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What does it mean to be an ambassador for Christ?

2-5-23

In a letter to the Corinthians, the apostle Paul discusses the ministry of reconciliation, and he uses the term “ambassadors” for Christ: “All this is from God, who reconciled us to Himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation: that God was reconciling the world to Himself in Christ, not counting men’s sins against them. And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation. We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors, as though God were making His appeal through us” (2 Corinthians 5:18-20, emphasis added).

Generally speaking, an ambassador is a respected official acting as a representative of a nation. Sent to a foreign land, the ambassador’s role is to reflect the official position of the sovereign body that gave him authority. Writing to the Corinthians, Paul likens his own calling to that of an ambassador, and he urges all Christians to consider themselves ambassadors for Christ. The gospel of reconciliation was always at the heart of Paul’s preaching: “For Christ did not send me to baptize but to preach the gospel” (1 Corinthians 1:17).

Our reconciliation with God is possible only because Christ went to the cross and received the punishment due for our sin. When our Savior cried out, “It is finished,” the barrier between sinful man and Holy God was removed, making all those who trust in Him “holy in His sight, without blemish and free from accusation” (Colossians 1:22). Our reconciliation is based on the salvation Jesus provides, and it is accepted by faith (John 3:16; Ephesians 2:8-9).

Christians are God’s ambassadors in that they have been “approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel” (1 Thessalonians 2:4). As we go through this world, we represent another Kingdom (John 18:36), and it is our responsibility to reflect the “official position” of heaven. We are in this world, but not of it (John 17:16). God’s ambassadors are to be “as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves” (Matthew 10:16). Empowered by the Holy Spirit, we must take the message of our King to the “ends of the earth” (Acts 1:8), imploring men and women everywhere to be reconciled to God.

Love, Walter and Debbie
 

The Hammer

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Premium Member
2-5-23

In a letter to the Corinthians, the apostle Paul discusses the ministry of reconciliation, and he uses the term “ambassadors” for Christ: “All this is from God, who reconciled us to Himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation: that God was reconciling the world to Himself in Christ, not counting men’s sins against them. And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation. We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors, as though God were making His appeal through us” (2 Corinthians 5:18-20, emphasis added).

Generally speaking, an ambassador is a respected official acting as a representative of a nation. Sent to a foreign land, the ambassador’s role is to reflect the official position of the sovereign body that gave him authority. Writing to the Corinthians, Paul likens his own calling to that of an ambassador, and he urges all Christians to consider themselves ambassadors for Christ. The gospel of reconciliation was always at the heart of Paul’s preaching: “For Christ did not send me to baptize but to preach the gospel” (1 Corinthians 1:17).

Our reconciliation with God is possible only because Christ went to the cross and received the punishment due for our sin. When our Savior cried out, “It is finished,” the barrier between sinful man and Holy God was removed, making all those who trust in Him “holy in His sight, without blemish and free from accusation” (Colossians 1:22). Our reconciliation is based on the salvation Jesus provides, and it is accepted by faith (John 3:16; Ephesians 2:8-9).

Christians are God’s ambassadors in that they have been “approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel” (1 Thessalonians 2:4). As we go through this world, we represent another Kingdom (John 18:36), and it is our responsibility to reflect the “official position” of heaven. We are in this world, but not of it (John 17:16). God’s ambassadors are to be “as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves” (Matthew 10:16). Empowered by the Holy Spirit, we must take the message of our King to the “ends of the earth” (Acts 1:8), imploring men and women everywhere to be reconciled to God.

Love, Walter and Debbie

I have no idea. But I would assume Love, Trust, and Acceptance of all would be a big indicator.
 

rational experiences

Veteran Member
Man says CH arose Christ spirit gases of gods heavens went to the cross.

Sacrifice by sun ark cross itself above.

Mount Ain..zero in Hebrew temple sacrificed causes. Ark hence hit rock where cold gas was in law. After its melt tried to open a volcano. As a mountain.

It's how men of technology sacrificed our heavenly body theirselves as an anti theme.

As anti of Christ means you have to recognise its body type. Then have witnessed it's removal as a human.

As anti owns only one meaning. Humans lived in generated holy oxygen water mass.

Christ is also only one meaning.

Spirit..gases in science that had arisen out of the entombed body yet unholy Satan volcanic mass O past first.

Arisen out of evil wasn't Christ then. As inside a cold heavens we know CH gases as methane now. Body sacrificed types of gases.

Christ science taught saved us from suns hell ufo mass.

Exactly just a humans teaching.

Inherit of God places O earth the rock.

O opened immaculate not really sex conception. Of gases in a space womb void vacuum. Immaculate sex.

As earth directly hadn't owned any immaculate gas the teaching. Rock.

Now science knew why it stopped theming self in science.

Knowing science was just for mechanics.

Therefore ask a human what are you science discussing as God terms?

Most of you don't answer correctly.

As no man is God stated you are not gods inheritor.

The inheritor was a God body itself.

Ignored.

As hierarchial control is by concepts. Concepts said I'm right you aren't. Christ terms proved old rich man theist temple science builder wrong.
 

