WHO DAT?

Who Dat?

"Who dat? Who dat? Who dat say dey gonna beat dem Saints?"
(translation: Who’s that? Who’s that?
Who’s that saying they are going to beat them Saints?)
How about them Saints! One of my favorite things to watch on television is football. Every chance I get to turn on a game, I will. By now, you have probably figured out that I support the LSU Tigers and the New Orleans Saints. Usually by this time in the season, I have to choose another team to support because college football is over, and the Saints season is over, but NOT THIS YEAR! It was so fun to come home on Sunday night from a very busy day and sit down and watch the Saints come out victorious over the Minnesota Vikings. (Sorry to all you Vikings/Favre fans.) It is kind of ironic that the New Orleans football team is titled the Saints. I lived there for 2 ½ years, and the true Saints were few and far between. Who are the true saints and who is it that is trying to beat God’s saints?
The saints, according to scripture, are those God has called to be His own people. The saints include all people who proclaim Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior. All Christians are saints in that they are positionally “set apart” to God and are experientially being made increasingly “holy” by the Holy Spirit (I Corinthians 1: 2). The saints have a glorious inheritance awaiting them. “I pray also that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which He has called you, the riches of His glorious inheritance in the saints, and His incomparably great power for us (the saints) who believe (Ephesians 1:18-19).” The inheritance is eternal; it is not subject to decay, and it is divinely kept for us. Then who is it that is trying to beat God’s saints? That answer is easy. Satan wants to do everything within his power to try and beat up on the saints. Good news is that I have read the end of the Book and found out that Satan is defeated and the Saints come out victorious! As we wage war each day against the evil ways of Satan, may we remember that we, the saints, have the power of God Almighty to overcome him and our flesh. Praise be to God for our inheritance and daily victory!

GEAUX Saints!
Aaron Hodges