My Son Became A Saint Today

That’s right. My son became a saint today. A saint just like Paul and Peter and Stephen and Matthew. My son has not done anything extraordinary. He has not had any profound impact on society. He has not performed any miracle. My son did not go through a canonization. My son is an ordinary 11 year old boy that did a simple yet powerful thing today. He repented of his sins, confessed his faith in Christ and put on Christ through baptism. This simple act of obedience to God brought him in contact with the blood of Christ just like God said it would. Now my son is a Christian. He is a priest. He is a child of God. He is sanctified, set apart, holy to God. He is part of the church that Christ died for. He is part of the family of God with all the blessings that come with it — brothers, sisters, mothers, houses. He is saved. His sins have been forgiven. He is a saint.

If you would like to know more about how you too can become a saint, here are some passages from God’s word to get you started:

What my son did:

Luke 13:3 “…unless you repent you will all likewise perish.”

Romans 10:10 “For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.”

Mark 16:16 “He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who does not believe will be condemned.”

What God did for him:

Acts 2:47 “And the Lord added to the church daily those who were being saved.”

What that means for my son:

He is a saint (sanctified, set apart, holy):
Phil 1:1 “To all the saints in Christ Jesus who are in Philippi, with the bishops and deacons:”

1 Corinthians 6:11 ” And such were some of you. But you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God.”

He is a priest:
1 Peter 2:9 “But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light;”

He is a child of God:
Galatians 3:26-27 “For you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus. For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ.”

1 John 3:1 “See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are. ”

He is a Christian:
Acts 11:26 “And the disciples were first called Christians in Antioch.”

He is saved:
1 Peter 3:21 “Baptism, which corresponds to this, now saves you, not as a removal of dirt from the body but as an appeal to God for a good conscience, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ”

His sins have been forgiven:
Acts 22:16 “And now why are you waiting? Arise and be baptized, and wash away your sins, calling on the name of the Lord.”

As part of God’s family he receives blessings:
Mark 10:29-30 “So Jesus answered and said, “Assuredly, I say to you, there is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or lands, for My sake and the gospel’s, who shall not receive a hundredfold now in this time—houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and lands, with persecutions—and in the age to come, eternal life.”