Days 197 - 199 Christ's Ambassadors

"We are therefore Christ's ambassadors, as though God were making His appeal through us."

2 Corinthians 5: 20

Ambassador: A highest-ranking diplomat who represents a nation and is usually working within a foreign government.

"And He died for all...that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for Him who died for them and was raised again."

2 Corinthians 5:15

As a believer in Christ, I am an ambassador in a land that is not my real home. So is every Christian. According to Paul, our citizenship is in heaven (Philippians 3:20). As an ambassador of Christ, my task is to lead people to the Savior so that they, too, become citizens of the eternal kingdom. I must take my assignment seriously. It's a great privilege to have my citizenship in heaven. It's an equally great obligation to be an ambassador of that heavenly kingdom. (Herb Vander Lugt).

Let us go forth, as called of God,

Redeemed by Jesus' precious blood;

His love to show, His life to live,

His message speak, His mercy give.

- Whittle

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By the way, my week-long trials were settled out of court late last week, Praise the Lord! I can now attend the Christian music concert with my family this weekend.