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Philippians 3:17–21
WEiRD Identity

Sermon Summary: 

  ·         Those who follow Jesus have a name that implies a certain identity: Christian.

    • This name implies an identity that is weird because it is far from normal.
    • Our weird identity is to be citizens of Heaven and not citizens of Earth (Philippians 3:17-21).
    • We know we are citizens of heaven because we yearn to be there and will not be satisfied until we are.

·         As citizens of Heaven, Christians are called to be heaven-like. We are called to be different and WEIRD and to bring that weirdness into this world to make it a little more like heaven.

    • A citizen of heaven cannot have dual citizenship.

·         To maintain our kingdom identity we need to be more focused on heavenly things than on earthly things.

    • We can do this by following the example of other heavenly minded Christians.

·         We should act as citizens of Heaven because Christ is coming back.