AMBASSADORS

The Ambassadors…wasn’t that a singing group? I think too, of those people who go to foreign countries and represent the United States; they are ambassadors. What an incredible responsibility, but they have been given the authority to speak for the president.

Those of us who call Christ, Savior, are also ambassadors, not of the United States but of the Kingdom of God and His Son, Jesus Christ. Whereas an earthly ambassador attempts to bring peace to the peoples of nations, we, as ambassadors of Christ, bring the Gospel of Peace to those who have not reconciled themselves to God.

And all of this is a gift from God, who brought us back to himself through Christ. And God has given us this task of reconciling people to him. ¹⁹For God was in Christ, reconciling the world to himself, no longer counting people’s sins against them. And he gave us this wonderful message of reconciliation. ²⁰So we are Christ’s ambassadors; God is making his appeal through us. We speak for Christ when we plead, “Come back to God!” 2 Corinthians 5:18 - 20 (NLT)

If we would only concentrate on doing that, we might be effective for our Lord and Savior. Peace with God is the message and that ONLY through His Son, Jesus.

The problem is we become sidetracked on things that don’t matter:

Communion every week or once a month

Hymns only or songs that are more contemporary

King James or a modern English translation

Instruments in worship or no instruments

We worry, fuss and fight over things like that when the real question is:

Do you want to go to hell or heaven when you die?

Jesus said,

“I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one can come to the Father except through me. John 14:6 (NLT)

He did not say,

If you have communion every week you can come to heaven

If you sing two hymns, one chorus and a chant, you can come to heaven

If you read the King James with a British accent, you can come to heaven

Is it any wonder that Islam is the fastest growing religion and that Mormonism is gaining ground? They are united. We should be too, not worrying about the little stuff that doesn’t matter.

For there is ONE body and ONE Spirit, just as you have been called to ONE glorious hope for the future. ⁵There is ONE Lord, ONE faith, ONE baptism, ⁶and ONE God and Father, who is over all and in all and living through all. Ephesians 4:4 - 6 (NLT, emphasis added)

God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.” John 4:24

SEEK FIRST THE KINGDOM OF GOD