#1,175 – Sojourners and Exiles (Philippians 3:20–21)
Pray the Word with David Platt
David Platt
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🗓️ 26 October 2020
⏱️ 7 minutes
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Summary
We are called to live as foreigners, those who abstain from the sinful desires of this world.
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| 0:00.0 | Pray the word with David Platt is a resource from radical. net. |
| 0:04.8 | I want to lead us to pray in the next few minutes based on |
| 0:08.2 | Philippians chapter 3 verses 20 and 21 and 1st Peter chapter 2 verses 11 and 12. |
| 0:17.0 | So 1st Philippians chapter 3 verse 20 and 21 but our citizenship is in heaven. |
| 0:24.8 | And from it, we await a Savior, |
| 0:28.9 | the Lord Jesus Christ, who will transform our lowly body to be like his glorious body, by the power that |
| 0:38.7 | enables him even to subject all things to himself. |
| 0:45.4 | In 1st Peter chapter 2, verse 11, says, |
| 0:48.7 | Beloved, I urge you as sojourners and exiles to abstain from the passions of the flesh which wage war against |
| 0:59.6 | your soul. |
| 1:01.4 | Keep your conduct among the Gentiles honorable |
| 1:05.0 | so that when they speak against you as evildoers, |
| 1:09.0 | they may see your good deeds |
| 1:11.0 | and glorify God on the day of visit. your citizenship is two-fold |
| 1:12.6 | on the day of visitation. |
| 1:17.2 | Put these two passages together |
| 1:19.5 | and realize your citizenship is twofold. You have dual citizenship, at least dual |
| 1:27.9 | citizenship I think about people I know who have citizenship in multiple |
| 1:32.1 | countries in this world but let's just assume for a second, |
| 1:34.8 | you are a citizen of one country in this world. |
| 1:38.2 | That is a meaningful citizenship, where it comes with responsibilities before God, |
| 1:44.2 | to, as we've seen, pray for, intercede for your country |
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