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HELEN SANDERS
7-19-2022
AMBASSADORS
If you know anything about government then you know that countries send out ambassadors from their country to live in other countries to promote good will, bring trade agreements, and keep communication between the country they are dwelling in and the country they represent.
These ambassadors speak on behalf of the King or President of the country they were sent from. Their words are the words of the “King or President.” They are trusted by the head of the country that sends them to speak on their behalf in foreign lands.
In 2 Corinthians 5:20 it says, “Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ’s stead, be ye reconciled to God.” The Amplified Version reads, “So we are Christ’s ambassadors, God making His appeal as it were through us. We [as Christ’s personal representatives] beg you for His sake to lay hold of the divine favor [now offered you] and be reconciled to God.”
Corinth was a city that was full of idols and pagan worship. Many were converted to Christianity, but they were not walking in the ways of God. Paul, being an ambassador for Jesus wrote to them to “get their act together.” They needed to repent.
You see, He was God’s mouthpiece for that season. We, also, are to be ambassadors for the Lord, bringing truth to those that do not know the Lord, and also to those that have strayed away from the Lord. We are the Lord’s extended hands. We are to speak on His behalf. We speak what the Lord tells us to speak, by speaking what the Word of God says. We can not use our own ideas. We, as ambassadors, just like those in the natural, only speak what King Jesus tells us to, because we represent Him.
How is your ambassadorship walk? Are you communicating on Jesus’ behalf? If not, then you are the one that needs to repent and get your heart right with God. If you are speaking on Jesus’ behalf then make sure it is what He tells you to speak, and not your own opinion. We must never contradict the Word of God as we share Him with the lost. We must love our enemies as He loves His enemies. We must always remember we represent the King of Kings and Lord of Lords. Our opinion means nothing if it is not God’s opinion.
An earthly ambassador can be recalled home by their leader if they do not represent him correctly. He will lose his position because he didn’t represent his President or King correctly.
God, on the other hand will discipline us, and can even take us home if we are not representing him correctly too. Take your ambassadorship seriously my friends, your King is counting on you.
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