We Are Ambassadors For Christ
We are not commending ourselves to you again,
but giving you an opportunity to boast about us, so that you may be able to
answer those who boast in outward appearance and not in the heart. For if we
are beside ourselves, it is for God; if we are in our right mind, it is for
you. For the love of Christ urges us on, because we are convinced that one had
died for all; therefore all have died. And he died for all, so that those who
live might live no longer for themselves, but for him who died and was raised
for them.
From now on, therefore, we regard no one from a
human point of view, even though we once knew Christ from a human point of
view, we know him no longer in that way. So if anyone is in Christ, there is a
new creation: everything old has passed away; see, everything
has become new! All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself
through Christ, and has given us the ministry of reconciliation; that is, in
Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not
counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting the message of
reconciliation to us. So we are ambassadors for Christ, since God is making his
appeal through us; we entreat you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God.
For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might
become the righteousness of God.
2 Corinthians 5:12-21
Being an example is never easy. We want people
to like us, and the safest way to do that is to blend in. But following Christ
has never been about blending in. Following Him means to be like Him, to
respond to life and relate to people as He did. It is risky and uncomfortable
to be different.
Our non Jesus attitudes
and actions reflect poorly on our King.
Make a difference by
daring to be different!
Dare to be different –
for the Father’s sake.
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