God says we are Fellow Citizens

Metaphor: Fellow Citizens

Concept: a Citizen is an inhabitant of a city or town; especially: one entitled to the rights and privileges of a free person in accord with the rules and laws governing citizenship within that state or nation.Definition o

Eh 2:19 Therefore you are no longer outsiders (exiles, migrants, and aliens, excluded from the rights of citizens), but you now share citizenship with the saints (God's own people, consecrated and set apart for Himself); and you belong to God's [own] household.

20 You are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets with Christ Jesus Himself the chief Cornerstone. 21 In Him the whole structure is joined (bound, welded) together harmoniously, and it continues to rise (grow, increase) into a holy temple in the Lord [a sanctuary dedicated, consecrated, and sacred to the presence of the Lord].

22 In Him [and in fellowship with one another] you yourselves also are being built up [into this structure] with the rest, to form a fixed abode (dwelling place) of God in (by, through) the Spirit. AMP
The concept of citizenship as defined above is not one taught often or well any more. Today people are more interested in the benefits of being a citizen that the responsibilities or laws governing citizenship.

Christians sometimes it amaze me in that they lay claim to the benefits of being Christian but avoid the responsibilities and requirements of being a citizen in God's Kingdom.