This World Is Not Our Home

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Phil.320,21 20 For our citizenship is in
heaven whence also we wait for a Saviour, the
Lord Jesus Christ 21 who shall fashion anew the
body of our humiliation, that it may be conformed
to the body of his glory, according to the
working whereby he is able even to subject all
things unto himself.
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Phil.320,21 20 For our citizenship is in
heaven whence also we wait for a Saviour, the
Lord Jesus Christ 21 who shall fashion anew the
body of our humiliation, that it may be conformed
to the body of his glory, according to the
working whereby he is able even to subject all
things unto himself.
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Gen.479 And Jacob said unto 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, and they have not attained
unto the days of the years of the life of my
fathers in the days of their pilgrimage.
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2 Cor.56-8 6 Being therefore always of good
courage, and knowing that, whilst we are at home
in the body, we are absent from the Lord 7 (for
we walk by faith, not by sight) 8 we are of good
courage, I say, and are willing rather to be
absent from the body, and to be at home with the
Lord.
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Understand We Are Sojourners
A temporary resident 1 Pet.11,17 211 Bible
examples Abraham Gen.1131-124 Acts 72-7
Heb.118-10,13-16 Jacob Gen.3130,38-42
3527 Israel in Egypt cf.Gen.1513,14
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Remember This World is Not Our Home
We must not conform to the world Rom.122
Jas.44 2 Cor.617-71 1 Jn.25 We must not
get used to this world Acts 1716 2
Pet.27,8 How do we keep ourselves from it? Be
careful about attitude Col.31,2 Be careful
about treasures Matt.619-21 Be careful about
friendships 1 Cor.1533
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Remember Heaven is Our Home
We must develop the heart of a
sojourner Ex.239 Being away from home we live
by faith 2 Cor.56-8 Heb.111 To have the
heart of a sojourner Read and study about
heaven Meditate about it Talk and sing about it
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Phil.121-23 21 For to me to live is Christ,
and to die is gain. 22 But if to live in the
flesh, --if this shall bring fruit from my work,
then what I shall choose I know not. 23 But I am
in a strait betwixt the two, having the desire to
depart and be with Christ for it is very far
better