Thematic Bible: As saints they
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Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Should have their treasure in heaven
Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust corrupts, and where thieves break through and steal:
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If ye then be risen with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ sitteth at the right hand of God. Mind the things above, not those on the earth.
Sell what ye have, and give alms: provide yourselves bags which wax not old, a never-failing treasure in the heavens, where no thief approacheth nor moth corrupteth:
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Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Long for their pilgrimage to end
For we know that if our earthly house, which is but as a tent, were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. And therefore whilst we are in this tabernacle we groan, being very desirous to be covered with our house which is from heaven: since though unclothed of this body, yet we shall not be found naked. read more.
For we who are in this tabernacle do groan, being burthened; wherefore we desire, not to be wholly unclothed, but to put on immortality, that the mortal part may be swallowed up in life. Now He, that hath wrought us hereunto, is God; who hath also given us the earnest of the Spirit. Therefore we are always confident, knowing that while we dwell in the body, we are absent from the Lord, (for we walk by faith, not by sight,) we are confident, I say, and well-pleased rather to be absent from the body, and to dwell with the Lord.
For we who are in this tabernacle do groan, being burthened; wherefore we desire, not to be wholly unclothed, but to put on immortality, that the mortal part may be swallowed up in life. Now He, that hath wrought us hereunto, is God; who hath also given us the earnest of the Spirit. Therefore we are always confident, knowing that while we dwell in the body, we are absent from the Lord, (for we walk by faith, not by sight,) we are confident, I say, and well-pleased rather to be absent from the body, and to dwell with the Lord.
Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Are strengthened by God
Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Are exposed to persecution
I have given them thy word; and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
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Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Pray for direction
Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Shine as lights in the world
that ye may be blameless and inoffensive, the children of God without reproof, in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation; among whom ye shine as lights in the world,
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Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Have a heavenly conversation
from whence also we expect the Saviour, our Lord Jesus Christ: who will change our vile body,
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Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Are not mindful of this world
and if they had been mindful of that from which they came, they might have had opportunity to have returned.
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Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Invite others to go with them
Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Have their faces toward zion
Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Look for a heavenly country
But they desire a better, that is, an heavenly one; wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God; for He hath prepared for them a city.
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Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » The world is not worthy of
distressed, (of whom the world was not worthy) wandering in deserts, and mountains, and dens, and caves of the earth.
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Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Keep the promises in view
These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but seen them from afar, and been persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and sojourners on the earth.
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Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Look for a heavenly city
For he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose maker and founder is God.
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Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Hate worldly fellowship
Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Forsake all for Christ
Then Peter replied and said unto Him, Behold we have quitted all and have followed thee; what then shall we have?
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Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Die in faith
These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but seen them from afar, and been persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and sojourners on the earth.
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Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Should not be over anxious about worldly things
therefore I say unto you, be not anxious for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not life more than food, and the body than raiment?
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Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Should abstain from fleshly lusts
Dearly beloved, I exhort you as strangers and sojourners here, to abstain from carnal lusts, which war against the soul:
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Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Rejoice in the statutes of God
Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Pass their sojourning in fear
And if ye call upon the Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to every man's work, pass the time of your sojourning here in fear:
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Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Are not at home in this world
By faith he sojourned in the land promised him, as in a foreign country, dwelling in tents, as did Isaac and Jacob the heirs with him of the same promise.
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Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Are actuated by faith
By faith he sojourned in the land promised him, as in a foreign country, dwelling in tents, as did Isaac and Jacob the heirs with him of the same promise.
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Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Have the example of Christ
and Jesus answered him, The foxes have holes, and the fowls of heaven their nests, but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head.
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