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.

1. 2 Corinthians 5:14-15
New International Version (NIV)
For Christ’s love compels us, because
we are convinced that one died for all,
and therefore all died. And he died for
all, that those who live should no longer
live for themselves but for him who died
for them and was raised again.

2. 2 Corinthians 5:16-18
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,
the new creation has come: The old has
gone, the new is here! All this is from
God, who reconciled us to himself
through Christ and gave us the ministry
of reconciliation:

3. 2 Corinthians 5:19-21
that God was reconciling the world to
himself in Christ, not counting people’s sins
against them. And he has committed to us
the message of reconciliation. 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. God made him who had
no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we
might become the righteousness of God.

11. 7+ years
Planted:
•ISU
•Rose-
Hulman
•St. Mary’s

12. New Ministry Calling
Illinois State University
Illinois Wesleyan University
Heartland C.C.

13. Prayer Requests
Forming 8 Member Staff Team
Raising Prayer Partners
Raising Budget:
•$1,720 Monthly Support + $8,200 cash

14. Thank you!!!
Thank you!!!Thank you!!!

15. Christ’s Ambassadors
2 Corinthians 5:14-21

16. V21 “For our sake he made
him to be sin who knew no
sin, so that in him we might
become the righteousness of
God”

17. For our sake what?
The Gospel
“he made Him to be sin
who knew no sin”
Psalm 40

18. Jesus became 2 things for our sake:
Jesus became man
John 1:14
“and the Word became flesh…”
Hebrews 2:17a
“Therefore He had to be made
like His brothers in every respect”

19. Jesus became 2 things for our sake:
Jesus became man
Jesus became mud/sin
Galatians 3:13
“Christ redeemed us…by
become a curse for us…”
Romans 5:1

20. V17 “Therefore, if anyone is in
Christ, he is a new creation.
The old has passed away;
behold, the new has come”

21. We have a new ID…
We have a Gospel ID

22. Genesis 1:27
“So God created man in His
own image, in the image of
God He created him; male
and female He created
them.”

23. V20 “Therefore, we are
ambassadors for Christ”

24. Details of an Ambassador
Authority
An ambassador is empowered
by the one that they represent

25. Romans 8:31
“if God be for us, then
who can be against us?”

26. Matthew 16:18-19
And I tell you, you are Peter, and on
this rock I will build my church,
and the gates of hell shall not prevail
against it. 19
I will give you the keys of
the kingdom of heaven,
and whatever you bind on earth shall
be bound in heaven, and whatever
you loose on earth shall be loosed in
heaven.”

27. Details of an Ambassador
Authority
Intelligence
Not only given Jesus’ authority
but also His mind

28. 1 Corinthians 2:16
“For who has understood the mind
of the Lord so as to instruct Him? But
we have the mind of Christ”

29. 2 Corinthians 11:3
“But I am afraid that as the serpent
deceived Eve by his cunning, your
thoughts will be led astray from
a sincere and pure devotion to
Christ.”
1 Corinthians 14:20
Brothers, do not be children in your
thinking. Be infants in evil, but in your
thinking be mature.

30. Romans 12:1-2
I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by
the mercies of God, to present your
bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and
acceptable to God, which is your
spiritual worship. 2
Do not be
conformed to this world, but be
transformed by the renewal of your
mind, that by testing you may discern
what is the will of God, what is good
and acceptable and perfect

31. Details of an Ambassador
Authority
Intelligence
Motive
2 Corinthians 5:14
“for the love of Christ controls us”

32. 1 Timothy 2:4
“(God our Savior), who desires all
people to be saved and to come to
the knowledge of the truth.”

33. Details of an Ambassador
Authority
Intelligence
Motive
Mission
Jesus’ Mission = Reconciliation

34. “God has reconciled Paul to himself
and has given him the mission of
reconciliation. Paul acts out of that
which he has received. He
accomplishes in the world only that
which has been accomplished for
the world by God in Christ.”
Mark Seifrid. Pillar Commentary

35. As Jesus’ Ambassador
We have Jesus’…
Authority
Intelligence
Motive
Mission

36. How to live as an ambassador
Grow in your Gospel ID

37. God is Great…so I don’t
have to be in control
God is Glorious…so I don’t
have to fear others
God is Good…so I don’t have
to look elsewhere for my
satisfaction
God is Gracious…so I don’t
have to prove myself
Tim Chester. You Can Change

38. How to live as an ambassador
Grow in your Gospel ID
Enable others to receive & grow
in the Gospel

40. How to fight as an ambassador
Prayer & Intercession
Intentional Relationship Building
Strategic Planting of the Gospel
Ferocious Farming

41. How to live as an ambassador
Grow in your Gospel ID
Enable others to receive & grow
in the Gospel
Put your resources into action

42. Everyone:
Prays
Gives
Goes
If you are not descending into the
darkness, then you are holding the
ropes of those who are