Revelation of the Spirit - #6 We are the Ambassadors of Christ
This will sort of be a short post. But I've never really understood the term Ambassadors of Christ til just about five minutes ago. I'm reading this book called Shaping History Through Prayer and Fasting given to me for the price of free at OneThing :) Lou Engle recommended this book because it was what struck up the Lord's fire in his heart to start the solemn assembly out of Joel 2 which is now TheCall which I attended in Kansas City.
So i'm reading Chapter one about christians being the salt of the earth. Giving the Lord flavor to have mercy and grace on the earth instead of judgement and wrath. I get to the last page of the chapter when it says. In 2 Corinthians 5:20 used the metaphor Ambassadors for Christ instead of salt. Derek Prince goes on to explain what exactly a ambassador is and he say in Philippians 3:20 "our citizenship is in heaven". And what struck my heart like a ton of bricks is this.
"Before one government declares wat on another, its usual action of final warning is to withdraw its amabassadors. While we are left on earth as heaven's ambassadors, our presence guarantess a continuance of God's forebearance and mercy toward the earth. But when heaven's ambassadors are finally withdrawn, there will then be nothing leftto hold back the full outpouring of divine wrath and judgement upon the earth."
He stresses alot of divine judgement to come but what I was amazed at that we have a Savior to look forward. We don't have to see the divine judgement or plague or anything that will be brought upon the wicked. We have our citizenship in heaven waiting for us. Isn't that amazing?! God is coming and I believe soon! He is coming to rescue us, He is coming to SAVE HIS PEOPLE! Praise God! He's coming to save me :)
Amen.
So i'm reading Chapter one about christians being the salt of the earth. Giving the Lord flavor to have mercy and grace on the earth instead of judgement and wrath. I get to the last page of the chapter when it says. In 2 Corinthians 5:20 used the metaphor Ambassadors for Christ instead of salt. Derek Prince goes on to explain what exactly a ambassador is and he say in Philippians 3:20 "our citizenship is in heaven". And what struck my heart like a ton of bricks is this.
"Before one government declares wat on another, its usual action of final warning is to withdraw its amabassadors. While we are left on earth as heaven's ambassadors, our presence guarantess a continuance of God's forebearance and mercy toward the earth. But when heaven's ambassadors are finally withdrawn, there will then be nothing leftto hold back the full outpouring of divine wrath and judgement upon the earth."
He stresses alot of divine judgement to come but what I was amazed at that we have a Savior to look forward. We don't have to see the divine judgement or plague or anything that will be brought upon the wicked. We have our citizenship in heaven waiting for us. Isn't that amazing?! God is coming and I believe soon! He is coming to rescue us, He is coming to SAVE HIS PEOPLE! Praise God! He's coming to save me :)
Amen.
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