Thematic Bible: Pilgrims and strangers
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Pilgrims and strangers » Saints confess themselves
All these came to their end in faith, not having had the heritage; but having seen it with delight far away, they gave witness that they were wanderers and not of the earth.
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Let my prayer come to your ears, O Lord, and give attention to my cry, make an answer to my weeping: for my time here is short before you, and in a little time I will be gone, like all my fathers.
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For we, as all our fathers were, are like men from a strange country before you, who have got a place for a time in the land; our days on the earth are like a shade, and there is no hope of going on.
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I am living in a strange land: do not let your teachings be kept secret from me.
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Pilgrims and strangers » Saints are called to be
Now the Lord said to Abram, Go out from your country and from your family and from your father's house, into the land to which I will be your guide:
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And so whoever is not ready to give up all he has may not be my disciple.
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And turning round, he said to them, If any man comes to me, and has not hate for his father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, and even for his life, he may not be my disciple. Whoever does not take up his cross and come after me may not be my disciple.
And said to him, Go out of your land, and away from your family, and come into the land to which I will be your guide.
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Pilgrims and strangers » Exemplified
Wandering in waste places and in mountains and in holes in the rocks; for whom the world was not good enough.
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All these came to their end in faith, not having had the heritage; but having seen it with delight far away, they gave witness that they were wanderers and not of the earth.
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I am living among you as one from a strange country: give me some land here as my property, so that I may put my dead to rest
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For we, as all our fathers were, are like men from a strange country before you, who have got a place for a time in the land; our days on the earth are like a shade, and there is no hope of going on.
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Then he came out of the land of the Chaldaeans, and went into Haran; and from there, when his father was dead, he was guided by God into this land, where you are living now: And God gave him no heritage in it, not even enough to put his foot on: but he gave him an undertaking that he would give it to him and to his children after him, though he had no child at that time.
Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Should have their treasure in heaven
Make no store of wealth for yourselves on earth, where it may be turned to dust by worms and weather, and where thieves may come in by force and take it away.
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If then you have a new life with Christ, give your attention to the things of heaven, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God. Keep your mind on the higher things, not on the things of earth.
Give what property you have in exchange for money, and give the money to the poor; make for yourselves money-bags which will not get old, wealth stored up in heaven which will be yours for ever, where thieves will not come nor worms put it to destruction.
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Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Long for their pilgrimage to end
And I said, If only I had wings like a dove! for then I would go in flight from here and be at rest.
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For we are conscious that if this our tent of flesh is taken down, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal, in heaven. For in this we are crying in weariness, greatly desiring to be clothed with our house from heaven: So that our spirits may not be unclothed. read more.
For truly, we who are in this tent do give out cries of weariness, for the weight of care which is on us; not because we are desiring to be free from the body, but so that we may have our new body, and death may be overcome by life. Now he who has made us for this very thing is God, who has given us the Spirit as a witness of what is to come. So, then, we are ever without fear, and though conscious that while we are in the body we are away from the Lord, (For we are walking by faith, not by seeing,) We are without fear, desiring to be free from the body, and to be with the Lord.
For truly, we who are in this tent do give out cries of weariness, for the weight of care which is on us; not because we are desiring to be free from the body, but so that we may have our new body, and death may be overcome by life. Now he who has made us for this very thing is God, who has given us the Spirit as a witness of what is to come. So, then, we are ever without fear, and though conscious that while we are in the body we are away from the Lord, (For we are walking by faith, not by seeing,) We are without fear, desiring to be free from the body, and to be with the Lord.
Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Are strengthened by God
Your shoes will be iron and brass; and as your days, so may your work be.
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Going through the valley of balsam-trees, they make it a place of springs; it is clothed with blessings by the early rain. They go from strength to strength; every one of them comes before God in Zion.
Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Are exposed to persecution
I have given your word to them; and they are hated by the world, 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
O send out your light and your true word; let them be my guide: let them take me to your holy hill, and to your tents.
