Greetings to you all in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ,
Second Corinthians 5:20-21 says, “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. For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.”
Soon after arriving in Spain and expecting to be there for some time, we went to the American Embassy in Madrid to let them know we were there. Upon arriving, I went to the appropriate window and began speaking in my very elementary Spanish. The man looked at me and said, “You know, you can speak English here.” I had forgotten that I was in the embassy of the United States of America and as such, the employees at the window were all Americans.
We have ambassadors in most of the countries of the world and they are representatives of the United States government. They represent the USA in a foreign country and it is like a doorway back to the states should something require us to leave quickly. The Apostle Paul mentions to the Corinthians that we are ambassadors also but not of the country of our birth, but of the kingdom of God. We are His representatives in a foreign land. It may be hard for you to imagine the USA as a foreign land, but to the believer it is just that. We sing the song, “This place is n ot my home, I’m just a passin through.” Paul also wrote to the Philippians that our citizenship was in heaven which gives further emphasis on the fact that we are ambassadors as mentioned in the passage above. Most ambassadors adhere to the laws of the land in which they are living, yet they are under the laws of their home country also. The believer is responsible to be under the authority of local governments but at the same time, we have a higher obedience and that is to God. Since our citizenship is in heaven, then we try to adhere to the laws of the Bible. We seek to follow God first especially when it comes to the Word of God which at times may conflict with the laws of the land. It is getting more and more difficult to accept some standards that are in violation of God’s simple and plain laws. I am referring to abortion and the gay agenda. What was sin before in the world’s eyes, is now becoming acceptable but it is in violation of the Word of God. We talk of the holocast which killed over nine million Jewish people and that we should never forget it. Well, we have killed millions of children through abortion and do not regard it as anything wrong. Our values are twisted as we have more respect for an eagle’s egg than a human being. As an ambassador for Christ, we need to stick to the laws of our kingdom which is in heaven and not of this earth. Praise God for the fact that He is our KING!
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