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I. PAST CONSIDERATIONS: A HEAVENLY CITIZENSHIP
Philippians 3:20a “But our citizenship exists in heaven.
A. BASED ON A CHOICE
(also Heb 11:13; Col 3:1-3
B. BASED ON A CITIZENSHIP
(also Acts 16:21-37; II Cor 5:20)
II. PRESENT CONSIDERATIONS: A HEAVENLY CONFIDENCE
Philippians 3:20b “And we are eagerly awaiting a Savior from [heaven], the Lord Jesus Christ”
A. WORKING WITH HIS COMING IN VIEW
(also Jn 14:3; Acts 1:11; Lk 19:13; 12:42-43)
B. LIVING WITH HIS COMING IN VIEW
(also Heb 9:27-28; I Jn 3:1-3)
III. FUTURE CONSIDERATIONS: A HEAVENLY CONFORMITY
Philippians 3:21 “Who will transform our humble bodies so that they will be conformed to His glorious body, by the power enabling Him also to subordinate everything to Himself.”
A. EFFECTS FOR TODAY
(also, Acts 16:31; Phil 2:12; Rom 8:23)
B. EFFECTS FOR ETERNITY
(also Ps 8:6; I Cor 15:28; 24-26)
Rules by Shirley Temple Black, ambassador in Africa (for American Diplomats)
1) Find protection through her home government
2) Paid by government, not from place where working
3) Live by different standards than people around him
4) Governed by different laws
5) Make HIS government’s priorities her own
6) Dress in accord with policies established in homeland
7) Live in a separated enclave, away from the influences of culture
different from his own
8) Speak a different language
9) Live a life pleasing to the President and US government
10) Long for home, to set foot back on native soil
Rules adapted for Citizens of Heaven living as Resident Aliens on Earth:
1) Trust Jesus for protection
2) Trust Jesus for meeting expenses and needs
3) Live by different standards than people around him
4) Follow laws in the Word, not culture
5) Make my Savior’s priorities my own
6) Dress in accord with policies established in homeland
7) Live a separated life, untainted and unblemished by the world
8) Speak a different language
9) Live a life pleasing to the Lord alone
10) Not focus on building riches in the land they sojourn in
11) Long for heaven, to set foot finally in my home