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 afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.
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Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear to my cry; 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 are strangers before thee, and sojourners, as were all our fathers: our days on the earth are as a shadow, and there is no abiding.
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I am a stranger in the earth: hide not thy commandments from me.
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Pilgrims and strangers » Saints are called to be
Now the LORD had said to Abram, Depart from thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, to a land that I will show thee:
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So likewise, whoever he is of you that forsaketh not all that he hath, he cannot be my disciple.
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If any man cometh to me, and hateth not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple. And whoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple.
And said to him, Depart from thy country, 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:) they wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth.
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These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and 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 were all our fathers: our days on the earth are as a shadow, and there is no abiding.
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Then he came from the land of the Chaldeans, and dwelt in Charran. And from thence, 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 offspring 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 earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
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If ye then be raised with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.
Sell what ye have, and give alms: provide yourselves bags which become not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief approacheth, 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 I would fly away, and be at rest.
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For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle 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 with our house which is from heaven: If so be that being clothed we shall not be found naked. read more.
For we that are in this tabernacle do groan, being burdened: not because we would be unclothed, but clothed, that mortality might be swallowed up in life. Now he that hath wrought us for this same thing is God, who also hath given to 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: not because we would be unclothed, but clothed, that mortality might be swallowed up in life. Now he that hath wrought us for this same thing is God, who also hath given to 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 shoes shall be iron and brass; and as thy days, so shall thy strength be.
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Who passing through the valley of Baca make it a well; the rain also filleth the pools. They go from strength to strength, every one of them in Zion appeareth before God.
Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Are exposed to persecution
I have given to them thy word; 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 sojourn in Mesech, that I dwell in the tents of Kedar! My soul hath long dwelt 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
O send out thy light and thy truth: let them lead me; let them bring me to thy holy hill, and to thy tabernacles.
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They shall ask the way to Zion with their faces towards it, saying, Come, and let us join ourselves to the LORD in a perpetual covenant that shall not be forgotten.
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Pilgrims and strangers » All saints are
Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the strangers scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,
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Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear to my cry; 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
And I have also established my covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their pilgrimage, in which they were strangers.
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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 the LORD'S passover.
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Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Shine as lights in the world
That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world;
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Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Have a heavenly conversation
For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Savior, 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 been mindful of that country from whence they came, they might have had opportunity to return.
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Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Invite others to go with them
And Moses said to Hobab, the son of Raguel the Midianite, Moses's father-in-law, We are journeying to 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 hath spoken good concerning Israel.
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Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Have their faces toward zion
They shall ask the way to Zion with their faces towards it, saying, Come, and let us join ourselves to the LORD in a perpetual 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 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:) they wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and caves 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 afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced 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 which hath 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 Mesech, that I dwell in the tents of Kedar! My soul hath long dwelt with him that hateth peace.
Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Forsake all for Christ
Then answered Peter, and said to him, Behold, we have forsaken all, and followed thee? what shall we have therefore?
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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 afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced 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 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 country, that is, a heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed 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 to 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 food, and the body 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 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 the Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to every man's work, pass the time of your sojourning here in fear:
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Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Are not at home in this world
By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a foreign country, dwelling in tabernacles 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 sojourned in the land of promise, as in a foreign country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise:
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Pilgrims and strangers » Exemplified » jacob
And Jacob said to 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, nor have they attained to 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 LORD, and give ear to my cry; 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, 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 to him, Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head.
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