You're not just a citizen of the Kingdom of God, you've been given a title: Ambassador Read / Listen Listen to passage & devotional: Heidelberg Catechism Q&A 38 Q. Why did he suffer “under Pontius Pilate” as judge? A. So that he, though innocent, might be condemned by a civil judge, and so free us from the severe judgment of God that was to fall on us. Summary The focus of 2 Corinthians 5 is reconciliation. Our sin has separated us from God, but those who confess their sins are reconciled to God, they are forgiven in Jesus Christ. Once reconciled, we become ambassadors for Jesus, that is, we represent Jesus in this world that we live in as exiles. We tell the world that we were once dead in our sin, but Jesus has set us free. Jesus died on the cross so that we could live. This passage is a beautiful invitation to live into the freedom we have in Jesus. Our freedom is not for our own personal gain, but for Christ, our redeemer! After all, And Christ died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves, but for him who died for them and was raised again (v15). Dig Deeper The passage ends this way a few verses later in v21: God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God. Yesterday we looked intently at Jesus’ innocence. Today we turn to our own guilt. Jesus was innocent, so He is the one person who has ever lived who did not deserve to die. So why was He crucified? Jesus was crucified due to our sin. God’s plan for salvation required satisfaction, and you cannot pay the price for your sin. No offering you sacrifice can atone for your sin. Just as your sin separates you from God, it condemns you to eternal punishment. Jesus took your sin on himself so that God’s wrath could be satisfied. He was the perfect sacrifice, offered once on the cross, for your sins and salvation. Through this amazing act of love, Jesus, who was unjustly condemned, became sin so that you might become the righteousness of God. This is why you are implored to be an ambassador for Christ. You should have been punished by God, but in Jesus, you've been given new life. This gift is available to all who call on the name of the Lord. It is your duty, as a child of God, to make him known to a sin filled world. You were condemned. In Jesus, you are given freedom. Let the world know what Christ has done! AAA Prayer (About) ACKNOWLEDGE WHO GOD IS: Our Father, who reconciled us to Himself through Christ and then gave us the ministry of reconciliation ALIGN YOUR LIFE WITH GOD'S WILL: Pray for the strength, desire and opportunities to be the ambassador of reconciliation that you've been called to be. ASK GOD FOR WHAT YOU NEED: Read the New Testament in a year, a chapter a day - Matthew 6

honors and glorifies Him; ASK GOD FOR WHAT YOU NEED: Read the New Testament in a year, a chapter a day - Revelation 21

Read / Listen Listen to passage & devotional: Heidelberg Catechism Q&A 21 Q. True faith is not only a knowledge and conviction that everything God reveals in his Word is true; it Dig Deeper True faith is knowledge and conviction that everything God reveals in his Word is true.

Father and has been anointed with the Holy Spirit to be: our chief prophet and teacher who perfectly reveals

John 3:19–21 (NIV) 19 This is the verdict: Light has come into the world, but people loved darkness instead does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that their deeds will be exposed. 21

sure to model the eager desire to "hearken unto the the voice of the LORD's word," just as the angels revealed carry out God's will; ASK GOD FOR WHAT YOU NEED: Read the New Testament in a year, a chapter a day - Revelation

It’s one of the ways God reveals Himself to us - one of two mentioned in Psalm 19: General revelation in creation (vv. 1-6), and Special revelation in God’s Word (vv. 7-11).  Only Special revelation reveals the Good News of the Gospel; It's through Special revelation that we can better interpret General revelation.  And this Good News of the Gospel in Special revelation goes out by the preaching of God’s Word. 

21  The wicked band together against the righteous and condemn the innocent to death. 22  But the LORD Article 10 & 11 - Assurance Despite Doubts Accordingly, our assurance does not derive from some private revelation beyond or outside the Word, but from faith in the promises of God which he has very plentifully revealed Dig Deeper   Almost everyone, whatever their level of Biblical literacy, is familiar with the Beatitudes Today: Revelation 5

establish you in accordance with my gospel, the message I proclaim about Jesus Christ, in keeping with the revelation of the mystery hidden for long ages past, 26  but now revealed and made known through the prophetic of true believers and saints, and about their assurance of it— a teaching which God has very richly revealed This gospel that was a mystery but is now revealed and made known through the prophetic writings - God Today: Revelation 22

21  “Caesar’s,” they replied. They revered this Law so much that they had developed a complex web of secondary laws designed to keep How much wouldn't we revel in being able to stiff our ungodly governments who so often use our tax dollars Today: Revelation 4