RECONCILIATIONSample

Here is where we put all the puzzle pieces together. The Bible clearly states that we are ambassadors of Christ. As such, our job, our purpose, our responsibility is to seek out and urgently implore people on behalf of Jesus to be reconciled back to God. It’s a direct appeal from our Heavenly Father through us! This is the reason why God made His own son become sin for us, just to make us righteous in Him. Like the endearing hymn “Amazing Grace” declares: “I once was lost [because of sin], but now I am found [because of Christ!].” [text added]

Our job and duty, as ambassadors, on behalf of Christ, is to bridge the gap. There is a Grand Canyon of sin separating humanity from God, but once we are saved it is our priority to tell others about the message of reconciliation: that Christ was made sin (having committed none) and was crucified at the cross on our behalf and that He resurrected on the third day, giving us all the opportunity to be made right before God by not counting our sin against us. This is the good news!

The church, thereby, becomes a celestial embassy—a place of refuge and legal protection, bound by the Word of God, where heaven meets earth. The US has an embassy in other countries that directly represents the US on foreign soil. It serves as a direct contact with the US. Likewise, the Church is a representation of heaven! In Philippians 3:20, the Apostle Paul reminds us that our citizenship is not of this earth. Jesus, Himself, said in John 17:16 that we are not of this world. Therefore, He established a spiritual embassy to bring heaven’s long-lost citizens back in contact with the King of Glory and under the protection of the Kingdom of God. He provided a way of reconciliation. That is what being an ambassador of Christ is all about.