Over 1600 years ago, as newly Christianized Rome was falling to Barbarian hordes, Augustine wrote his monumental work, “The City of God.” He reminded Christians that we must not confuse any earthly government (the city of man) with God's kingdom (the city of God). All of redemptive history unfolds around these two contrasting realities (cf. Gen 3:15).
As Christians, Scripture informs us that our citizenship is heavenly. We are portrayed by two particular images: the pilgrim and the exile. As pilgrims we learn that this world is not our home. As exiles we are to seek the welfare of the society in which we presently live even though our ultimate allegiance is to a kingdom not of this world.
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Stan McGehee, Jr. is senior pastor of Living Word Community Church. Ordained in December of 1979, he holds a Master of Arts in Theological Studies from Reformed Theological Seminary and a Masters of Theology from Tyndale Seminary. He has worked with his father at LWCC since the...