We Are Ambassadors!!

I have been mulling around the idea that we are Ambassadors of Christ! What does it mean that we are Ambassadors?

2nd Corinthians 5:17-20

¹⁷ Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come:The old has gone, the new is here! ¹⁸ All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation: ¹⁹ that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting people’s sins against them. And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation. ²⁰ We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us. We implore you on Christ’s behalf: Be reconciled to God.

We are Ambassadors in Christ. Verse 18 talks about how God has allowed us to join in ministry with him! God allows us to serve with him! That is awesome!

So what is an Ambassador?

Ambassadors are those who speak in the name of someone. We speak on behalf of God. Talk about a huge responsibility! If God is a reconciler and we are his Ambassadors then therefore we are reconcilers. However we do not reconcile those to ourselves, but to him who we speak for.

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Verse 17 says that ANYONE who is in Christ is a new creation. I have had people say to me, "Tyler I am not a pastor or an evangelist. That is fine, but in this passage God is not saying you are Pastors in Christ or Evangelists in Christ. We are Ambassadors in Christ. This is not for select Christians. If we are in Christ we are a new creation! Being part of that new creation is that we are Ambassadors.

If God has done something cool in your life, give Him the credit. Tell people about it.

"Dude you will never believe what God has been teaching me."

Ambassadors speak on behalf of someone, we speak on behalf of God. In this passage we read that God is a reconciler. So we as Ambassadors should implore people to be reconciled to God.

We speak the heart of God.

How do we speak the heart of God? We know the heart of God! How do we know the heart of God? By dying to ourselves, experiencing his Grace and digging into his Word.

How can I be an Ambassador? We must seek the example of the one we are an Ambassador for.

Jesus was Selfless even to the point of death! So as an Ambassador be selfless.

Jesus was Loving! So as Ambassadors be love. John 13:35!

Jesus was a Reconciler! So as an Ambassador implore others to be reconciled in Christ.

Be Selfless, Be Love, Be Ambassadors