Pilgrims and Strangers
Described -- Joh 17:16. Saints are called to be -- Ge 12:1; Ac 7:3; Lu 14:26,27,33. All saints are -- Ps 39:12; 1Pe 1:1. Saints confess themselves -- 1Ch 29:15; Ps 39:12; 119:19; Heb 11:13. As saints they Have the example of Christ. -- Lu 9:58. Are strengthened by God. -- De 33:25; Ps 84:6,7. Are actuated by faith. -- Heb 11:9. Have their faces toward Zion. -- Jer 50:5. Keep the promised in view. -- Heb 11:13. Forsake all for Christ. -- Mt 19:27. Look for a heavenly country. -- Heb 11:16. Look for a heavenly city. -- Heb 11:10. Pass their sojourning in fear. -- 1Pe 1:17. Rejoice in the statutes of God. -- Ps 119:54. Pray for direction. -- Ps 43:3; Jer 50:5. Have a heavenly conversation. -- Php 3:20. Hate worldly fellowship. -- Ps 120:5,6. Are not mindful of this world. -- Heb 11:15. Are not at home in this world. -- Heb 11:9. Shine as lights in the world. -- Php 2:15. Invite others to go with them. -- Nu 10:29. Are exposed to persecution. -- Ps 120:5-7; Joh 17:14. Should abstain from fleshly lusts. -- 1Pe 2:11. Should have their treasure in heaven. -- Mt 6:19; Lu 12:33; Col 3:1,2. Should not be over anxious about worldly things. -- Mt 6:25. Long for their pilgrimage to end. -- Ps 55:6; 2Co 5:1-8. Die in faith. -- Heb 11:13. The world is not worthy of. -- Heb 11:38. God is not ashamed to be called their God -- Heb 11:16. Typified Israel. -- Ex 6:4; 12:11. Exemplified Abraham. -- Ge 23:4; Ac 7:4,5. Jacob. -- Ge 47:9. Saints of old. -- 1Ch 29:15; Heb 11:13,38. David. -- Ps 39:12. The Apostles. -- Mt 19:27.