Resident Aliens

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Resident Aliens

• 1 Peter 11-2

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Resident Aliens

• Embrace Your Identity (1-2).
• a. We are aliens in this world (1a).

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Resident Aliens

• All these died in faith, without receiving the
  promises, but having seen them and having
  welcomed them from a distance, and having
  confessed that they were strangers and exiles on
  the earth. For those who say such things make it
  clear that they are seeking a country of their
  own.

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Resident Aliens

• And indeed if they had been thinking of that
  country from which they went out, they would have
  had opportunity to return. But as it is, they
  desire a better country, that is, a heavenly one.
  Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their
  God for He has prepared a city for them.
• Heb 1113-16

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Resident Aliens

• Embrace Your Identity (1-2).
• a. We are aliens in this world (1a).
• b. We are chosen by God (1b-2).
• II. Pursue Transformation (Peter, an apostle).

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Resident Aliens

• So when they had finished breakfast, Jesus said
  to Simon Peter, Simon, son of John, do you love
  Me more than these? He said to Him, Yes, Lord
  You know that I love You. He said to him, Tend
  My lambs. He said to him again a second time,
  Simon, son of John, do you love Me? He said to
  Him, Yes, Lord You know that I love You. He
  said to him, Shepherd My sheep.

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Resident Aliens

• He said to him the third time, Simon, son of
  John, do you love Me? Peter was grieved because
  He said to him the third time, Do you love Me?
  And he said to Him, Lord, You know all things
  You know that I love You. Jesus said to him,
  Tend My sheep.
• John 2115-17

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Resident Aliens

• Is my life consistent with my identity?

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