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T<\/b>he apostle Peter wrote to the \u201cpilgrims of the Dispersion [diaspora<\/i>] in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia\u201d (1 Peter 1:1). James also addressed his readers as \u201cthe twelve tribes scattered abroad\u201d (literally, \u201cof the diaspora\u201d). Peter especially designates these Jews as Christian believers or \u201celect\u201d (vs 2). Diaspora means a scattering of the \u201cspora<\/i>\u201d or seed. These believers had been sown among these provinces throughout Asia Minor.<\/p>\n

In 2:11 Peter calls them both \u201csojourners and pilgrims.\u201d Sojourner (para+oikos<\/i>) means \u201cwithout a house.\u201d Pilgrim (para<\/i>+d<\/i>\u0113<\/i>mos<\/i>) means \u201cwithout a people.\u201d These terms in the New Testament are used to describe the Jews who have been scattered throughout their history and also of the Christians of the first century. Paul says to the Ephesian believers, \u201cYou are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God\u201d (Eph 2:19). D. Edmond Hiebert described them as \u201csojourners in an alien land, dispersed and far removed from their homeland. However, they were assured of their future in-gathering to their heavenly home.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Jewish people have always felt this estrangement as a people on the earth. Unfortunately, we are seeing that age-old antipathy toward them expressed in hateful racism today. But we as Christian believers in Jesus Christ will also experience a similar thing, as John wrote, \u201cIn the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ . . . for the testimony of Jesus Christ\u201d (Rev 1:9). Christians are people with a foot in two worlds. Yes, we have to live here for now as the old song said, \u201cThis world is not my home, I\u2019m just a passing through,\u201d but our real citizenship is in heaven (Phil 3:20). We do not have a home in this world nor a people. Our spiritual family are all strangers and pilgrims as well. \u201cFor those who say such things declare plainly that they seek a homeland . . . that is, a heavenly country\u201d (Heb 11:14, 16).<\/p>\n

In an epistle to Diognetus, early in the second century AD, a believer named Mathetes wrote about Christians, \u201cEvery foreign land is their home, and every home a foreign land. . . They find themselves in the flesh, but do not live according to the flesh. They spend their days on earth, but hold a citizenship in heaven.\u201d Is this the way twenty-first century Christians live today, or have we lost that perspective of our true citizenship? Jesus said, where our treasure is, that is where our heart will be also (Matt 6:21).<\/p>\n

In Bunyan\u2019s Pilgrim\u2019s Progress<\/i>, Christian and Faithful are passing through the town of Vanity Fair, so named because the vanity was non-stop, 24 hours a day. There they found themselves in a strange environment and odd-looking to the residents. \u201cThey wondered at their apparel, so they did likewise at their speech, for few could understand what they said. They naturally spoke the language of Canaan, but they that kept the fair were the men of this world. So they seemed barbarians each to the other.\u201d Christian and Faithful were beaten and jailed but the townspeople still created a riot over their presence which was blamed upon the two themselves, and they were run out of town.<\/p>\n

It is easy to be more concerned with what the world thinks of us than what our Savior thinks. James wrote, \u201cWhoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God (Jas 4:4). This should concern us greatly in the day in which we live and walk with the Lord. John wrote about false prophets, \u201cThey are of the world. Therefore they speak as of the world, and the world hears them. We are of God. He who knows God hears us; he who is not of God does not hear us\u201d (1 John 4:5-6). You really don\u2019t have to work at displeasing the world. All you have to do is work hard at pleasing the Lord and the world will by itself be displeased. A lost and dying world needs the godly believer, if for nothing else than a convicting testimony of God\u2019s grace.<\/p>\n

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Further Thoughts on Strangers and\u00a0\u00a0 Pilgrims from Hebrews 10:25<\/b><\/p>\n

\u201cLet us consider one another in order to stir up love and good works, not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as is the manner of some, but exhorting one another, and so much more as you see the Day approaching\u201d (Heb 10:24-25).<\/p>\n