Dawnofhope

Non-Proselytizing Baha'i
Staff member
Premium Member
2-5-23

In a letter to the Corinthians, the apostle Paul discusses the ministry of reconciliation, and he uses the term “ambassadors” for Christ: “All this is from God, who reconciled us to Himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation: that God was reconciling the world to Himself in Christ, not counting men’s sins against them. And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation. We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors, as though God were making His appeal through us” (2 Corinthians 5:18-20, emphasis added).

Generally speaking, an ambassador is a respected official acting as a representative of a nation. Sent to a foreign land, the ambassador’s role is to reflect the official position of the sovereign body that gave him authority. Writing to the Corinthians, Paul likens his own calling to that of an ambassador, and he urges all Christians to consider themselves ambassadors for Christ. The gospel of reconciliation was always at the heart of Paul’s preaching: “For Christ did not send me to baptize but to preach the gospel” (1 Corinthians 1:17).

Our reconciliation with God is possible only because Christ went to the cross and received the punishment due for our sin. When our Savior cried out, “It is finished,” the barrier between sinful man and Holy God was removed, making all those who trust in Him “holy in His sight, without blemish and free from accusation” (Colossians 1:22). Our reconciliation is based on the salvation Jesus provides, and it is accepted by faith (John 3:16; Ephesians 2:8-9).

Christians are God’s ambassadors in that they have been “approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel” (1 Thessalonians 2:4). As we go through this world, we represent another Kingdom (John 18:36), and it is our responsibility to reflect the “official position” of heaven. We are in this world, but not of it (John 17:16). God’s ambassadors are to be “as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves” (Matthew 10:16). Empowered by the Holy Spirit, we must take the message of our King to the “ends of the earth” (Acts 1:8), imploring men and women everywhere to be reconciled to God.

Love, Walter and Debbie

Nice sermon. What is it you were wanting to debate?
 

Heyo

Veteran Member
2-5-23

In a letter to the Corinthians, the apostle Paul discusses the ministry of reconciliation, and he uses the term “ambassadors” for Christ: “All this is from God, who reconciled us to Himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation: that God was reconciling the world to Himself in Christ, not counting men’s sins against them. And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation. We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors, as though God were making His appeal through us” (2 Corinthians 5:18-20, emphasis added).

Generally speaking, an ambassador is a respected official acting as a representative of a nation. Sent to a foreign land, the ambassador’s role is to reflect the official position of the sovereign body that gave him authority. Writing to the Corinthians, Paul likens his own calling to that of an ambassador, and he urges all Christians to consider themselves ambassadors for Christ. The gospel of reconciliation was always at the heart of Paul’s preaching: “For Christ did not send me to baptize but to preach the gospel” (1 Corinthians 1:17).

Our reconciliation with God is possible only because Christ went to the cross and received the punishment due for our sin. When our Savior cried out, “It is finished,” the barrier between sinful man and Holy God was removed, making all those who trust in Him “holy in His sight, without blemish and free from accusation” (Colossians 1:22). Our reconciliation is based on the salvation Jesus provides, and it is accepted by faith (John 3:16; Ephesians 2:8-9).

Christians are God’s ambassadors in that they have been “approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel” (1 Thessalonians 2:4). As we go through this world, we represent another Kingdom (John 18:36), and it is our responsibility to reflect the “official position” of heaven. We are in this world, but not of it (John 17:16). God’s ambassadors are to be “as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves” (Matthew 10:16). Empowered by the Holy Spirit, we must take the message of our King to the “ends of the earth” (Acts 1:8), imploring men and women everywhere to be reconciled to God.

Love, Walter and Debbie
"An ambassador is an honest gentleman sent to lie abroad for the good of his country" - Sir Henry Wotton

So, Paul directly urges people to lie for Jesus - one of the few things Christians consistently do from the teachings of Paul.
 

rational experiences

Veteran Member
Man says CH arose Christ spirit gases of gods heavens went to the cross.

Sacrifice by sun ark cross itself above.

Mount Ain..zero in Hebrew temple sacrificed causes. Ark hence hit rock where cold gas was in law. After its melt tried to open a volcano. As a mountain.

It's how men of technology sacrificed our heavenly body theirselves as an anti theme.

As anti of Christ means you have to recognise its body type. Then have witnessed it's removal as a human.

As anti owns only one meaning. Humans lived in generated holy oxygen water mass.

Christ is also only one meaning.

Spirit..gases in science that had arisen out of the entombed body yet unholy Satan volcanic mass O past first.

Arisen out of evil wasn't Christ then. As inside a cold heavens we know CH gases as methane now. Body sacrificed types of gases.

Christ science taught saved us from suns hell ufo mass.

Exactly just a humans teaching.

Inherit of God places O earth the rock.

O opened immaculate not really sex conception. Of gases in a space womb void vacuum. Immaculate sex.

As earth directly hadn't owned any immaculate gas the teaching. Rock.

Now science knew why it stopped theming self in science.

Knowing science was just for mechanics.

Therefore ask a human what are you science discussing as God terms?

Most of you don't answer correctly.

As no man is God stated you are not gods inheritor.

The inheritor was a God body itself.

