Thematic Bible: Pilgrims and strangers
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Pilgrims and strangers » Saints confess themselves
And they all died in faith, and received not the promises: but saw them afar off, and believed them, and saluted them: and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.
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Hear my prayer, O LORD, and with thine ears consider my calling; hold not thy peace at my tears. For I am a stranger with thee, and a sojourner, as all my fathers were.
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For we be but strangers before thee and tenants, as were all our fathers. Our days on the earth is but a shadow, and there is none abiding.
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I am a stranger upon earth; O hide not thy commandments from me.
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Pilgrims and strangers » Saints are called to be
Then the LORD said unto Abram, "Get thee out of thy country and from thy kindred; and out of thy father's house, into a land which I will show thee.
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So likewise, none of you that forsaketh not all that he hath, can be my disciple.
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"If a man come to me, and hate not his father and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, moreover and his own life, he cannot be my disciple. And whosoever bear not his cross, and come after me cannot be my disciple.
and said unto him, 'Come out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and come into the land which I shall show unto thee.'
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Pilgrims and strangers » Exemplified
which the world was not worthy of: They wandered in wilderness, in mountains, in dens and caves of the earth.
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And they all died in faith, and received not the promises: but saw them afar off, and believed them, and saluted them: and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.
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"I am a stranger and a foreigner among you; give me a possession to bury in with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight."
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For we be but strangers before thee and tenants, as were all our fathers. Our days on the earth is but a shadow, and there is none abiding.
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Then came he out of the land of Chaldea and dwelt in Haran. And after that, as soon as his father was dead, he brought him into this land, in which ye now dwell, and he gave him none inheritance in it - no, not the breadth of a foot - But promised that he would give it to him to possess 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
"See that ye gather not treasure together upon the earth, where rust and moths corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
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If ye be then risen again with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the righthand of God. Set your affection on things that are above, and not on things which are on the earth.
Sell that ye have, and give alms. And make you bags, which wax not old, and treasure that faileth not in heaven, where no thief cometh, neither moth corrupteth.
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Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Long for their pilgrimage to end
And I said, "O that I had wings like a dove! For then would I flee away, and be at rest.
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We know surely if our earthy mansion wherein we now dwell were destroyed, that we have a building ordained of God, a habitation not made with hands, but eternal in heaven: And herefore sigh we, desiring to be clothed with our mansion which is from heaven: so yet if it happen that we be found clothed, and not naked. read more.
For as long as we are in this tabernacle, we sigh and are grieved: for we would not be unclothed: but would be clothed upon, that mortality might be swallowed up of life. He that hath ordained us for this thing, is God: which very same hath given unto us the earnest of the spirit. Therefore, we are always of good cheer, and know well that as long as we are at home in the body we are absent from God. For we walk in faith and see not. Nevertheless we are of good comfort, and had rather to be absent from the body and to be present with the Lord.
For as long as we are in this tabernacle, we sigh and are grieved: for we would not be unclothed: but would be clothed upon, that mortality might be swallowed up of life. He that hath ordained us for this thing, is God: which very same hath given unto us the earnest of the spirit. Therefore, we are always of good cheer, and know well that as long as we are at home in the body we are absent from God. For we walk in faith and see not. Nevertheless we are of good comfort, and had rather to be absent from the body and to be present with the Lord.
Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Are strengthened by God
Iron and brass shall hang on thy shoes and thine age shall be as thy youth.
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who going through the vale of misery use it for a well; and the pools are filled with water. They will go from strength to strength, and unto the God of Gods appeareth every one of them in Zion.
Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Are exposed to persecution
I have given them thy words, 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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Woe is me, that I am constrained to dwell with Meshech, and to have my habitation among the tents of Kedar! My soul hath long dwelt among them that be enemies unto peace. I labour for peace; but when I speak unto them thereof, they make them ready to battle.
Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Pray for direction
O send out thy light and thy truth, that they may lead me and bring me unto thy holy hill, and to thy dwelling;
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They shall ask the way to Zion; thither shall they turn their faces, and come and hang upon thee, in a covenant that never shall be broken.
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Pilgrims and strangers » All saints are
Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to them that dwell here and there as strangers throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia;
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Hear my prayer, O LORD, and with thine ears consider my calling; hold not thy peace at my tears. For I am a stranger with thee, and a sojourner, as all my fathers were.
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Pilgrims and strangers » Typified
Moreover, I made an covenant with them to give them the land of Canaan: the land of their pilgrimage wherein they were strangers.
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Of this manner shall ye eat it: with your loins girded, and shoes on your feet, and your staves in your hands. And ye shall eat it in haste; for it is the LORD's Passover.
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Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Shine as lights in the world
that ye may be faultless, and pure, and the sons of God; without rebuke in the midst of a crooked and a perverse nation, among which see that ye shine as lights in the world,
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Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Have a heavenly conversation
But our conversation is in heaven, from whence we look for a saviour, even the Lord Jesus Christ,
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Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Are not mindful of this world
Also, if they had been mindful of that country, from whence they came out, they had leisure to have returned again.
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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 go unto the place of which the LORD said, 'I will give it you.' Go with us and we will do thee good, for the LORD hath promised good unto Israel."
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Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Have their faces toward zion
They shall ask the way to Zion; thither shall they turn their faces, and come and hang upon thee, in a covenant that never shall be broken.
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Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Look for a heavenly country
But now they desire a better, that is to say a heavenly. Wherefore God is not ashamed of them, even 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
which the world was not worthy of: They wandered in wilderness, in mountains, in dens and caves of the earth.
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Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Keep the promises in view
And they all died in faith, and received not the promises: but saw them afar off, and believed them, and saluted them: and 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 a city having a foundation, whose builder and maker is God.
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Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Hate worldly fellowship
Woe is me, that I am constrained to dwell with Meshech, and to have my habitation among the tents of Kedar! My soul hath long dwelt among them that be enemies unto peace.
Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Forsake all for Christ
Then answered Peter, and said to him, "Behold we have forsaken all, and have followed thee: what shall we have therefore?"
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Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Die in faith
And they all died in faith, and received not the promises: but saw them afar off, and believed them, and saluted them: and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.
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Pilgrims and strangers » Exemplified » Apostles
Then answered Peter, and said to him, "Behold we have forsaken all, and have followed thee: what shall we have therefore?"
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Pilgrims and strangers » God is not ashamed to be called their God
But now they desire a better, that is to say a heavenly. Wherefore God is not ashamed of them, even 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 careful for your life what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink, nor yet for your body, what raiment ye shall put on. Is not the life more worth than meat? and the body more of value than raiment?
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Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Should abstain from fleshly lusts
Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers, and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts which fight 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 so be that ye call on the father, which without respect of person judgeth according to every man's works, see that ye pass the time of your pilgrimage in fear:
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Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Are not at home in this world
By faith he removed into the land that was promised him, as into a strange country, and dwelt in tabernacles: and so did Isaac, and Jacob, heirs with him of the same promise.
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Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Are actuated by faith
By faith he removed into the land that was promised him, as into a strange country, and dwelt in tabernacles: and so did Isaac, and Jacob, heirs with him of the same promise.
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Pilgrims and strangers » Exemplified » jacob
And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, "The days of my pilgrimage are a hundred and thirty years. Few and evil have the days of my life been, and have not attained unto the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimages."
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Pilgrims and strangers » Exemplified » David
Hear my prayer, O LORD, and with thine ears consider my calling; hold not thy peace at my tears. For I am a stranger with thee, and a sojourner, as all my fathers were.
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Pilgrims and strangers » Described
They are not of the world, as I am not of the world.
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Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Have the example of Christ
Jesus said unto him, "Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests: but the son of man hath not whereon to lay his head."
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