When we have been fully reconciled to God and have been enlarged in heart, we can represent God rightly in His economy, for we are qualified to be an ambassador of Christ. As believers in Christ we have been reconciled to God from sin because of the death of Christ on the cross. Whenever we […]
We need to Represent God and Function as the Acting God to Shepherd According to God
September 4, 2015 by Leave a Comment
As believers in Christ and members of the Body of Christ we are commissioned by the Lord to shepherd His sheep, the saints in the church, according to God (1 Pet. 5:2). To shepherd according to God requires that we are one with God, we are filled with God, we are reconstituted with God, we […]
Knowing Others Not According to the Flesh but According to the Spirit
December 5, 2012 by 5 Comments
The ambassadors of Christ are those who don’t live by their human life but by the divine immortal life in their spirit, and they have the ambition to please God by living to Him and no longer to themselves. Another qualification of an ambassador of Christ is that he no longer knows people according to […]
As Ambassadors of Christ We Desire to Be Well Pleasing to God by Living to Him
December 4, 2012 by 1 Comment
![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. […]
Being the Ambassadors of Christ Who Live by the Immortal Life in our Spirit
December 3, 2012 by 4 Comments
![Being the Ambassadors of Christ Who Live by the Immortal Life in our Spirit [Picture: 2 Cor. 5:20, we are ambassadors of Christ - be reconciled to God!]](https://i0.wp.com/agodman.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/2cor5-20-we-are-christs-ambassadors.jpg?fit=300%2C125&ssl=1)
In 2 Corinthians we see a particular aspect of the ones who work for God – they are ambassadors of Christ with the ministry of reconciliation (2 Cor. 5:20). To be an ambassador is not a small thing – it is the greatest honor to be the ambassador of the King of Kings, to represent […]
