| OUR NEW MINISTRY Someone has written: "The simple meaning of these verses can be summed up in six words: God reconciled us to reconcile others." That is the work God has given us to do. We have the message the world needs. This is every Christian's ministry. It belongs to all of us - everyone. Christ gave the same command, the same charter, to His disciples: "You shall be my witnesses." Our reconciliation to God should also lead others to be reconciled to God. What did Paul say we are? "Christ's ambassadors." What is an ambassador? He is one who represents his government in a country other than his own. He must always give a good representation. He can only say what his government wants him to say. He must do it politely and with dignity. His behaviour must be above reproach. Any wrongdoing will reflect on his government. He has a mission and he must see that the mission is fulfilled. What is our position? We are Christ's ambassadors. We have a message to deliver. We have a mission to accomplish. We have a Master to represent. We have a ministry to perform. Our lives too must be above reproach or else we will bring shame to the name of Christ. We have an important position. We have a strategic task. Can we think again of the message we have to deliver? Here it is spelled out clearly in verse 21: "God made Him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God." The roadblock to God and to heaven has been removed. Sin has been dealt with in the person of Christ, God's Son. When do men need to hear this message? When do they need to believe? The answer is in the words of chapter 6 verse 2: "I tell you, now is the time of God's favour, now is the day of salvation." What responsibility does that lay on us as Christ's ambassadors? GOD RECONCILED US - TO RECONCILE OTHERS. | 
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