Bible Questions Answered:
“...everything today is over
citizenship...”
Tod/ Dallas, Texas U.S.A.
Bible Answer:
Bible Texts:
Citizenship, yes, and for the
Christian, our citizenship is in heaven, think of it!
Where is your citizenship? Many today
are refugees with no citizenship.
The Apostle Paul spoke of the heroes of
faith that....
Hebrew 11:13-16 KJV
13 These all died in faith, not
having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were
persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were
strangers and pilgrims on the earth.
14 For they that say such things
declare plainly that they seek a country.
15 And truly, if they had been
mindful of that country from whence they came out, they might have
had opportunity to have returned.
16 But now they desire a better
country, that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be
called their God: for He hath prepared for them a city.
An alien from
another country coming into our country seeking citizenship, realizes
that he or she as a citizen, will have the rights, privileges and,
protection as a citizen. New citizens adopt to their new country, by
holding to the practices, customs and, culture of the nation they are
ascribing to.
Christians are born again into a new country, a heavenly country,
through faith in The Savior, Jesus Christ. As Christians we adopt, to
the practices, customs and, culture of our new country!John 3:3 KJV Jesus answered and said unto him (Nicodemus), Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
Matthew 3:2 KJV
And saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
Matthew 4:17 KJV
From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
Matthew 6:19-21
KJV (We establish our treasures
in heaven.)
19 Lay not up
for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth
corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
20 But lay up
for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth
corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:
21 For where
your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
Matthew 7:21 KJV (Obedience and loyalty to The King of kings
and Lord of lords.)
Not every one
that saith unto Me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of
heaven; but he that doeth the will of My Father which is in heaven.
I John 2:15-17
KJV
15 Love not the
world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the
world, the love of The Father is not in him.
16 For all that
is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and
the pride of life, is not of The Father, but is of the world.
17 And the
world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will
of God abideth for ever.
Romans 8:29 KJV
(Conformity)
For whom He did
foreknow, He also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of
His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brethren.
Romans 12:1,2
KJV (Our bodies the temple of
The Holy Spirit.)
I beseech you
therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your
bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your
reasonable service.
2 And be not
conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of
your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and
perfect, will of God.
Romans 14:17 KJV
For the kingdom
of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy
in
The Holy Ghost.
I Corinthians
3:16 KJV
Know ye not
that ye are the temple of God, and that The Spirit Of God dwelleth in
you?
I Corinthians
6:19,20 KJV
19 What? know
ye not that your body is the temple of The Holy Ghost which is in
you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?
20 For ye are
bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your
spirit, which are God's.
II Corinthians
5:17 KJV
Therefore if
any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed
away; behold, all things are become new.
Ephesians
2:18,19 KJV (Heavenly
Citizens)
18 For through
Him we both have access by one Spirit unto The Father.
19 Now
therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellow
citizens with the saints, and of the household of God;
Ephesians 6:20
NLT (Paul) (Christians in the
world as Christ's Ambassadors.)
I am in chains
now, still preaching this message as God’s ambassador. So pray that
I will keep on speaking boldly for Him, as I should.
Hebrews 11:9,10 KJV (Citizenship in a Heavenly City.)
9 By faith he
(Abraham) sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country,
dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of
the same promise:
10 For he
looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is
God.
Christian
Promises:
Real Joy
Luke 10:20
KJVNotwithstanding in
this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you; but rather
rejoice, because your names are written in heaven.
Future
Glorification:
Luke 22:30 KJV
That ye may eat
and drink at My table in My kingdom, and sit on thrones judging the
twelve tribes of Israel.
Pledge Of A
Permanent Home:
John 14:1-3 KJV
1 Let not your
heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in Me.
2 In My
Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have
told you. I go to prepare a place for you.
3 And if I go
and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto
Myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.
Citizenship Of A
Heavenly Country:
Philippians 3:20
KJV
But we are
citizens of heaven, where The Lord Jesus Christ lives. And we are
eagerly waiting for Him to return as our Savior.
Eternal and,
Glorious Inheritance:
I Peter 1:4 KJV
To an
inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away,
reserved in heaven for you,
Citizenship
Recorded:
Revelation
21:23-27 KJV
23 And the city
had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for
the glory of
God did Lighten it, and The Lamb is The Light thereof.
24 And the
nations of them which are saved shall walk in The Light of it: and
the kings of the earth do bring their glory and honor into it.
25 And the
gates of it shall not be shut at all by day: for there shall be no
night there.
26 And they
shall bring the glory and honor of the nations into it.
27 And there
shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither
whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they which are
written in
The Lamb's Book Of Life.
Friend, call upon the name of The Lord Jesus Christ today and receive
Him as your Savior, and have your name written in The Lamb's Book Of
Life.
