Sunday Celebration Service

Contagious Christianity – Part I

Sunday, September 6, 2009 (Labor Day)

Ambassadors for Christ

IICorinthians 5:18b-20 – “…We are Christ’s ambassadors…”

Ambassador (def.) – a diplomatic agent of the highest rank as the resident representative of their (king); an authorized messenger

         To be an ambassador of Christ is the greatest honor

The job of an ambassador is to…

1.    Serve as a _______________

Vs. 20 – “We are Christ’s ambassadors, and God is using us to speak to you.”

Romans 10:14 - Who are you God’s messengers to?

2.    Serve as a ____________________ (“resident agent”)

Vs. 20b – “We urge you, as though Christ himself were here pleading with you, ‘Be reconciled to God!’”

We show God’s heart for others through our care and concern

3.    Serve as a ______________

Diplomat (def.) – someone skilled in bringing two parties together

Vs. 18b-19a – “And God has given us the task of reconciling people to Himself. For God was in Christ, reconciling the world to Himself, no longer counting people’s sins against them.”

We must commit ourselves to being the best diplomats we can