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2 Corinthians 5:17-21
New King James Version

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new. Now all things are of God, who has reconciled us to Himself through Jesus Christ, and has given us the ministry of reconciliation, that is, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not]imputing their trespasses to them, and has committed to us the word of reconciliation.
Now then, we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were pleading through us: we implore you on Christ’s behalf, be reconciled to God. For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.

I have been carrying this passage around in my "P" brain for a few days now and thought it is well worth sharing . Towards the end we read where we are ambassadors for Christ. HUMMMM, sort of explains a lot of Jesus's teaching concerning, being the light of the world, the salt of the earth, the lost sheep, the lost coin, and many more things which Jesus taught along His way, maybe as we hear sermons or lessons on any of the above we should consider our position as ambassadors. An ambassador is a high ranking appointed official of the government taking on the responsibility of good will from one country to another-----they are not policy makers or the such, they represent one government to another. A very high level & responsible position to hold. Paul tells us that once we are reconciled to God through Jesus Christ we (should) become ambassadors for Christ. Christ no longer walks on earth, we are to be his head, feet, eyes-----we are to be the body of Christ----We are to be the ones who distribute good will.....we can tell how we were the lost coin, the lost sheep, by doing so we are the salt of the earth, the light of the world , we become an ambassador for Christ. Just a thought, we need not fall into the trap like the church at Laodicean--(Rev. 3:14)-----Much bad stuff is happening all around us today, we just can't wait on the preachers & priest to save the world---Good Luck with that, each person claiming to be a Christian needs to do what a Christian is to do. I am not called to take my Bible and soap box to the corner and shout at the moon, maybe I am just called to be more kind, pleasant, loving and caring to all I meet along my way. Many times I have been just too rushed to take time, I gotta go, I gotta hurry along my way, a few years ago I learned to reverse that attitude and now I find my little corner of the world is a much more pleasant place----my corner of the world did not change, I DID----I offer the challenge to all, take say 30 days and make a real effort to speak to everyone you have eye contact with, when going through a check out line at the store, tell the clerk thank you, maybe even thank you for be pleasant----reckon what I am saying, you know how you think you would like your little corner of the world to be, well step up and be that way-----10 to 1 says you will find your little corner of the world very pleasant ....I learned that walking around negative generally made everything negative, I have learned walking around positive generally makes things positive.......1 kind word goes a long way---God Bless