Word for Today / You are Christ’s ambassador (1)

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You are Christ’s ambassador (1)

‘We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors.’ 2 Corinthians 5:20 NIV

Your job in the kingdom of God is that of an ambassador. What a privilege! And what a responsibility! Over the next few days, let’s look at some of the qualities of an ambassador: You must be a citizen of the country you represent. ‘But our citizenship is in heaven’ (Philippians 3:20 NIV). Exiled, John said, ‘I … was on the island of Patmos because of the Word of God and the testimony of Jesus. On the Lord’s Day I was in the Spirit …’ (Revelation 1:9-10 NIV). John knew it was not where he was but whose he was that counted the most as he represented his Lord.

Your life is the only Bible many people will ever read. From your lips, they will receive the only gospel they ever hear. And your attitude may do more to win them than all your arguments.

Before He was crucified, Jesus prayed this prayer for His disciples: ‘I do not pray that You should take them out of the world, but that You should keep them from the evil one. They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. Sanctify them by Your truth. Your word is truth. As You sent Me into the world, I also have sent them into the world’ (John 17:15-18 NKJV).

Before an ambassador is appointed, he or she goes through the closest scrutiny imaginable. Their moral integrity, their financial interactions, their family life, their work record, their every word and action come under the microscope. Shouldn’t it be more so for ambassadors of the King of kings? Never forget whose side you’re on. Never forget what kingdom you belong to. Never forget who you represent. You are Christ’s ambassador.

The Word for Today is authored by Bob and Debby Gass and published under licence from UCB International Copyright © 2022

 

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The Bible often uses the same terms to describe aspects of the nature of God as it does to describe aspects of the nature of the Torah, such as with it being holy, righteous, and good (Romans 7:12), or with justice, mercy, and faithfulness being weightier matters of the Torah (Matthew 23:23), which is because it is God's instructions for how to represent those aspects of His nature. The Son is the radiance of God's glory and exact image of His nature (Hebrews 1:3), which he expressed through setting a sinless example of how to walk in obedience to the Torah, and as his ambassadors our goal is to live in a way represents his nature through following his example. A chip off of the old block is son who has the same character or nature as their father expressed through doing the same works, which is why Jesus said in John 8:39 that if they were children of Abraham, then they would doing the same works as him, so that is the sense that Jesus is the Son of God and the sense that we are children of God when we are partaking in his nature through following Christ's example.