• What do you suppose leads some Christians to act as though they have arrived?  How can we avoid this attitude?

• In verses 20-21 Paul reminds us of some key doctrines that keep us pressing on while maintaining dependence and humility before God.  Comment on how each of these help you mature in love and humility.

  • We are Citizens of Heaven

  • Jesus Will Return

  • Jesus will Change our Bodies

  • Jesus will Bring Everything Under His control

• Jot down any questions you might have about this chapter.

17 Dear brothers and sisters, pattern your lives after mine, and learn from those who follow our example. 18 For I have told you often before, and I say it again with tears in my eyes, that there are many whose conduct shows they are really enemies of the cross of Christ. 19 They are headed for destruction. Their god is their appetite, they brag about shameful things, and they think only about this life here on earth. 20 But we are citizens of heaven, where the Lord Jesus Christ lives. And we are eagerly waiting for him to return as our Savior. 21 He will take our weak mortal bodies and change them into glorious bodies like his own, using the same power with which he will bring everything under his control.