Thematic Bible: Pilgrims and strangers
Thematic Bible
Pilgrims and strangers » Saints confess themselves
These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but seeing them afar off and believing them and embracing them and confessing that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.
Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear unto my cry; hold not thy peace at my tears: for I am a stranger with thee and a sojourner, as all my fathers were.
For we are strangers before thee, and sojourners, as were all our fathers; our days on the earth are as a shadow, and there is no other hope.
Pilgrims and strangers » Saints are called to be
But the LORD had said unto Abram, Depart out of thy country and from thy nature and from thy father's house unto a land that I will show thee;
So likewise, any one of you that does not forsake all that he has cannot be my disciple.
If anyone comes to me and does not hate his father and mother and wife and children and brethren and sisters, and even his own life also, he cannot be my disciple. And whosoever does not bear his cross and come after me cannot be my disciple.
and said unto him, Get thee out of thy country and from thy kindred and come into the land which I shall show thee.
Pilgrims and strangers » Exemplified
(of whom the world was not worthy); they wandered in deserts and in mountains and in dens and caves of the earth.
These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but seeing them afar off and believing them and embracing them and confessing that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.
I am a stranger and a sojourner with you; give me a possession of a buryingplace with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight.
For we are strangers before thee, and sojourners, as were all our fathers; our days on the earth are as a shadow, and there is no other hope.
Then he came out of the land of the Chaldaeans and dwelt in Haran; and from there, when his father was dead, he removed him into this land, in which ye now dwell. And he gave him no inheritance in it, no, not so much as to set his foot on; yet he promised that he would give it to him for a 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 corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal;
If ye then are risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where the Christ sits at the right hand of God. Set your sight on things above, not on things on the earth.
Sell what ye have and give alms; ; provide yourselves bags which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that fails not, where no thief approaches neither moth corrupts.
Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Long for their pilgrimage to end
And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! for then I would fly away and be at rest.
For we know that if the earthly house of this our habitation were dissolved, we have a building of God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed upon with our house which is from heaven, if so be that we shall be found clothed and not naked. read more.
For we that are in this tabernacle do groan, being burdened, for we do not desire to be unclothed, but to be clothed upon with life swallowing up that which is mortal. Now he that has made us for this same thing is God, who has likewise given unto us the earnest of the Spirit. Therefore we are always confident, knowing that while we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord (for we walk by faith, not by sight). We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body and to be present with the Lord.
For we that are in this tabernacle do groan, being burdened, for we do not desire to be unclothed, but to be clothed upon with life swallowing up that which is mortal. Now he that has made us for this same thing is God, who has likewise given unto us the earnest of the Spirit. Therefore we are always confident, knowing that while we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord (for we walk by faith, not by sight). We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body and to be present with the Lord.
Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Are strengthened by God
Thy locks shall be iron and brass; and as thy days, so shall thy strength be.
who passing through the valley of Baca, shall make it a well; the rain also shall fill the pools. They go forth in a great multitude; and in order, they shall see God in Zion.
Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Are exposed to persecution
I have given them thy word, and the world has hated them because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
Woe is me, that I sojourn in Mesech, that I dwell in the tents of Kedar! My soul has long dwelt with those that hate peace. I am for peace; but when I speak, they are for war.
Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Pray for direction
O send out thy light and thy truth; let them lead me; let them bring me unto the mountain of thy holiness and to thy tabernacles.
They shall ask the way to Zion, unto where they shall turn their faces, saying, Come, and let us join ourselves to the LORD in an eternal covenant that shall never be forgotten.
Pilgrims and strangers » All saints are
Peter, apostle of Jesus, the Christ, to the strangers scattered in Pontus, in Galatia, in Cappadocia, in Asia, and in Bithynia,
Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear unto my cry; hold not thy peace at my tears: for I am a stranger with thee and a sojourner, as all my fathers were.
Pilgrims and strangers » Typified
And I also established my covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their pilgrimage, in which they were strangers.
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 the LORD's passover.
Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Shine as lights in the world
that ye may be blameless and innocent, children of God without rebuke in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world,
Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Have a heavenly conversation
For our citizenship is in heaven, from where we also look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ:
Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Are not mindful of this world
And truly, if they had been mindful of that country from which they came out, they might have had time to have returned.
Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Invite others to go with them
Then Moses said unto Hobab, the son of Raguel the Midianite, Moses' father-in-law, We are journeying unto the place of which the LORD said, I will give it to you. Come thou with us, and we will do thee good; for the LORD has spoken good concerning Israel.
Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Have their faces toward zion
They shall ask the way to Zion, unto where they shall turn their faces, saying, Come, and let us join ourselves to the LORD in an eternal covenant that shall never be forgotten.
Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Look for a heavenly country
But now they desire a better country, that is, a heavenly one; therefore, God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared for them a city.
Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » The world is not worthy of
(of whom the world was not worthy); they wandered in deserts and in mountains and in dens and caves of the earth.
Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Keep the promises in view
These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but seeing them afar off and believing them and embracing them and confessing that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.
Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Look for a heavenly city
for he looked for a city which has foundations, whose builder and maker is God.
Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Hate worldly fellowship
Woe is me, that I sojourn in Mesech, that I dwell in the tents of Kedar! My soul has long dwelt with those that hate peace.
Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Forsake all for Christ
Then Peter answered and said unto him, Behold, we have forsaken all and followed thee; what shall we have therefore?
Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Die in faith
These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but seeing them afar off and believing them and embracing them and confessing that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.
Pilgrims and strangers » Exemplified » Apostles
Then Peter answered and said unto him, Behold, we have forsaken all and followed thee; what shall we have therefore?
Pilgrims and strangers » God is not ashamed to be called their God
But now they desire a better country, that is, a heavenly one; therefore, God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared for them a city.
Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Should not be over anxious about worldly things
Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought 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 food, and the body than raiment?
Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Should abstain from fleshly lusts
Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from the carnal desires 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 invoke as Father, he who without respect of persons judges according to the work of each one, converse in fear the entire time of your sojourning here,
Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Are not at home in this world
By faith he sojourned in the promised land, as in a strange country, dwelling in booths with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise;
Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Are actuated by faith
By faith he sojourned in the promised land, as in a strange country, dwelling in booths with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise;
Pilgrims and strangers » Exemplified » jacob
And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are one hundred and thirty years; few and evil have the days of the years of my life been and have not attained unto the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage.
Pilgrims and strangers » Exemplified » David
Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear unto my cry; hold not thy peace at my tears: for I am a stranger with thee and a sojourner, as all my fathers were.
Pilgrims and strangers » Described
They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Have the example of Christ
And Jesus said unto him, Foxes have holes, and birds of the heaven have nests, but the Son of man has not where to lay his head.