Matt 7:13 (KJV) Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide [is] the gate, and broad [is] the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: {strait: or, narrow} 14 Because strait [is] the gate, and narrow [is] the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it. {Because: or, How}
Hebr 11:13 These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of [them], and embraced [them], and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims> ["exiles"-RSV] on the earth. {in faith: Gr. according to faith} 1Pet 2:11 Dearly beloved, I beseech [you] as strangers ["aliens"-RSV] and pilgrims ["exiles"-RSV], abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;
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GOD'S BIBLE NAMES 2/3
"MY FIRST BORN"
Psal 89:27 Also I will make him [my] firstborn, higher than the kings of the earth.
Israel is called "a first born son" in Ex 4:22, and in Jer 31:9 we read, "I am a Father to Israel, and Ephraim is my first born", but Jesus Christ the Righteous is the "Only Begotten of the Father", --- the only true "First Born", higher than the kings of the earth, the First and the Last. How marvelous is the thought of such an One we are a part, --- by Faith! Through the eternal years we will be one -WITH- Him and will share in His glory, the glory as of the "Only Begotten of the Father"!
Dear Lord, help us to live in the consciousness of all it means for us to be a part and partner -WITH- Thee, the First Born! Amen.
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