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Citizenship
My passport is a very important part of my travel accessories. The first thing immigration wants to see when I arrive in another country is proof of citizenship. Some of you may have dual citizenship for one reason or another. Perhaps one of your parents is a citizen of another country other than the one you were born or live in … or you were born in another country from the one your parents are citizens of … etc … etc …
There was a man in the Bible who had triple citizenship, the Apostle Paul. He was a Jew by birth — “of the stock of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin” (Philippians 3:5). He also had Roman citizenship. “They have beaten us openly uncondemned, being Romans” (Acts 16:37). He was also a citizen of heaven. “For our conversation [citizenship] is in heaven” (Philippians 3:20). So he was Jewish, Roman and Heavenly.
Most of us will never have dual citizenship as far as two countries here on this earth. But it is vital that we secure heavenly citizenship. God has provided a passport to that “better country” (Hebrews 11:16), through the Lord Jesus and the work of Calvary. That is a passport and citizenship we cannot lose once we have it.
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