Tuesday, March 18. I exhort you as aliens and temporary residents.-1 Pet. 2:11. Peter spoke of those who, like him, had been anointed by holy spirit and given a new birth to a living hope to rule with Christ in the heavens. (1 Pet. 1:3, 4) It was fitting to apply the term temporary residents to anointed ones in the first century. As is true of the remnant of this group alive today, their existence on earth was not permanent. The apostle Paul, himself a member of the anointed little flock, explained: As for us, our citizenship exists in the heavens, from which place also we are eagerly waiting for a saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ. (Luke 12:32; Phil. 3:20) Given this their citizenship exists in the heavens, at death anointed ones will leave the earthly scene for something far better, immortal life in the heavens. (Phil. 1:21-23) Thus, in a very literal way, they could be termed mere temporary residents of the earth under Satans control. w12 12/15 3:1, 2
Posted on: Tue, 18 Mar 2014 07:05:31 +0000
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