Why does Peter beseech, rather than command, to abstain from fleshly lusts? What does he mean by strangers and pilgrims? The 21st sermon in A. W. Tozer s excellent 34-part study of Peter s first epistle explores these questions. The text is 1 Peter 2:11. As Strangers Pilgrims, Abstain from Fleshly Lusts was recorded on February 21, 1954, in Chicago, Illinois, and runs for 18 minutes and 32 seconds.