Tuesday, November 30, 2010

HEAVEN Philippians 3:20-21

But our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ, who by the power that enables him to bring everything under his control, will transform our lowly bodies so that they will be like his glorious body.

But our citizenship
Ephesians 2:19 Consequently, you are no longer foreigners and aliens, but fellow citizens with God's people and members of God's household, ...

is in heaven
Colossians 3:1 Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God.
Hebrews 12:22 But you have come to Mount Zion, to the heavenly Jerusalem, the city of the living God. You have come to thousands upon thousands of angels in joyful assembly, ...

And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ
1 Corinthians 1:7 Therefore you do not lack any spiritual gift as you eagerly wait for our Lord Jesus Christ to be revealed.

who, by the power that enables him to bring everything under his control
Ephesians 1:19 ... and his incomparably great power for us who believe. That power is like the working of his mighty strength, ...

will transform our lowly bodies
1 Corinthians 15:42 So it will be with the resurrection of the dead. The body that is sown in perishable, it is raised imperishable; ... (read 1 Corinthians 15:42-54)

they will be like his glorious body
Romans 8:29 For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the likeness of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers.
Colossians 3:4 When Christ, who is your life, appears, then you also will appear with him in glory.

NOTES:
Citizenship - John 17:14-16; 1 Corinthians 7:29-31; 1 Peter 2:11
In heaven - Ephesians 2:6; Colossians 3:1-4
Eagerly await - Romans 8:19; 1 Thessalonians 1:9-10; 2 Timothy 4:8
Power - Matthew 28:18; 1 Corinthians 15:27; Ephesians 1:20-22
Will transform - Romans 8:11; 1 Corinthians 6:14

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(Parentheses are mine)

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