International Christian Fellowship

Group Bible Discussion

October 7, 2006

The International Christian as

an Ambassador to the Nations

     Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech

     you by us: we pray you in Christ’s stead, be ye reconciled to God.

  1. What is the secular meaning of Ambassador?

    2. "Ambassadors are ministers of the highest rank, with plenipotentiary authority to represent their head of state."  (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ ambassador) "A person invested with full power of independent action" – (Oxford Dictionary)

  2. What is the Biblical meaning of Ambassador? (2 Cor.5:20)

  3. What is the mission of Christ’s Ambassadors? Cor.5: 18-20

  4. Who commissions the Ambassador? (Mark 16:14,15)

  5. Who qualifies to be an Ambassador? (John 3:3,5)

  6. What are the roles of Christ’s Ambassador?

    (Matt. 5:14-16, Mark 16:15, 2 Tim. 2:15, 1 Peter 1:15,16)

 7. What is the scope of the mission?

 8. How important is the mission of the Ambassador?

    (John 3:36, Romans 10:13-15)

 9. Who is the Ambassador accountable to?

    (Rom. 14:12; 2 Cor.5:9-10))

10. How can one be an effective and good ambassador?

    (John 15:4-8, Acts 1:8, 1 Thess. 5:17)

11. What is the result of being a good Ambassador?(John 15:4,8)

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