Our Citizenship is in Heaven

February 2014 is a busy month. The Winter Olympics are being held in Sochi, Russia. People from all over the world assemble together to compete for a gold medal in their respective sports. Also, the United States is celebrating Presidents’ Day. Those citizens, born in different states in the same country, have been elected to lead the country in the direction they think best. The world is very diverse. Yet, at the same time can be united!

We may be citizens of different states of America, or we may be citizens of different countries across the globe. However, we can all be citizens of Heaven! Paul said, “For our citizenship is in heaven, from which we also eagerly wait for the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, who will transform our lowly body that it may be conformed to His glorious body, according to the working by which He is able even to subdue all things to Himself (Philippians 3:20-21).”

A birth certificate is used to prove where one was born physically. To be citizens of Heaven, we need to prove we have been born spiritually. Jesus taught one must be born of water and the Spirit to enter the kingdom of Heaven (John 3:3-7). When one is born again of baptism, he has his name written in the Book of Life (Luke 10:20; Revelation 20:12; 21:27).

Your temporary, physical, citizenship does not matter eternally, but your eternal, spiritual, citizenship does.

Is your citizenship in Heaven?