In Judges 6, the Angel of the Lord addressed Gideon as a man of valour despite that in his own eyes, he was too weak. Despite every factor that proves he is not a valiant man as the Angel called him, when he trusted God, in the end his valiant acts are on the pages of the scriptures for all to read.
By faith, he arose and by daily obedience to God's instructions, the valiance in him found expression.
Likewise in 1Cor.1:2, brother Paul said the church at Corinth are called saints together with everyone everywhere who call upon the name of the Lord part of which we are.
Are you sanctified and do you call upon the name of the Lord? You're called a saint by the mouth of the Lord. The words "to be" in 1Cor. 1:2 were actually added by translators and were not in the original text.
Now, when God called Gideon "man of valour", He wasn't ignorant of his feebleness in the physical but called him by who he is so as to stir up the valiance in him. So also, God has called you a saint o comrade, arise on the arm of faith and begin to act saintly.
Gideon didn't go about telling people "I am a man of valour. In fact, God Himself called me so". Neither did he sit there in unbelief saying "I don't think God knows what it means to be valiant. Can anyone ever be valiant in the face of these Midianites?" Rather, he arose as commanded by the Lord and behold, what God called him was real.
O Comrade, don't just go about bragging "I am a saint" or sit in unbelief to say "With all these weaknesses in my life? Who can ever be a saint while still alive?" Rather, rise up and keep obeying the word of God and the Holy Spirit of God resident inside of you and you shall see that what God called you - Saint is real.
Start acting saintly. Saint, that is who you are.
May we not be wasters or abusers of the grace that made us saints. Amen.
Shalom.
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