Close Close Watch Close Close Go to our giving website Note: You will be taken to another browser tab to give online. If on phone/tablet, simply click the back button to go back to this notes page. Close Download Note: You will be taken to another browser tab to view this. If on phone/tablet, simply click the back button to go back to this notes page. You will not lose any notes. Interact × Notes Bible Add Sermon Notes This note will be displayed at bottom of your sermon note when you save to pdf or email them Interact Ingleside Baptist Church Ambassadors for Christ Archived – July 31, 2022 View This Week’s Notes View All Past Notes View This Note w/o Blanks Ambassadors for Christ July 31, 2022 / David Peterson, Discipleship Pastor A Chapter a Day Sunday, July 31, 2 Corinthians 11 Monday, August 1, 2 Corinthians 12 Tuesday, August 2, 2 Corinthians 13 Wednesday, August 3, Matthew 1 Thursday, August 4, Matthew 2 Friday, August 5, Matthew 3 Saturday, August 6, Matthew 4 If you would like to receive a short, daily email to help you better understand and apply the chapter we are reading together each day, please sign up by texting the word Chapter to 22828. 20 Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, God making his appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God. (2 Corinthians 5:20, ESV) Ambassador 1: an official envoy; especially: a diplomatic agent of the highest rank accredited to a foreign government or sovereign as the resident representative of his or her own government or sovereign or appointed for a special and often temporary diplomatic assignment; 2a: an authorized representative or messenger, b: an unofficial representative “Ambassador.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary What does it mean to be an ambassador for Christ? What does it mean to be reconciled to God? Ambassadors of Christ have been reconciled; having experienced God’s grace and forgiveness; ! 18 All this is from God, who through Christ reconciled us to himself and gave us the ministry of reconciliation; 19 that is, in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation. (2 Corinthians 5:18–19, ESV) 21 And you, who once were alienated and hostile in mind, doing evil deeds, 22 he has now reconciled in his body of flesh by his death, in order to present you holy and blameless and above reproach before him, (Colossians 1:21–22, ESV) Ambassadors of Christ promote reconciliation; sharing a message on behalf of God; ! 20 Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, God making his appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God. (2 Corinthians 5:20–21, ESV) 10 For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, now that we are reconciled, shall we be saved by his life. 11 More than that, we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation. (Romans 5:10–11, ESV) Ambassadors of Christ model reconciliation; transformed into an identity greater than their own; ! 21 For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God. (2 Corinthians 5:21, ESV) 17Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come. (2 Corinthians 5:17, ESV) Save PDF Locally Click to save a copy of the filled-in notes to a PDF file on your device Generate File Click to View PDF Save PDF to Google Drive (Android & PC Only) Click to save a copy of the filled-in notes to a PDF file on your Google Drive account Save File Send to Email Enter your email address below to receive a copy of your filled in notes Send