Amen! In the New Testament, a saint was a plain, old, ordinary Christian, who was a saint because he was sanctified, that is, set apart for the service of God.
When Paul wrote the church at Philippi (Phil. 1.1), he wrote to the saints there, with the bishops and the deacons, an organization so simple that it could be described in one verse of scripture. In all likelihood, he wasn’t addressing Roman Catholic saints who had been dead for a long time, had performed several miracles, and voted on by the College of Cardinals...
Ya think?
You’ve never heard of All Saints’ Day?