Who do you think you are?

WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE?—1

AMBASSADORS

* WHEN YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE, YOU’LL KNOW WHAT TO DO.

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come! 19…And [God] has committed to us the message of reconciliation. 20We 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.21God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God. 2 Corinthians 5:17, 19-21

WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE?

* YOU ARE AN AMBASSADOR SENT BY GODFROM HEAVEN TO EARTH.

AS CHRIST’S AMBASSADOR

* YOU WERE NOT ELECTED BY PEOPLE BUT CHOSEN AND APPOINTED BY GOD!

You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you to go and bear fruit — fruit that will last… 19As it is, you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world.John 15:16, 19

But the Lord said to Ananias, "Go! This man is my chosen instrument to carry my name before the Gentiles… Acts 9:15

* YOU NEVER REPRESENT YOURSELF. YOU ALWAYS REPRESENT GOD.

For I have come down from heaven not to do my will but to do the will of him who sent me. John 6:38

I may seem to be boasting too much about the authority given to us by the Lord. But our authority builds you up; it doesn't tear you down. So I will not be ashamed of using my authority. 2 Corinthians 10:8 NLT

We are therefore Christ's ambassadors, as though God weremaking his appeal through us. We implore you on Christ's behalf: Be reconciled to God. 21 God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God. 2 Corinthians 5:20-21

TALK IT OVER

· Discuss what being “in Christ” really means. You may want to search for that phrase in the book of Ephesians for ideas.

· When a person accepts Christ, what about them would you expect to be new and different?

· If you don’t feel like an ambassador, what will you do this week to step into that truth?