Our scripture this morning is 2 Corinthians 5:19-21 (NLT).
For God was in Christ, reconciling the world to himself, no longer counting people’s sins against them. And he gave us this wonderful message of reconciliation. So we are Christ’s ambassadors; God is making his appeal through us. We speak for Christ when we plead, “Come back to God!” For God made Christ, who never sinned, to be the offering for our sin, so that we could be made right with God through Christ.
Paul tells the Corinthians that not only are we saved by Jesus’ sacrifice for us, we are called to be part of what He is doing for humankind. He says we are “Christ’s ambassadors”, representing His kingdom to the world. What a wonderful assignment!
We see in Jesus what we were intended to be before we chose our own way instead of His. In spite of the fact that Jesus never sinned, He was willing to give Himself up for us, paying the debt we could never cover. This is the most important thing we will ever learn – we can’t do it ourselves.
Jesus is not only our Savior, He is our example. Acts 17:28 takes it further saying “For in Him we live and move and exist.” We remember hearing in John 1 “In the beginning was the Word” and “through Him all things were made.” Jesus is the reason we exist at all and the only way we can be reconciled to the Father.
Loving Lord, we are thankful for the gift of Your Son, sent to save us. Bless us to be responsible ambassadors of Your kingdom and Your love. Amen.
