Merriam-Webster says an ambassador is a diplomatic agent of the highest rank accredited to a foreign government as the resident representative of his or her own government or sovereign and appointed for a special and often temporary diplomatic assignment.
2 Corinthians 5.20 says we are "ambassadors" for Christ, that God is making His appeal to the world through us.
God wants so badly for all His creation to know His love, forgiveness, grace and friendship. But how is a God who can't be seen or touched or audibly heard going to convince a living human being of all these things? By sending resident representatives for a special and temporary assignment; by sending us as His ambassadors.
Last Sunday was our highest attended Sunday morning in MONTHS! We could celebrate that but I would rather celebrate that we received response cards with some of the deepest needs I have seen in a while...and they weren't from newbies, they were from regular wb'ers.
We are not only ambassadors for Christ to a lost world, we are amabassadors for Christ to one another.
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