Ignored.

As hierarchial control is by concepts. Concepts said I'm right you aren't. Christ terms proved old rich man theist temple science builder wrong.
The teaching by men said a cold star was holy.

About a piece of Rock that landed on the ground not burnt up.

A cold star mass comes to earth burning. Was the correct teaching.

A wandering past earth cold star the ONLY holy star mass. Pases by.

Hence Rome inundated with star fall attacks re wrote the old testimony.

Muslims praised the cold star mass but it shouldn't land on earth.

The argument. Stones mass of a star cooled within our heavens proves no human is a stone. Exact. It's the aliens highest form sun mass not consumed.

The argument back and forth is the baby man sons theists fault.

As each nations brain mind change varied.

A baby said a man is my human creator. As a human adult it is.

In reality two humans owning two body types not them...sperm.ovary created you first. Mind said I'm not my two human parents lived.

Told.

Between baby man's adult life his natural parents he came up with false mind advice I'm special I was magically conceived. I'm my own creator.

Now any human today should realise man placed a mechanical reactor between his natural conscious parent to man baby history.

And natural life's inheritor.

The baby.

And he lied.

As the sex immaculate conception he theoried upon was earth Rock... a space womb... a hot dense gas ejection and how space a mother conceived its gas spirit by void vacuum. In spaces womb....immaculately not intercourse pre bodies.

Not his life whatsoever.

So if you taught against the star sun theist you only agreed the wandering star was the holy sign. Not on earth.

Reason for a star to wander it uses heat which removes infinite pressure cooled history.

Which doesn't assist earths heavens.

The stars men said needed to stop moving.

Theists today theory a cause of why they should shift. And come to earth.

Science hence used three arguments.

It's why legal said I'll teach three human owned concepts to men.

Seeing men were wrong.

A man is a father in one body as he is his baby man son. And the holy ghosts coat of coloured gases is not the father.

Holy water and the holy ox...a symbol term for with Christ body mass said oxygen regenerates in water for life to be alive and holy.

The cell health of a human woman as your mother's ova cell. Is in her womb. Oxygenated water. Without it we all die sacrificed.

Metals cooling in heavens water didnt support oxygen.

Why stars sun mass shouldn't cross.

The body of man sacrificed was put on display by men to say seeing it means you can't ignore it.

As information is easilyargued away.

Science said the iconography meaning of Jesus wasn't real. But the science history why life was hurt by men of science was.
 

Kenny

Face to face with my Father
Premium Member
2-5-23

In a letter to the Corinthians, the apostle Paul discusses the ministry of reconciliation, and he uses the term “ambassadors” for Christ: “All this is from God, who reconciled us to Himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation: that God was reconciling the world to Himself in Christ, not counting men’s sins against them. And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation. We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors, as though God were making His appeal through us” (2 Corinthians 5:18-20, emphasis added).

Generally speaking, an ambassador is a respected official acting as a representative of a nation. Sent to a foreign land, the ambassador’s role is to reflect the official position of the sovereign body that gave him authority. Writing to the Corinthians, Paul likens his own calling to that of an ambassador, and he urges all Christians to consider themselves ambassadors for Christ. The gospel of reconciliation was always at the heart of Paul’s preaching: “For Christ did not send me to baptize but to preach the gospel” (1 Corinthians 1:17).

Our reconciliation with God is possible only because Christ went to the cross and received the punishment due for our sin. When our Savior cried out, “It is finished,” the barrier between sinful man and Holy God was removed, making all those who trust in Him “holy in His sight, without blemish and free from accusation” (Colossians 1:22). Our reconciliation is based on the salvation Jesus provides, and it is accepted by faith (John 3:16; Ephesians 2:8-9).

Christians are God’s ambassadors in that they have been “approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel” (1 Thessalonians 2:4). As we go through this world, we represent another Kingdom (John 18:36), and it is our responsibility to reflect the “official position” of heaven. We are in this world, but not of it (John 17:16). God’s ambassadors are to be “as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves” (Matthew 10:16). Empowered by the Holy Spirit, we must take the message of our King to the “ends of the earth” (Acts 1:8), imploring men and women everywhere to be reconciled to God.

Love, Walter and Debbie
A pretty good understanding. I like it.

Caveat, on earth, when Ambassadors don't represent their nation correctly , they not only give the country they are from a bad name but many times they are removed from that office.

Roman 2:23 Thou that makest thy boast of the law, through breaking the law dishonourest thou God? 24 For the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles through you, as it is written.

Thought this application was about the representatives of the law, they same can be said of the representatives of grace.
 

It Aint Necessarily So

Veteran Member
Premium Member
Generally speaking, an ambassador is a respected official acting as a representative of a nation.

Yes, that's the perspective from the inside looking out at a world of unbelievers that the church wants to attract and assimilate, and to be thought well of by outsiders who are not enticed to join. Believers are salespeople, asked to make the religion appear appealing to outsiders.
 

Dawnofhope

Non-Proselytizing Baha'i
Staff member
Premium Member
Thread moved to Christianity DIR by moderator consensus. This thread is now for discussion, not debate, between Christians only.
 
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