Strangers and pilgrims (Christians) gather together in church. This has been the pattern since the Sunday night of resurrection and has continued for over two thousand years. Unbelievers have always been welcomed, sought in fact, to come and observe what Christians do in this strange gathering. However, the local gathering is designed for those who are basically strangers and pilgrims to the rest of the world. This great verse contains four actions that motivate these believers to gather together.<\/p>\n

Forsaking<\/span>. This first action is put in the negative as a warning and a contrast to the previous verse. How can we stir one another up to love and good works if we forsake the gathering? One of the major reasons for being in church is to communicate verbally with others who need encouragement. This word is used in very serious ways in the New Testament. Jesus cried to the Father on the cross, \u201cWhy have you forsaken me.\u201d Paul mourned that Demas had forsaken him, \u201chaving loved this present world.\u201d In the warnings that follow verse 25, those who are not part of the assembly \u201cwillfully\u201d do not receive these truths. But the writer notes that we should not be surprised because this is the \u201cmanner\u201d of some. The word ethos <\/i>(\u0113<\/i>th<\/i>\u014d<\/i>s<\/i>, as we say it) refers to the culture of the world of which church attendance is usually not a part.<\/p>\n

Assembling<\/span>. The assembly of the local church is a familiar word to believers. Usually the word would be \u201cekklesia,\u201d but here is one of the few uses of the word \u201csunagog<\/i>\u0113<\/i>,\u201d usually translated as synagogue. We have it also in Jas 2:1 referring to the congregation of believers. 2 Thes 2:1 uses it referring to the raptured saints who will be \u201cgathered together\u201d in the clouds with the Lord. So whether we say \u201cassembly\u201d or \u201ccongregation,\u201d we know what it means.<\/p>\n

The Christian church is not a synagogue nor is Sunday a Sabbath day. In America we have always been glad that Saturday and Sunday have been the weekend, when one can choose to worship on either day without work obligations. Christians gather on Sunday because that is the day churches in the New Testament gathered. \u201cNow on the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread\u201d (Acts 20:7). John gave it the title, \u201cthe Lord\u2019s Day\u201d (Rev 1:10). Sunday, of course, is the day of the Lord\u2019s resurrection and we are believers in the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ our Lord. We do the business of the church on this day. \u201cAnd they continued steadfastly in the apostles doctrine and fellowship, in the breaking of bread and in prayers\u201d (Acts 2:42). We could rightly add to that singing, receiving offerings, and even eating common meals.<\/p>\n

Exhorting<\/span>. Parakale<\/i>\u014d<\/i> is a familiar Greek word meaning to come or call beside. It can mean to comfort or to encourage. It is difficult to come along beside someone from an invisible distance. In verse 24 we read the words \u201cstir up\u201d or \u201cprovoke.\u201d We get our English word paroxysm from the Greek word. A connotation would be a convulsion or seizure. Stirring up and exhorting results in a person being moved to right action. This is often done by the preaching of the Word but could happen in other ways in the assembly. An encouraging word or an explanation of a truth may be just the thing a struggling believer needs at that moment. In verses 22, 23, and 24 the writer used a soft command, \u201clet us,\u201d to strengthen individuals, encourage better witnessing, and to consider one another\u2019s needs.<\/p>\n

Approaching<\/span>. The local church is essential because the \u201cDay\u201d is approaching. That is the second coming of Jesus Christ, and to believers that means the rapture of the church. \u201cApproaching\u201d (engiz<\/i>\u014d<\/i>) is variously translated in verses that describe the imminent coming of Christ. \u201cThe night is far spent, the day is at hand\u201d (Rom 13:12); \u201cThe coming of the Lord draws near\u201d (Jas 5:8); \u201cThe end of all things is at hand\u201d (1 Pet 4:7). Therefore we should assemble \u201cso much more.\u201d<\/p>\n

Statistics abound that show American church attendance going down each year. I think that church attendance among conservative Baptists may also have gone down over the last few years. Was it just covid? Was it just the ease of sitting at home and watching online services? The biblical admonition as we see the apostasy of the age is not to run from the assembly but to run to it even more. We don\u2019t need fewer services during the week, we need more, or at least we should not do away with the ones we have. Assembling together is not a mere legalism, and it is more than just the command. It is a dire necessity for believers as we approach the end of the age.<\/p>\n

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