Continuing Michael's message, he says that according to 2 Corinthians 5, we have been called as ambassadors for Christ. An ambassador is the highest-ranking government official sent by his Sovereign Lord to a foreign nation to represent His homeland. Our mission is to reconcile people back to God through His Son Jesus Christ. Reconcile means to bring together that which has been separated. According to 2 Corinthians 5:17 “Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation…”
As ambassadors, our commission is to bring a peace treaty from our homeland in heaven to our host country. Part of the armor of God in Ephesians 6 is, “having your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace.” Beautiful are the feet of those who bring glad tidings of peace. Peace is the result of reconciliation. This spiritual peace means the end of all strife and contention between God and man. There is no peace without the Prince of Peace, Jesus Christ. The ministry of reconciliation is our mission and our commission. Reconciliation is possible only when we meet each other at the foot of the Cross.
What is the good news of the gospel? According to Mark 1:14, “Now after that John was put in prison, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God, And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel.” According to the Gospels, the good news is “Repent, turn away from yourself and to the Lord Jesus Christ.” Romans 10:9-10 says, “That if you shall confess with thy mouth, Jesus is Lord, and shall believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you shall be saved.” The good news is salvation through Jesus Christ, our Lord.
The good news of the gospel is that God’s salvation through Jesus Christ is at hand. The good news of salvation is that God is both just and loving. Our sins were atoned for and were paid for by the innocent blood of Jesus Christ. We are forgiven and have been redeemed by the precious blood of the lamb, not because we deserved it but because God loved us. For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. He has called us as Ambassadors with beautiful feet to deliver this message from our homeland, the kingdom of Heaven. We are called to reconcile people back to him. Therefore, we pray to you in Christ’s stead, be reconciled to God. “How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that brings good tidings, that publishes peace; that brings good tidings of good, that publishes salvation; that says unto Zion, Thy God reigns!”
In other words, preach it brothers and sister … Go Give ’em Heaven!!
May God richly bless you.
Your brother in Christ, Michael
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