Ambassadors of Reconciliation.....

We are therefore Christ's ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us. II Corinthians 5:20a

Mr. Anonymous in a thoughtful comment to a post a couple of days ago was reflecting upon what it means to be a "witness" for Christ. In II Corinthians 5 Paul helps to fill in the blanks when he discusses the ministry of reconciliation. Paul makes it clear that since we (the redeemed) have been reconciled to God through Christ....God now has given us this ministry of reconciliation. As Christ's ambassador, God makes his appeal through us. So much for our comfortable position of Christianity being solely a "private" decision. We cannot divorce our responsibility to a lost and dying world behind our overly privatized conception of the faith. "As God's fellow workers we urge you not to receive God's grace in vain" (II Corinthians 6:1a). Did you hear it?..... as "God's fellow workers"..... Oh dear.