The summer between my son’s eighth and ninth grade he
traveled to thirteen countries as a student ambassador with a group of other
teens. Leading up to that trip there
were meetings for logistical purposes, but also meetings to explain and train
them as to the meaning of being a student ambassador for our country. They were going to be representing the United
States so a certain standard had to be presented to them as an example. One of the principles shared was one that
taught them that while in that country their rights were few as visitors. They had to embrace the fact that they were
simply visitors allowing the character of the US to be revealed in their
actions.
Because the flawless perfect Lamb climbed up on that cross
we are reconciled to God. Jesus Christ
died to His own rights, agenda and entitlements so that we could approach God
in purity and righteousness. Because the
cross stands empty, we have been given a voice by receiving Christ as our
Savior. We have died to our own
spiritual country and have been given a standard to show the character of
Christ in a fallen world. We are no
longer residents of a flesh society but citizens in the society of Christ. ‘…you
are no longer foreigners and aliens, but fellow citizens with God’s people and
members of God’s household.’ Eph 2:19.
Just as the student ambassadors operated as one body showing
their character, we too are called upon to operate as one voice in our
ambassadorship in Christ. We cannot
receive God’s grace in vain, meaning we cannot accept the gift of reconciliation
and still live for self. By accepting a
citizenship in one country we lose all rights in the other country. We cannot be residents of both.
To which country are you a resident?
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