Emphasis Preaching Journal
Speaking of the life...
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Speaking of the life of Christians, a first-century anonymous treatise titled The Epistle to Diognetus (V) claims that "they dwell in their own countries, but simply as sojourners. As citizens they share in all things with others, and yet endure all things as if foreigners… They are in the flesh, but they do not live after the flesh" (Ante-Nicene Fathers, Vol. 1, pp. 26-27). The lesson teaches that the faithful are resident aliens in the world. To be an alien in a foreign land entails that you are never fully identified with the culture in which you are residing.