Tag: ambassadors for Christ
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Exiles
1 Peter 1:1-2 “Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who are elect exiles of the Dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, according to the foreknowledge of God the Father . . .” My daughter purchased one of those Ancestry DNA kits for my parents recently. She wanted to know where her ancestors…
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THIS is the Life!
1 Thessalonians 3:8 “For now we live, if you are standing fast in the Lord. “ Have you ever heard or used the phrase “Life is good!”? Perhaps you’ve heard it put this way “This is the life!” What is usually meant when we hear this phrase is that we are enjoying life at that moment. Whatever…
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Ministers of the Gospel
Colossians 1:23 “the gospel . . . of which I, Paul, became a minister.” In the verse above, the word “became,” in the Greek language in which it was originally written, means “to cause to be” or “to be made.” You see, Paul’s plans for his life originally had nothing to do with the ministry…
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Privileged Ambassadors
2 Corinthians 5:20 – 6:1 “We are ambassadors for Christ, God making his appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God. For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God. Working together with him, then, we appeal to you not…
To Encourage You 