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About-Him.Com Devotional 03-02-2002
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2 Corinthians 5:20
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.
4th in a series on II Corinthians
5:17-21
To summarize thus far (vs.
17-19): We were made new creatures in Christ when we obeyed the gospel. This
involved recognition of our sinful condition, repentance and being reconciled to
God who now looks at us through the blood of Christ and sees us
guiltless.
Our reconciliation was the
result of God manifesting Himself in Christ to effect our
salvation.
Now then we are ambassadors for Christ: An ambassador
does not speak for himself, but rather on behalf of the one who has sent him.
Jesus said that as the Father had sent Him, He was sending us into the world
(John 20:21). He told us to go into the highways and hedges and compel men to
come in (Luke 14:23). The person who responds to our message is in reality
responding to Him and the person who despises us and reject the message, is
actually despising and rejecting Him.
Paul considered himself to
be a slave whose sole duty was to preach the gospel (Ephesians 6:20). He stated
that we all were able ministers of the new covenant, because we ministered
through and by the Spirit of God (II Corinthians 3:6).
As though God did beseech [you] by us: God speaks to
men through believers, simple flesh like you and me. He could thunder from
heaven with flashing lightning and such, but He chose to speak through us.
Humbling isn't it? Through His Spirit we speak comforting words, in season, to
the weary (Isaiah 50:4). As Jesus commanded, we do not take thought
beforehand of what we are going to say (Mark 13:11), but like the apostles we
simply speak the things that we have seen and heard (Acts
4:19-20).
We pray [you] in Christ's stead, be ye reconciled to
God: We do all that we can to persuade men and women to believe and
obey the gospel and enter into the kingdom of God (Matthew 4:17). We urge and
persuade (II Corinthians 5:11) all who will to seek Him while He is near(Isaiah
55:6). Our Easter Flash Movie
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husband standing over their baby's crib. Silently she watched him. As he stood
looking down at their sleeping infant, she saw on his face a mixture of
emotions: disbelief, doubt, delight, amazement, enchantment--and even a little
skepticism.
Touched by the unusual display and the deep emotions it aroused, with eyes glistening she slipped her arm around her husband. "A penny for your thoughts," she whispered. "It's amazing!" he replied. "I just can't see how anybody can make a crib like that for only $79.95!" Keep Looking Up! Don & Marie Spooner About Him! Ministries Your thoughts and Inquiries Contact@about-him.com Subscribe to this devotional? Subscribe@about-him.com
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