Harold and Suzanne Carmen, Lizzie Carrico, and Teregi and Ann Coleman close out our series on The Kingdom of God with a message about representing this Kingdom as Ambassadors.


THE KINGDOM OF GOD: AMBASSADORS

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. (2 Corinthians 5:20-21)

• What does being an ambassador of the Kingdom of God look like in your life?
• How do we tend to regard people from a worldly point of view? What does it mean to not do that?
• What can take our focus off of the mission and off of our ambassadorial role?

John 6:66-69

• What made so many disciples of Jesus turn back?
• What were you rescued from to become a Christian?
• What role should gratefulness play in our lives as disciples?
• In what ways do I allow God to fill me with gratitude?

Philippians 3:10-11

• What does it mean to participate in Jesus’ sufferings?
• How does suffering affect our opinion about God?

John 15:16, 19

• How does knowing who you are help you know what to do?
• What would make the world hate Christians?

John 6:38

• How can we focus on representing Christ wherever we are?
• How can we, as ambassadors, take the focus off ourselves?
• What can prevent us from letting ourselves be used by God?