Thematic Bible: Pilgrims and strangers
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Pilgrims and strangers » Saints confess themselves
These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them and greeted them from afar, and having confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.
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Hear my prayer, O Jehovah, and give ear unto my cry; Hold not thy peace at my tears: For I am a stranger with thee, A sojourner, as all my fathers were.
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For we are strangers before thee, and sojourners, as all our fathers were: our days on the earth are as a shadow, and there is no abiding.
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I am a sojourner in the earth: Hide not thy commandments from me.
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Pilgrims and strangers » Saints are called to be
Now Jehovah said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto the land that I will show thee:
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So therefore whosoever he be of you that renounceth not all that he hath, he cannot be my disciple.
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If any man cometh unto me, and hateth not his own father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple. Whosoever doth not bear his own cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple.
and said unto him, Get thee out of thy land, and from thy kindred, and come into the land which I shall show thee.
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Pilgrims and strangers » Exemplified
(of whom the world was not worthy), wandering in deserts and mountains and caves, and the holes of the earth.
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These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them and greeted them from afar, and having confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.
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I am a stranger and a sojourner with you. Give me a possession of a burying-place with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight.
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For we are strangers before thee, and sojourners, as all our fathers were: our days on the earth are as a shadow, and there is no abiding.
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Then came he out of the land of the Chaldaeans, and dwelt in Haran: and from thence, when his father was dead, God removed him into this land, wherein ye now dwell: and he gave him none inheritance in it, no, not so much as to set his foot on: and he promised that he would give it to him in possession, and to his seed after him, when as yet he had no child.
Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Should have their treasure in heaven
Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal:
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If then ye were raised together with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated on the right hand of God. Set your mind on the things that are above, not on the things that are upon the earth.
Sell that which ye have, and give alms; make for yourselves purses which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief draweth near, neither moth destroyeth.
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Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Long for their pilgrimage to end
And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! Then would I fly away, and be at rest.
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For we know that if the earthly house of our tabernacle be dissolved, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal, in the heavens. For verily in this we groan, longing to be clothed upon with our habitation which is from heaven: if so be that being clothed we shall not be found naked. read more.
For indeed we that are in this tabernacle do groan, being burdened; not for that we would be unclothed, but that we would be clothed upon, that what is mortal may be swallowed up of life. Now he that wrought us for this very thing is God, who gave unto us the earnest of the Spirit. Being therefore always of good courage, and knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord (for we walk by faith, not by sight); we are of good courage, I say, and are willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be at home with the Lord.
For indeed we that are in this tabernacle do groan, being burdened; not for that we would be unclothed, but that we would be clothed upon, that what is mortal may be swallowed up of life. Now he that wrought us for this very thing is God, who gave unto us the earnest of the Spirit. Being therefore always of good courage, and knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord (for we walk by faith, not by sight); we are of good courage, I say, and are willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be at home with the Lord.
Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Are strengthened by God
Thy bars shall be iron and brass; And as thy days, so shall thy strength be.
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Passing through the valley of Weeping they make it a place of springs; Yea, the early rain covereth it with blessings. They go from strength to strength; Every one of them appeareth before God in Zion.
Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Are exposed to persecution
I have given them thy word; and the world hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
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Woe is me, that I sojourn in Meshech, That I dwell among the tents of Kedar! My soul hath long had her dwelling With him that hateth peace. I am for peace: But when I speak, they are for war.
Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Pray for direction
Oh send out thy light and thy truth; let them lead me: Let them bring me unto thy holy hill, And to thy tabernacles.
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They shall inquire concerning Zion with their faces thitherward,'saying , Come ye, and join yourselves to Jehovah in an everlasting covenant that shall not be forgotten.
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Pilgrims and strangers » All saints are
Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the elect who are sojourners of the Dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,
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Hear my prayer, O Jehovah, and give ear unto my cry; Hold not thy peace at my tears: For I am a stranger with thee, A sojourner, as all my fathers were.
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Pilgrims and strangers » Typified
And I have also established my covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their sojournings, wherein they sojourned.
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And thus shall ye eat it: with your loins girded, your shoes on your feet, and your staff in your hand; and ye shall eat it in haste: it is Jehovah's passover.
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Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Shine as lights in the world
that ye may become blameless and harmless, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom ye are seen as lights in the world,
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Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Have a heavenly conversation
For our citizenship is in heaven; whence also we wait for a Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ:
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Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Are not mindful of this world
And if indeed they had been mindful of that country from which they went out, they would have had opportunity to return.
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Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Invite others to go with them
And Moses said unto Hobab, the son of Reuel the Midianite, Moses father-in-law, We are journeying unto the place of which Jehovah said, I will give it you: come thou with us, and we will do thee good; for Jehovah hath spoken good concerning Israel.
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Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Have their faces toward zion
They shall inquire concerning Zion with their faces thitherward,'saying , Come ye, and join yourselves to Jehovah in an everlasting covenant that shall not be forgotten.
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Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Look for a heavenly country
But now they desire a better country , that is, a heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed of them, 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
(of whom the world was not worthy), wandering in deserts and mountains and caves, and the holes 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 having seen them and greeted them from afar, and having confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.
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Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Look for a heavenly city
for he looked for the city which hath the foundations, whose builder and maker is God.
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Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Hate worldly fellowship
Woe is me, that I sojourn in Meshech, That I dwell among the tents of Kedar! My soul hath long had her dwelling With him that hateth peace.
Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Forsake all for Christ
Then answered Peter and said unto him, Lo, we have left all, and 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 having seen them and greeted them from afar, and having confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.
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Pilgrims and strangers » Exemplified » Apostles
Then answered Peter and said unto him, Lo, we have left all, and followed thee; what then shall we have?
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Pilgrims and strangers » God is not ashamed to be called their God
But now they desire a better country , that is, a heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed of them, to be called their God; for he hath prepared for them a city.
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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 yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than the food, and the body than the raiment?
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Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Should abstain from fleshly lusts
Beloved, I beseech you as sojourners and pilgrims, to abstain from fleshly lust, which war against the soul;
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Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Rejoice in the statutes of God
Thy statutes have been my songs In the house of my pilgrimage.
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Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Pass their sojourning in fear
And if ye call on him as Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to each man's work, pass the time of your sojourning in fear:
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Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Are not at home in this world
By faith he became a sojourner in the land of promise, as in a land not his own, dwelling in tents, with 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 became a sojourner in the land of promise, as in a land not his own, dwelling in tents, with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise:
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Pilgrims and strangers » Exemplified » jacob
And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are a hundred and thirty years: few and evil have been the days of the years of my life, and they have not attained unto the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage.
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Pilgrims and strangers » Exemplified » David
Hear my prayer, O Jehovah, and give ear unto my cry; Hold not thy peace at my tears: For I am a stranger with thee, A sojourner, as all my fathers were.
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Pilgrims and strangers » Described
They are not of the world even as I am not of the world.
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Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Have the example of Christ
And Jesus said unto him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the heaven have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head.
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