As believers in Christ and as those who are burdened for the building up of the church, the Body of Christ, we need to be those who bear a sign that we are God’s people. What is the distinctive sign that we are the people of God? There must be something like a ring, a […]
Being Enlarged in Our Heart to Have the Intimate Concern of the Ministering Life
All believers in Christ need to be the ministers of the new covenant – it is our privilege, our right, and our responsibility to not only enjoy the Lord but also minister Him as life to others for the building up of the church. We need to come up to God’s standard and become ministers […]
Having Our Heart Enlarged to Work Together with God by an All-Fitting Life
In 2 Corinthians we see the ministers of the new covenant, their ministry, and how it is produced. We see that all believers in Christ are the ambassadors of God with the ministry of reconciliation, helping others to be reconciled to God further (see 2 Cor. 5). In chapter 6 we see that we are […]
Being Reconciled to God and Working with God to Reconcile Others to God
![Being Reconciled to God and Working with God to Reconcile Others to God [in the picture: nice sunrise!]](https://i0.wp.com/agodman.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/sunrise-be-reconciled-to-god-further.jpg?fit=300%2C225&ssl=1)
All the believers in Christ who are saved and regenerated by Him are qualified to be ambassadors of Christ, those who have the ministry of reconciliation (2 Cor. 5:18-20). First of all we need to be reconciled to God, and reconciliation is a process that is taking place our whole life. We were initially reconciled […]
As Ambassadors of Christ We Desire to Be Well Pleasing to God by Living to Him
![In all the aspects of our daily life, we need to seek to please the Lord - who loves us and constrains us with His love - by living to Him. [Picture: 2 Cor. 5:9]](https://i0.wp.com/agodman.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/2cor5-9-NASB-ambition-be-pleasing-to-god.jpg?fit=300%2C231&ssl=1)
In 2 Cor. 5:9 we see that Paul had an ambition, a strong determination, to gain the honor of being well-pleasing to God. As ambassadors of Christ, we need to seek to be well-pleasing to God by living to Him. On the one hand, we shouldn’t be ambitious persons, especially ambitious for position or glory. […]
Propagating Christ On Earth By Doing a Work in Ascension, in Our Spirit!
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Many people – both believers and unbelievers alike – have asked themselves, What is Christ doing right now? When He was on earth He was so busy and He did so much, but what about now? The Bible tells us that He is sitting at the right hand of God, enjoying all the fully accomplished […]
The Lord Jesus Worked in the Father’s Name and He Sought the Father’s Will
![The Lord Jesus Worked in the Father's Name and He Sought the Father's Will [in the picture: Christ is a genuine man: the perfect and finest man! Obedient, serving, no appearance of evil! The finest personality - divinity expressed through humanity!]](https://i0.wp.com/agodman.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/christ-is-a-genuine-man-perfect-balanced-finest.jpg?fit=298%2C300&ssl=1)
The Lord Jesus as the first God-man is our pattern and our model, becoming a mold in which we as the many God-men are being put to be conformed to His image. In His being, Christ was a man filled with God, a mingling of divinity with humanity. In His work, Christ didn’t do anything […]