BY APPOINTMENT ONLY

READING: 2 CORINTHIANS 5:17-21

Verse 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.”

Paul identified himself as an ambassador for Christ. His self perception fully agrees with the dictionary definition of an ambassador. An ambassador temporarily resides in a foreign place. Paul considered living on the earth as being in a foreign place because heaven was home. Ambassadors represent their governments to other nations. Paul represented his heavenly government to all the tribes, tongues and nations of the world through his teaching and living the Gospel. An ambassador is a diplomatic agent of the highest rank. The Apostle Paul was certainly a representative of the Kingdom of Heaven and of its King, who was achieved of the highest order. The power and authority of Paul’s ministry is more than adequate proof of his status. It may be that no one else will ever match the world changing magnitude of Paul’s calling. However, even so, we too are called to be ambassadors for Christ. That’s a thought – about God’s word.

RESPONSE

1. In your Christian living, how much do you identify with Paul’s status of ambassador?

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2. Are there people in your life to whom you are called to be an ambassador?