NFCC - Anderson Williams - 2-27-22

• Hebrews 11:13-16
• 13 All these died in faith, without receiving the promises, but having seen them and having welcomed them from a distance, and having confessed that they were strangers and exiles on the earth. 14 For those who say such things make it clear that they are seeking a country of their own. 15 And indeed if they had been thinking of that country from which they went out, they would have had opportunity to return. 16 But as it is, they desire a better country, that is, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God; for He has prepared a city for them.
• No longer trapped by the present - no matter what the present looks like. Whether comfortable or uncomfortable (seeing things afar off)
• A new sense of acceptance, not rejection or indifference to the future (welcomed it from a distance)
• The present placement becomes woefully inadequate, strange and uninviting (confessed the were strangers and pilgrims in the earth)
• Design a strategy to cut off opportunity to return to former positions - doctrinally or organizationally (if they were thinking of the country from which they had come they would have sought an opportunity to return…)
• God takes pleasure in partnering with this mentality (therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God)
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