Journey to God

"A Call to Pilgrim Life" taken from Hebrew 13:13-14
-Sermon and Message from Rev. Anthony Co Hao

Pilgrim
> Defined as is a person who undertakes a pilgrimage.
> This is usually visit to a place of some religious significance according to the dictionary.
> As Christians, our pilgrim life is actually a Journey to God.

I, Being a Pilgrim 101
A good example of how to be a pilgrim is found in Hebrews 13:13-14.
v. 13 "Let us then go to Him outside the camp, bearing the disgrace He bore"

Jesus suffered outside the gates of Jerusalem to die on the cross for our sins. As Christians, we are faced with a lot of challenges in life but, we should be able to suffer for Christ and to act like Him.

A good example for this would be the story of Steven Curtis Chapman when a tragendy occurred in the family. His 5-year old daughter died when his son accidentally ran over her as he backed their car out of their driveway. As they were rushing little Maria to the hospital, As Steven was leaving to follow the ambulance where little Maria was in, he then called his son and told him "Son, your father loves you!"

How many parents can manage to do that? But here, he managed to be like Christ. It is really difficult in this world, especially in this modern day to be like Him. But, as Christians, we should be able to stand out and let the crowd know that we are His children through our actions.

II, We are just passing through Earth
v. 14 "For here we do not have an enduring city but we are looking for the city that is to come.

Our present life here on earth is only temporary, oftentimes we get too comfortable with the things we have that we forget that we're only passing through.

As Christians, we should let God reign in our lives (in every aspect). There may be a number of hindrances in our lives, but we should be able to surrender it all to God.