DCLM Higher Everyday 22 October 2023 — Heaven’s Ambassadors
Topic: Heaven’s Ambassadors
Text: 2 Corinthians 5:17-21
18And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation;
19To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation.
20Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ’s stead, be ye reconciled to God.
21For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.
Key Verse: “Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ’s stead, be ye reconciled to God” (2 Corinthians 5:20).
Message
In his book, The Mountain of Ignorance in which he describes knowledge as light and ignorance as darkness, Sunday Adelaja states, “We must be true ambassadors of Christ on the earth in order to be able to put an end to the plague of ignorance in our society.” Christians are representatives of God’s Kingdom. Every nation appoints ambassadors or envoys to other nations to represent its interests. Similarly, the Lord uses His children to communicate the message of His Kingdom to sinners. He did not choose to do it through religious people, but through individuals who have faith in His government – the saints.
In the secular setting, an ambassador is a political appointee whose job it is to represent his or her home government before the rulers of other countries. Beloved, are you truly representing Christ by living holy and preaching the gospel? You are His ambassador through whom He draws sinners to Himself and warns rebellious nations and individuals of the coming judgement. Your family, neighbours, schoolmates and teachers must know you as Christ’s ambassador by your peculiar lifestyle.
Quote: Representatives of God’s Kingdom
Challenge: Let God speak to the world through you.
Prayer for today: God Almighty, help me to be a faithful ambassador.
1. Admit that you are a sinner. "For all [humans] have sinned, and comes short of the glory of God....[and] the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord" (Romans 3:23)
2. Repent now. "Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out ...[for] if we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness " (Acts 3:19, 1 John 1:9)
3. Believe that God loves you and Jesus died for you. "God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet Sinners, Christ died for us" (Romans 5:8)
4. Invite Jesus into your life through prayer of faith. Jesus says, "Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me" (Revelation 3:20)