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They will be questioning about the way to Zion, with their faces turned in its direction, saying, Come, and be united to the Lord in an eternal agreement which will be kept in mind for ever.
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Pilgrims and strangers » All saints are
Peter, an Apostle of Jesus Christ, to the saints who are living in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,
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Let my prayer come to your ears, O Lord, and give attention to my cry, make an answer to my weeping: for my time here is short before you, and in a little time I will be gone, like all my fathers.
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Pilgrims and strangers » Typified
And I made an agreement with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their wanderings.
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And take your meal dressed as if for a journey, with your shoes on your feet and your sticks in your hands: take it quickly: it is the Lord's Passover.
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Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Shine as lights in the world
So that you may be holy and gentle, children of God without sin in a twisted and foolish generation, among whom you are seen as lights in the world,
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Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Have a heavenly conversation
For our country is in heaven; from where the Saviour for whom we are waiting will come, even the Lord Jesus Christ:
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Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Are not mindful of this world
And truly if they had kept in mind the country from which they went out, they would have had chances of turning back.
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Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Invite others to go with them
Then Moses said to Hobab, the son of his father-in-law Reuel the Midianite, We are journeying to that place of which the Lord has said, I will give it to you: so come with us, and it will be for your profit: for the Lord has good things in store for Israel.
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Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Have their faces toward zion
They will be questioning about the way to Zion, with their faces turned in its direction, saying, Come, and be united to the Lord in an eternal agreement which will be kept in mind for ever.
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Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Look for a heavenly country
But now their desire is for a better country, that is to say, for one in heaven; and so it is no shame to God to be named their God; for he has made ready a town for them.
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Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » The world is not worthy of
Wandering in waste places and in mountains and in holes in the rocks; for whom the world was not good enough.
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Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Keep the promises in view
All these came to their end in faith, not having had the heritage; but having seen it with delight far away, they gave witness that they were wanderers and not of the earth.
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Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Look for a heavenly city
For he was looking for the strong town, whose builder and maker 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 said to him, See, we have given up everything and have come after you; what then will we have?
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Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Die in faith
All these came to their end in faith, not having had the heritage; but having seen it with delight far away, they gave witness that they were wanderers and not of the earth.
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Pilgrims and strangers » Exemplified » Apostles
Then Peter said to him, See, we have given up everything and have come after you; what then will we have?
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Pilgrims and strangers » God is not ashamed to be called their God
But now their desire is for a better country, that is to say, for one in heaven; and so it is no shame to God to be named their God; for he has made ready a town for them.
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Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Should not be over anxious about worldly things
So I say to you, Take no thought for your life, about food or drink, or about clothing for your body. Is not life more than food, and the body more than its clothing?
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Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Should abstain from fleshly lusts
My loved ones, I make this request with all my heart, that, as those for whom this world is a strange country, you will keep yourselves from the desires of the flesh which make war against the soul;
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Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Rejoice in the statutes of God
Your rules have been melodies to me, while I have been living in strange lands.
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Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Pass their sojourning in fear
And if you give the name of Father to him who, judging every man by his acts, has no respect for a man's position, then go in fear while you are on this earth:
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Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Are not at home in this world
By faith he was a wanderer in the land of the agreement, as in a strange land, living in tents with Isaac and Jacob, who had a part with him in the same heritage:
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Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Are actuated by faith
By faith he was a wanderer in the land of the agreement, as in a strange land, living in tents with Isaac and Jacob, who had a part with him in the same heritage:
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Pilgrims and strangers » Exemplified » jacob
And Jacob said, The years of my wanderings have been a hundred and thirty; small in number and full of sorrow have been the years of my life, and less than the years of the wanderings of my fathers.
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Pilgrims and strangers » Exemplified » David
Let my prayer come to your ears, O Lord, and give attention to my cry, make an answer to my weeping: for my time here is short before you, and in a little time I will be gone, like all my fathers.
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Pilgrims and strangers » Described
They are not of the world any more than I am of the world.
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Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Have the example of Christ
And Jesus said to him, Foxes have holes and the birds of the air have resting-places, but the Son of man has nowhere to put his head.
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