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How to Conduct Ourselves as Ambassadors for Christ
(Copyright 05-21-2025) by David F. Maas (Charlotte, North Carolina) To the members of God’s church in Philippi, the apostle Paul writes, “For our citizenship is in heaven” (Philippians 3:20). While some may spiritualize this fact away, Paul’s words come across as literal and real to those who understand that God has called us out of this world (John 15:19) and transferred us into His Kingdom (Colossians 1:13). Having our citizenship in the Kingdom of God by definition makes us aliens in the physical country in which we live. Like ambassadors of a foreign government, we cannot participate in the politics of another country, a practice […]
Cleansing Ourselves from Hidden Sins
(Copyright 2022) by Zac Poonen (Bangalore, India) It is very easy for a believer to be ignorant of his true spiritual condition if he does not live before God’s face. This is clear from the rebukes that the Lord gave to the leaders of the seven churches in Revelation. To the messenger (elder) of the church in Laodicea, he said, “You do not know that you are wretched, miserable, poor, blind and naked” (Rev. 3:17). “Everything that is in Jesus is ours – all His purity, all His goodness, all His patience, all His humility etc.” God allows different situations to arise in our […]
Coming to an End of Ourselves
(Copyright) by Zac Poonen (Bangalore, India) It is only when we have come to a thorough end of ourselves, that we are ready to come to the Lord. Jesus invited people saying, “Come to Me, all you who are weary and heavy-laden” (Matt.11:28). Jesus does not invite everyone to come to Him. Here we see Him inviting only those who are sick and tired of their sin-defeated lives. The prodigal son came back to his father only when he had “spent everything” and “no man gave him anything”. Then only did he “come to his senses” (Luke 15:14-18). We can […]