RE: [FamilyofGod] please pray
Citizens of Heaven Philippians 3:20 declares that our conversation is in heaven. The word conversation in that verse is the Greek work politeuma, and it means citizenship. Our citizenship is in heaven. We are citizens of heaven and with that citizenship comes rights and privileges.
As heaven's citizens, we are most definitely blessed and privileged. However, every privilege comes a corresponding responsibility. If you were born in the United States of America, you are a US citizen. All you had to do to become a US citizen was to be born in this country. You have the privilege of being a US citizen, but you also have the responsibility of conducting yourself as a good citizen of the United States. All you had to do to become a citizen of heaven was to be born again of God's Spirit. You have the privilege of being a citizen of heaven, but you also have the responsibility of conducting yourself as a good citizen of heaven.
In this verse the word conversation is the Greek word politeuomai. It's the verb form of the word translated conversation in Philippians 3:20, which was a noun. The first part of this verse could be translated "only conduct yourselves as citizens as it becometh the gospel." As citizens of heaven, our conduct should be that of those who stand fast as one spiritually, with our souls joined together, striving together for the faith of the gospel. "Striving together" is the Greek word, sunathleÅ. It means to wrestle in company with, to seek jointly. We join together and strive for the faith of the gospel. One in spirit, our lives joined together, striving together for the faith of the gospel.
The full meaning of our citizenship will be realized when Christ returns for us and takes us to be with him forever. At that day we will understand fully what it means to be a citizen of heaven. Until then, we are to conduct ourselves as heaven's citizens by standing fast as one spiritually, having our souls joined together, striving together for the faith of the gospel, and eagerly awaiting the return of our Lord and Savior when he will take us to our home on high, where we already have our citizenship. By Don Haggerty love u, Shirley La Fave   --- On Thu, 1/20/11, LaShanda Warren <gods_work_in_progress@yahoo.com> wrote:
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Because the brethren of The Messiah have their "citizenship is in Heaven" they choose to be but "aliens and pilgrims while on the earth"! So it is that they no longer have their portion with those who follow "the broad way that leads to destruction" because they have taken heed unto The Call to "Come Out of her, MY people"!
They have "Come Out" of this wicked world and it's systems of religion and have taken heed unto the exhortation to:
“Love Not The World”
”For the WHOLE(not just a portion) world is under the control of the evil one”.......(I John 5:19)
“Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 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. And the world will pass away, and the lust thereof: but he that does the will of The Only True GOD will abide for ever.”(IJohn2:15-17)
“If you were of the world, the world would love it’s own: but because you are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hates you. Remember the word that I said unto you, the servant is not greater than his Master. If they have persecuted Me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept My saying, they will keep yours also.” (John15:19-20)
“Where do wars and fighting among you come from? Do they not come of your lusts that war in your members? You lust, and have not: you kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: you fight and war yet you have not, because you ask not. You ask, and receive not, because you ask amiss, that you may consume it upon your lusts. You adulterers and adulteresses, don’t you know that friendship with the world is to be at enmity with The Only True GOD? Therefore whoever will be a friend of the world is the enemy of The Only True GOD.” (James 4:1-4)
“The world cannot hate you; but the world hates Me, because I testify that the works of this world are evil.” (John 7:7)” and “The Messiah gave Himself for our sins, that He might deliver us from this present evil world, according to the will of The Only True God, Our Father.”(Gal 1:4)
The Messiah testified: “If the world hates you know that it hated Me before it hated you.”(John 5:18) Truly, Truly, I say unto you, except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abides alone: but if it die it brings forth much fruit. He that loves his life in this world shall lose it; and he that hates his life in this world shall have it unto life eternal.” (John 12:24-25)
John testified: “Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hates you.” (I John 3:13) “ James testified, “Whoever would be a friend of this world is the enemy of GOD”(James4:4)
"Come Out of her, MY people"!
Global warming, polluted air, land and waters, toxic wastes, sexual perversion, evil inventions of destruction, greed, hate, carnal warfare, dis-ease(no-peace),,etc,, are all destructive processes that have their root in “the lust of the eye, the lust of the flesh, and the pride of life” all of which fuel the fires of mankind’s “imag”ination ;-(
"Come out from among them and be separate"!
Peace, in spite of the dis-ease(no-peace) that is of this world and it's systems of religion, for "the WHOLE(not just a portion) world is under the control of the evil one" indeed and Truth......
Truth IS, a lie never was and is not.......
Abide in Truth....... francis
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