Hello
Everyone,
We can make a difference in 2013 because WE
ARE AMBASSADORS
2 Cor 5:19-6:2
19 that is, that God was in Christ
reconciling the world to Himself, not imputing their trespasses to them, and
has committed to us the word of reconciliation. 20 Now then,
we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were pleading through us: we
implore you on Christ's behalf, be reconciled to God. 21 For He
made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the
righteousness of God in Him.
6:1 We then, as workers together with
Him also plead with you not to receive the grace of God in vain. 2 For He
says:
"In an acceptable time I have heard you, And in
the day of salvation I have helped you."
Behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the
day of salvation.
NKJV
We are God’s spokespersons.
The word used for ambassador here means, “one who spoke for the emperor.”
It was through the ambassador a message was delivered.
The ambassador
reflected the agenda, convictions, truths, and causes
of the one he represented.
In the same way, we proclaim what God has done so people can come.
In the same way, we proclaim what God has done so people can come.
We point people to
a life-changing and soul-changing relationship with Jesus.
We direct them to the possibility of reconciliation.
The price has been paid by the One who had no sin.
As an ambassador, we do more than proclaim the agenda of our emperor by what we say.
We also do it by how we live.
We represent His character and nature.
One Sunday as they drove home from church, a little girl turned to her mother and said, "Mom, there’s something about the pastor’s message this morning that I don’t understand." The mother said, "Oh? What is it?" The little girl replied, "Well, he said that God is bigger than we are. He said God is so big that He could hold the world in His hand. Is that true?" The mother replied, "Yes, that’s true." "But Mom, he also said that God comes to live inside of us when we believe in Jesus as our Savior. Is that true, too?" Again, the mother assured the little girl that what the pastor had said was true. With a puzzled look on her face the little girl then asked, "If God is bigger than us and He lives in us, wouldn’t He show through?"
Well, shouldn’t He show through?
Shouldn’t He show through now? “…now is the day of salvation.”
Now is the right time to share the message.
We direct them to the possibility of reconciliation.
The price has been paid by the One who had no sin.
As an ambassador, we do more than proclaim the agenda of our emperor by what we say.
We also do it by how we live.
We represent His character and nature.
One Sunday as they drove home from church, a little girl turned to her mother and said, "Mom, there’s something about the pastor’s message this morning that I don’t understand." The mother said, "Oh? What is it?" The little girl replied, "Well, he said that God is bigger than we are. He said God is so big that He could hold the world in His hand. Is that true?" The mother replied, "Yes, that’s true." "But Mom, he also said that God comes to live inside of us when we believe in Jesus as our Savior. Is that true, too?" Again, the mother assured the little girl that what the pastor had said was true. With a puzzled look on her face the little girl then asked, "If God is bigger than us and He lives in us, wouldn’t He show through?"
Well, shouldn’t He show through?
Shouldn’t He show through now? “…now is the day of salvation.”
Now is the right time to share the message.
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