Lesson 1 Ambassadors For Christ
II Corinthians 5:20 (Amplified Bible says that "We are Christ's Ambassadors, God making His appeal as it were through us. We (as Christ's personal representatives) beg you for His sake to lay hold of the divine favor (now offered you) and be reconciled to God.
I would like to call your attention to what the Apostle Paul said by the inspiration of the Holy Spirit. We are "Christ's Ambassadors." I don't know if you ever gave much thought to that scripture,but I want you to think about it for a moment. Put aside your doubt for a moment and think clearly about what that means. If you are an ambassador for Christ (and the Word says you are), then you represent another Land of Kingdom, right? Stop and think about that for a minute. We have ambassadors from the United States who are in a lot of different countries of the world. They live there, but they're not of those countries. They are there to look after the interests of the United States and they have what is called "diplomatic immunity" ? Why is it that we would find it so hard to believe that we (as ambassadors) would not have diplomatic immunity here as well?
John 17:14-22 (Amplified) Read these scriptures carefully and see if what Jesus said in prayer doesn't bear out what Paul preached in II Corinthians 5:20. Jesus said that "we are not of this world just as He was not of this world." If we are not of this world, then where are we from? Ephesians 2:6 (Amplified) tells us "He raised us up together with Him and made us sit down together (giving us joint seating with Him) in the heavenly sphere (by virtue of our being) in Christ Jesus (the Messiah, the Anointed One).
When I say we have diplomatic immunity, I don't mean that the laws of the land don't apply to me. I still have to obey the speed laws, to stop at stoplights or steal or rob people. What I am saying is that the thing Satan used to rule over us before Jesus, no longer applies in the life of the born-again believer.
Our ambassadors from this nation are exempt from prosecution by the countries they are in. If you come against an ambassador of the United States, then it's an act of war against the U.S. In the event that you do come against the ambassador, you have come against the nation he represents.
We just recently had an event in Benghazi where our Ambassador was killed. The Commander and Chief of our military did nothing about it (for what reason I'm not sure), but it could have been war against Libya. If you come against the kingdom he is from and all the might and power of that kingdom can come to bear against them. In John 18:36 (Amplified) Jesus said to Pilate, "My Kingdom (kingship,royal power) belongs not to this world." In John 19:10-11 (Amplified) Pilate asks Jesus "Will you not speak (even) to me? Do you not know that I have power (authority) to release you and I have the power to crucify you?" verse 11 Jesus answered, "You would not have any power or authority whatsoever against (over) me if it were not given to you from above."
Jesus (as an ambassador) from the Kingdom of Heaven had full diplomatic immunity from this world.
1 John 4:17 (Amplified) says "In this (union and communion with Him) love is brought to completion and attains perfection with us, that we may have confidence for the day of judgement (with assurance and boldness to face Him) because as He is, so are we in this world."
As you read this (and before you read the next lesson), I want you to think (with the mind of Christ) about what I'm going to teach in these next lessons. We will go through a lot of the scriptures and put down in plain English (by the Word) what I'm saying. You will have a chance to accept or reject what I say. But, you can't change the truth of the Word.
Jesus (as the ambassador of the Kingdom of God) had authority over gravity, over weather, over sin, over sickness, over death, and over all the power of the enemy. He had power to lay down His life, and He had the power to take it up again.
You and I, as believers, have more than you know!
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