And He came and
preached peace to you
who were afar off and
to those who were near.
For through Him we
both have access
by one Spirit to the
Father. Now, therefore,
you are no longer
strangers and foreigners,
but fellow citizens
with the saints
and members of the
household of God,
having been built on
the foundation of the apostles
and prophets, Jesus
Christ Himself
being the chief
cornerstone, in whom the whole building,
being fit together,
grows into a holy temple in the Lord,
in the home you also
are being built together for a
dwelling place of God
in the Spirit.
Ephesians 2:17 -- 22
This
preaching of peace was a message of glad tidings, as the Greek word indicates
and can also be translated simply a message, but this was a special message for
was the message of glad tidings. This
glad tidings was peace could be had by anyone from afar are more from those who
are near. What does this peace mean and
how can it be worked out any person's life?
It is simply this that by the one Spirit we have access to the
Father. You're no longer a stranger or
a foreigner but you are a fellow citizen with saints and who are now a member of
the household of God. This is also due
to one fact that the apostles and prophets set forth the foundation so that you
can become one member of the household of God.
The pillar stone, the chief cornerstone, is Jesus Christ Himself for you
all are one member that makes up the whole building or temple of the Lord and
it is in this temple where the Spirit of God dwells. Contemplate for a moment on this fact: you are the temple of God
and it is in this temple that the Holy Spirit dwells. Therefore, how should you protect this temple? How should this temple be viewed by
others? By your protection to ensure
that temple is viewed by others as the temple of God how then should do
manifest your life before others? This
temple, you, is where the Holy Spirit dwell and if we are not keeping this
temple then we are bringing impurity upon the Holy Spirit Who is there to guide
our lives. There is a responsibility
placed upon us and we must not shirk this responsibility even though it may
cause hardship or persecution. We are
the representatives of God and of his only begotten son the Lord Jesus Christ
who came to be seen God's children and as one of God's children we take this
responsibility seriously. As a child of
God we are called to serve Him and we serve because we have been saved we then
commit to the Lord Jesus Christ and to His claims and this committal must come
to a person before it can be activated by that person so that He will commit us
to the Spirit’s power for service. Why
did God call anyone? The calling of God
is made up of two parts: 1. The
calling. 2. The sending. You have
been called and you have been order to go.
We first respond to the call by becoming disciples, that he is this
learning time, a time in which you will be made into an ambassador, or simply
an apostle, one being sent for to serve the sender. We began by receiving what God has to offer through his holy Word
the Bible it is when we read this word that we feel the touch of Lord upon us
and we dedicate our life to Him. We
receive practical training and we become ambassadors were messengers of Jesus
Christ and we become prepared to propagate the truth and we seek to bring this
truth and impart it to others. As a
temple of the Lord or the Holy Spirit dwells that we have this promised Holy
Spirit who will aid us in our mission as an ambassador for it is by Him we
receive a source of wisdom, comfort and strength. Let me ask this question: are you too proud to be called an
ambassador of Jesus Christ? If so how
can you expect to become a prince His kingdom? Are you just waiting until you
get to heaven and then everything will be bestowed upon you? God has not chosen
those who are necessarily of highly educational learning, no, he has chosen the
foolish things of this world and it is by those foolish things that the world
is confounded his chosen the weak things of the world to show His mighty
strength and power and this is done through His children who are His
temple. You are a delegate, a
messenger, one who bears a commission and has the commissioner's authority and
by this authority as the representative of Jesus Christ you are to bring to the
world, your world, this message of salvation.
Has the
culture of this world so influenced you that you seek to be successful in this
world according to be way this world views success, or are you attempting in
every way to be successful as the representative of the One who has saved you?
Let's get this one thing straight; God does not care about how successful you
all are in accordance with how this world views success. We must go out into this world and make a
living for ourselves and our family and if you are successful in doing this
that isn't good, but that is not the best good, for the best good is when you
are acting as what you have commissioned to be by God and His calling and his
sending. We work to make a living but
we also work so that we can become His representatives in every way possible,
starting at home, teaching our families, studying, praying, and then allow your
faith to be seen in your works and that works is to bring to this world that
good news message and that is what you have been commissioned to do and to be
as His ambassador. Watch has the
priority in your life? God or worldly
success? Only you can answer that
question. Praise God for those to whom
he has commission He will also be there to aid them in this work.
Whatever my eyes desired
I did not
keep from them.
I did not withhold my heart
from any
pleasure,
and this was my reward from
all my
labor.
Then I looked on all the works
that my
hands had done
an ongoing labor in which
I had
toiled;
and indeed all was vanity and
grasping
for the wind.
There was no profit under the sun.
Ecclesiastes 2: 10 -- 11
Prepare now to be God's ambassador
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