"Called to Be Saints" - Romans 1:7 We need to come to realize that every one is called to be a Disciple of Christ. in fact, in the early church. "Saint" was the word used to refer to the believers in Jesus Christ. In The letter of St.Paul & St.Peter & in the book of Acts, Christians are simply addresses as Saints. St. Paul in Writing to the church at Philippi says, "Greet every saint in my name" -Phil 4:21, he voices the conviction of the early Christians: "We are called to be saints" - Rom 1:7 " The Identity of the believer in Jesus is embedded in his Call to be a Saint" "you shall be Holy" - 1 Peter 1:16: this is what being a saint means - a person set apart from the world to belong to Jesus. the moment I am baptized into Jesus Christ, I am a new creation, For Jesus Says: " If you belonged to the world, it would love you as its own. As it is, you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you ou...