Welcome to the Diplomatic Service!. So from now on we regard no one from a worldly point of view....

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Welcome to the Diplomatic

Service!

So from now on we regard no one from a worldly point of view. Though we once regarded Christ in this way, we do so no longer. Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!

2 Corinthians 5:16-17

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All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation:

that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting men’s sins against them.

And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation.

2 Corinthians 5:18-19

We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us. We implore you on Christ’s behalf: Be reconciled to God.

2 Corinthians 5:20

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Ambassadors are appointed by their home country.

Ambassadors are accepted by the foreign government.

Ambassadors live in the foreign country

but are citizens of their home country.

Ambassadors officially represent their home country.

Ambassadors officially speak for their home country.

Welcome to the Diplomatic Service!

Ambassadors are appointed by their home country.

Ambassadors live in the foreign country

but are citizens of their home country.

Ambassadors officially represent their home country.

Ambassadors officially speak for their home country.

Welcome to the Diplomatic Service!

1. You are an ambassador for God. Live like it. Think like it. Talk

like it.

2. You have a singular message: Be reconciled to God!

3. You have a singular task: Helping others become ambassadors.

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Three Truths

Welcome to the Diplomatic

Service!