2 Corinthians 5:20-21
20 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. 21 For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.
20 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. 21 For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.
Because we who are Christ’s have been freely justified and made right before God in spite of our being His enemies, so we are now ambassadors for the heavenly kingdom. Each of us carries Christ’s suffering and His righteousness in the Father’s view, and we bear witness to who Christ is and all He has done as the Bible records for us. We are ambassadors of reconciliation between mankind and God because we are all sinners and cannot ever meet the measure of the absolute holiness of the Almighty. The world needs to hear our witness to have eyes opened and hearts made receptive to the faith that delivers from God’s wrath on sin and restores the broken relationship with Him. This is the Gospel for the kingdom of God which we represent.
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