We are strangers and foreigners to this world, but not to the kingdom of heaven of which we are citizens. In the past, it was exactly opposite. But now we have been changed in Christ Jesus. Once We were strangers to the good news completely.
By His grace, we have been made alive through the blood of Christ Jesus. God predestined us to be called saints holy and blameless in His sight. In due time, God called us to join to the family of God and the citizens of the kingdom of heaven.
Since we are not any longer in Adam, Peter exhorts us to shun evil lusts like money seeking, sexual immorality, and food fads. Just as Jesus says we sojourners and pilgrims shall live a life worthy of calling as the light of the world and the salty salt in the earth.
"Dear friends, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from sinful desires, which wage war against your soul. Live such good lives among the pagans that, though they accuse you of doing wrong, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day he visits us. (1 Peter 2:11, 12 NIV)
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