Definition of a "Saved" Person

<p>A "saved" person, also called a "believer", and by definition a "saint"¹, is someone who, by God's gracious gift of spiritual life² and faith³, was enabled⁴ and motivated⁵ to be convinced⁶ that Jesus, though He cannot now be seen, is indeed the Lord⁷, the absolute deity-soverign who must be honored and obeyed⁸, and as Savior whose perfectly sinless life and subsequent death would be used by God to judicially acquit the person of any sin-guilt⁹. Having believed in Jesus as Lord and Savior⁷, the person is saved from God's condemnation for their sin¹⁰, is given credit for the perfect righteousness accomplished by Jesus¹¹, is permanently indwelt by God's Spirit¹², is&nbsp;"immersed" into and made an essential¹³ part a living spiritual organism comprised of all saved people¹⁴, and is adopted by God as one of His children¹⁵, including being given a valuable and durable inheritance¹⁶ reserved in heaven for the believer, and the promise of receiving upon the death of the person's present physical body, a new physical body like Jesus' resurrected body¹⁷, able to live forever with none of the debilitating effects of sin¹⁸.</p>

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<p>References:</p>

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<li>"Saint" translates the Greek word hagios, which describes a person set apart, reserved, for God's exclusive use. Thus, Scripture treats every saved person as a&nbsp;"saint". &nbsp;Synonyms for this "setting apart", using the same Greek root word, are saint, holy, sacred, and consecrated.&nbsp; Acts 9.13, 32, 41, 26.10; Rom 1.7; 1 Cor 1.2, 6.19; Eph 2.19&nbsp;</li>

<li>Eph 2.1-7</li>

<li>Eph 2.8</li>

<li>Jn 6.44</li>

<li>1 Jn 4.19</li>

<li>Heb 11.1</li>

<li>Rom 10.9-10</li>

<li>Jn 5.18-44, especially vs 23</li>

<li>Jn 3.16, 2 Cor 5.21, Gal&nbsp;"justified by faith"</li>

<li>Rom 8.1</li>

<li>2 Cor 5.21, Eph 1.4, Col 1.22</li>

<li>Eph 1.13, Rom 8.9</li>

<li>1 Cor 12.12-27</li>

<li>1 Cor 12.13</li>

<li>Rom 8.14-16, Gal 4.5-6, Eph 1.5</li>

<li>Rom 8.17, Eph 1.13-14, Gal 4.7, 1 Pet 1.4&nbsp;</li>

<li>1 Cor 15.42-44, 53-56; Phil 3.21; Col 3.4; 1 Jn 3.2</li>

<li>1 Thess 4.17</li>

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