One of the most difficult things that we as Christ-followers are called to do is to view everyone as a precious child of God. No matter how vile or repugnant we find the person that is before us we have to acknowledge that to God they are truly precious and that His greatest longing is to obtain a deep and meaningful relationship with them. God has called us to be His advocates/ambassadors in working to reconcile these lost souls to a relationship with God, that is further complicated if we allow our human prejudices, emotions, and judgment to get in the way.
I will confess that I all too often fall short of this calling, but what we must do is confess that we have fallen short, then get up dust ourselves off... and try again.
Be a blessing to someone today!
In Christ,
Roy
2 Corinthians 5:16-21 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
16 From now on, therefore, we regard no one from a human point of view;[a] even though we once knew Christ from a human point of view,[b] we know him no longer in that way. 17 So if anyone is in Christ, there is a new creation: everything old has passed away; see, everything has become new! 18 All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ, and has given us the ministry of reconciliation; 19 that is, in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself,[c] not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting the message of reconciliation to us. 20 So we are ambassadors for Christ, since God is making his appeal through us; we entreat you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God. 21 For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.
Footnotes:
a) 2 Corinthians 5:16 Gk according to the flesh
b) 2 Corinthians 5:16 Gk according to the flesh
c) 2 Corinthians 5:19 Or God was in Christ reconciling the world to himself
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