Ambassadors for Christ
Opening Question: What kind of foods do you really hate?
Fun Fact: Our sense of smell is responsible for about 80% of what we taste.
2 Corinthians 5:16-21
"So from now on we regard no one from a worldly point of view. Though we once regarded Christ in this way, we do so no longer. Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here! All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation: that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting people's sins against them. And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation. We are therefore Christ's ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us. We implore you on Christ's behalf: Be reconciled to God. God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God."
• Who is the "US" in vs 18?
• You and I, right?
• What does it mean to be reconciled to God?
• What is the "ministry of reconciliation" in vs 18?
• Is this just for ministers?
• How cool is that to be chosen by God to deliver his message of reconciliation to the world
• Vs. 20, "we are therefore, Christ ambassadors"
• What is an ambassador?
• an accredited diplomat sent by a country as its official representative to a foreign country.
• Do you feel accredited as a christian? You should!
• What is the role of an ambassador?
• To represent, role model, show best face, advocate, communicate…etc
• How should Christ's ambassador behave?
• When your on the highway?
• When you have a dispute with your neighbor?
• When your order is wrong in the restaurant?
• When there is a conflict at work?
• Where is the hardest place for you to be Christ ambassador?
Closing:
• Vs 20 - God is making his appeal to the world through us?
• That puts us into two categories
• The ones who are doing the appealing and the ones who need to be appealed.
• How you determine which one you are depends on if you have been reconciled with God?
• Vs 21. Reconciliation is through Jesus
• "We might become the righteousness of God"
Opening Question: What kind of foods do you really hate?
Fun Fact: Our sense of smell is responsible for about 80% of what we taste.
2 Corinthians 5:16-21
"So from now on we regard no one from a worldly point of view. Though we once regarded Christ in this way, we do so no longer. Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here! All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation: that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting people's sins against them. And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation. We are therefore Christ's ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us. We implore you on Christ's behalf: Be reconciled to God. God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God."
• Who is the "US" in vs 18?
• You and I, right?
• What does it mean to be reconciled to God?
• What is the "ministry of reconciliation" in vs 18?
• Is this just for ministers?
• How cool is that to be chosen by God to deliver his message of reconciliation to the world
• Vs. 20, "we are therefore, Christ ambassadors"
• What is an ambassador?
• an accredited diplomat sent by a country as its official representative to a foreign country.
• Do you feel accredited as a christian? You should!
• What is the role of an ambassador?
• To represent, role model, show best face, advocate, communicate…etc
• How should Christ's ambassador behave?
• When your on the highway?
• When you have a dispute with your neighbor?
• When your order is wrong in the restaurant?
• When there is a conflict at work?
• Where is the hardest place for you to be Christ ambassador?
Closing:
• Vs 20 - God is making his appeal to the world through us?
• That puts us into two categories
• The ones who are doing the appealing and the ones who need to be appealed.
• How you determine which one you are depends on if you have been reconciled with God?
• Vs 21. Reconciliation is through Jesus
• "We might become the righteousness of God"
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