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My text comes from the epistle to the Hebrews chapter 13, verse 14.

The word of God said, for we have not here an abiding city, but we seek after the city which is to come.

You have it in variety of translations in new Bibles.

This is kind of a literal translation, for we have not here an abiding city, but we seek

after the city which is to come.

In the context of this epistle, the writer is talking about the men and women of faith

of the past, how they lived a life

of a pilgrim, a life of a sojourner, a life that looked forward to that city that's not

built with hand like Abraham and Sarah and Jacob and Moses.

There were men and women of faith looked forward to that day.

And he turns around and he challenges the Christian of his day.

And he says, you too need to be like that.

For we have not here in this life.

A city, abiding city, a permanent city, a city that would go on forever.

But we are looking forward.

We are seeking the city that is not built with

hand. For we have here no abiding city. And yet when you look around what's happening

anthropologically in the world and sociologically, you find that people love the city.

They love city life. There's a lure to the city.

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