the smoke of the incense, which came with the prayers of the saints, ascended up before God out of the angel's hand.:  The prayers of saints  please God.
• Revelation 11:18 says: And the nations were angry, and thy wrath is come, and the time of the dead, that they should be judged, and that thou shouldest give reward unto thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and them that fear thy name, small and great; and shouldest destroy them which destroy the earth.:  Saints will be rewarded by God in the 1,000 years reign of Christ.
• Revelation 13:7 says: And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations.:  Saints can not win except with the power of God.  However, true saints are faithful to God even in suffering and death.
• Revelation 13:10 says: He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity: he that killeth with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints.:  True saints are faithful to God even in suffering and death.  They patiently wait for God to make things right and understand that God must wait until people condemn themselves by their own actions because God is always right and just.
• Revelation 14:12 says: Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.:  True saints are faithful to God even in suffering and death.  They patiently wait for God to make things right and understand that God must wait until people condemn themselves by their own actions because God is always right and just.
• Revelation 15:3 says: And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous are thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are thy ways, thou King of saints.:  True saints worship and obey God.
• Revelation 16:6 says: For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and thou hast given them blood to drink; for they are worthy.:  True saints are faithful to God even in suffering and death.  They patiently wait for God to make things right and understand that God must wait until people condemn themselves by their own actions because God is always right and just.
• Revelation 17:6 says: And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration.:  The world's religion will persecute and kill true saints.
• Revelation 18:24 says: And in her was found the blood of prophets, and of saints, and of all that were slain upon the earth.:  The world's religion will persecute and kill true saints.
• Revelation 19:8 says: And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints.:  Saints are to have their own righteousness which they receive from Jesus Christ when they let Him live through their life on Earth.
• Revelation 20:9 says: And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of Heaven, and devoured them.:  Saints will be involved in the final fight with Satan.

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