Thematic Bible: Pilgrims and strangers
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Pilgrims and strangers » Saints confess themselves
(These all died in faith without obtaining the promises; they only saw them far away and hailed them, owning they were 'strangers and exiles upon earth.'
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Pilgrims and strangers » Saints are called to be
So with everyone of you who will not part with all his goods he cannot be a disciple of mine.
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"If anyone comes to me and does not hate his father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, aye and his own life, he cannot be a disciple of mine; whoever does not carry his own cross and come after me, he cannot be a disciple of mine.
and said to him, 'Leave your land and your countrymen and come to whatever land I show you.'
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Pilgrims and strangers » Exemplified
(men of whom the world was not worthy), wanderers in the desert and among the hills, in caves and gullies.
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(These all died in faith without obtaining the promises; they only saw them far away and hailed them, owning they were 'strangers and exiles upon earth.'
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Then he left the land of the Chaldeans and stayed in Haran. From Haran God shifted him, after his father's death, to this land which you now inhabit. But he did not give him any inheritance in it, not even a foot of the land. All be did was to promise that he would give it as a possession to him and to his offspring after him (he at the time being childless).
Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Should have their treasure in heaven
Store up no treasures for yourselves on earth, where moth and rust corrode, where thieves break in and steal:
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Since then you have been raised with Christ, aim at what is above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God; mind what is above, not what is on earth,
Sell what you possess and give it away in alms, make purses for yourselves that never wear out: get treasure in heaven that never fails, that no thief can get at, no moth destroy.
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Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Long for their pilgrimage to end
I know that if this earthly tent of mine is taken down, I get a home from God, made by no human hands, eternal in the heavens. It makes me sigh indeed, this yearning to be under the cover of my heavenly habitation, since I am sure that once so covered I shall not be 'naked' at the hour of death. read more.
I do sigh within this tent of mine with heavy anxiety ??not that I want to be stripped, no, but to be under the cover of the other, to have my mortal element absorbed by life. I am prepared for this change by God, who has given me the Spirit as its pledge and instalment. Come what may, then, I am confident; I know that while I reside in the body I am away from the Lord (for I have to lead my life in faith, without seeing him): and in this confidence I would fain get away from the body and reside with the Lord.
I do sigh within this tent of mine with heavy anxiety ??not that I want to be stripped, no, but to be under the cover of the other, to have my mortal element absorbed by life. I am prepared for this change by God, who has given me the Spirit as its pledge and instalment. Come what may, then, I am confident; I know that while I reside in the body I am away from the Lord (for I have to lead my life in faith, without seeing him): and in this confidence I would fain get away from the body and reside 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 has hated them because they do not belong to the world any more than I belong to the world.
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Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Pray for direction
Pilgrims and strangers » All saints are
Peter an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the exiles of the Dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,
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Pilgrims and strangers » Typified
Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Shine as lights in the world
so as to be blameless and innocent, faultless children of God in a crooked and perverse generation where you shine like stars in a dark world;
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Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Have a heavenly conversation
But we are a colony of heaven, and we wait for the Saviour who comes from heaven, the Lord Jesus Christ,
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Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Are not mindful of this world
If they thought of the land they have left behind, they would have time to go back,
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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 really aspire to the better land in heaven. That is why God is not ashamed to be called their God; he has prepared a City for them.)
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Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » The world is not worthy of
(men of whom the world was not worthy), wanderers in the desert and among the hills, in caves and gullies.
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Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Keep the promises in view
(These all died in faith without obtaining the promises; they only saw them far away and hailed them, owning they were 'strangers and exiles upon earth.'
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Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Look for a heavenly city
he was waiting for the City with its fixed foundations, 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 replied, "Well, we have left our all and followed you. Now what are we to get?"
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Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Die in faith
(These all died in faith without obtaining the promises; they only saw them far away and hailed them, owning they were 'strangers and exiles upon earth.'
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Pilgrims and strangers » Exemplified » Apostles
Then Peter replied, "Well, we have left our all and followed you. Now what are we to get?"
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Pilgrims and strangers » God is not ashamed to be called their God
but they really aspire to the better land in heaven. That is why God is not ashamed to be called their God; he has prepared a City for them.)
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Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Should not be over anxious about worldly things
Therefore I tell you, do not trouble about what you are to eat or drink in life, nor about what you are to put on your body; surely life means more than food, surely the body means more than clothes!
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Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Should abstain from fleshly lusts
Beloved, as sojourners and exiles I appeal to you to abstain from the passions of the flesh that wage war upon 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 as you call upon a Father who judges everyone impartially by what he has done, be reverent in your conduct while you sojourn here below;
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Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Are not at home in this world
It was by faith that he sojourned in the promised land, as in a foreign country, residing in tents, as did Isaac and Jacob who were co-heirs with him of the same promise;
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Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Are actuated by faith
It was by faith that he sojourned in the promised land, as in a foreign country, residing in tents, as did Isaac and Jacob who were co-heirs with him of the same promise;
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Pilgrims and strangers » Exemplified » jacob
Pilgrims and strangers » Exemplified » David
Pilgrims and strangers » Described
They do not belong to the world any more than I belong to the world.
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Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Have the example of Christ
Jesus said to him, "The foxes have their holes, the wild birds have their nests, but the Son of man has nowhere to lay his head."
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