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“ Summary, Part 2 (final) ” EXHORTATIONS [23:43]. 1. Strive continually to get a sense of the vanity of this world. 2. Keep your pilgrim status in mind in all your decisions. 3. Keep the glories of heaven before you. b. STUDY AND FOLLOW THE MAP GOD HAS PROVIDED TO GUIDE CHRISTIAN PILGRIMS [30:33]. Abraham’s path hasn’t changed; we walk it, too. Jer 6:16, Is 35:8 – There is divine direction for the pilgrim and there always has been (cf. Ps 119:19, 54). c. REMEMBER THAT THIS WORLD IS NO FRIEND TO CHRISTIAN PILGRIMS [36:56]. Christians who forget this are bound for trouble. The world is alluring. Young Christians are especially prone to this (remember Dinah in Gen 34). Isaac Watts: “Is this vile world a friend to grace, To help me on to God?” But adults are not in the clear, either (2 Tim 4:10). Where our treasure is, our heart will be. So it had better be in heaven (cf. 1 Pet 2:11-12). Even legitimate pursuits can dull our faith. We must not put them before our first love (cf. Heb 12:1-2).
Ian Migala (2/1/2016)
from Minneapolis, Minnesota
“ Summary, Part 1 ” We continue with some concluding applications. 1. FOR CHRISTIAN PILGRIMS WHO WISH TO CHEERFULY TRAVEL THE PILGRIM PATH TO GLORY: a. WALK BY FIATH, KEEPING MIN MIND THAT YOU ARE A STRANGER AND AN EXILE [starting at 7:24 of the audio]. We cannot walk by faith any other way (cf. Heb 12:1-2). Christ’s journey is finished, but ours has just begun. What do we live for? What fulfills us? Do we store our treasures in heaven? Abraham did not segregate his life into sacred and secular; all of life was sacred to him. For the Christian, that is a false dichotomy. We view our lives and the world from eternity: we look back from heaven, not forward from birth. The things of the world do not satisfy the Christian; we are not to make idols of them. They will only disappoint us, and we will only disappoint others. This includes all of our worldly pursuits and even our past spiritual attainments. Our walk is for our whole lives and doesn’t end until death, even if we have a visible testimony of progress (cf. Phil 3:13-14). This perspective matters a great deal to our worship. Abraham built altars everywhere he went.
