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Bercot says the revolutionaries “weren’t strangers or pilgrims” but “made the world their home”; what practical signs reveal when a Christian community has shifted from pilgrim identity to “this world is my home” priorities?

Another way to ask: What everyday signs show when a church stops living like “pilgrims” and starts acting like this world is its real home?

Direct Answer Bercot’s chapter implies the shift shows up when believers center earthly rights, security, and control, and then feel free to break God’s commands—reviling authorities, spreading falsehoods, and acting with bitterness—to protect those worldly stakes.

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He states plainly: “The problem… is that they weren't strangers or pilgrims… They had made the world their home.”
As a result, “they trampled upon commandment after commandment of God.”
He highlights refusal to “honor the King and other governmental authorities” (contrary to 1 Peter 2).
Their posture included “reviled and threatened those they viewed as oppressors,” rather than meekness and peacemaking.
He connects worldliness to anxiety about losing “rights and liberties” if they obeyed God’s word.
He also points to truth issues: “misrepresentations, falsehoods, and deliberate lies” stirring action.

Discussion Follow-ups What are the “rights and liberties” that most easily become functional idols for a church? How can a community recover a pilgrim mindset?

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