When giving opinions on the morality of our society, we do so from a place of authority. The question becomes from what authority are we speaking? Are we speaking as the one in authority and the moral judge or are we speaking as an ambassador on behalf of the One who sits as the Righteous Judge and has been given all authority?
An Ambassador of a nation doesn't get to pick and choose what they say but they are instructed concerning the issues and the stance they are to take by the One in authority.
The one who confesses Jesus Christ becomes an Ambassador of Christ. When we read the book of Romans are we reading Paul or are we reading the Holy Spirit speaking through Paul? When we read the Gospel of Matthew are we reading Matthew or are we reading the Holy Spirit speaking through Matthew.
We live in a time where there are pastors, teachers and prophets who are picking and choosing the Scriptures they like while dismissing the passages they don't because it fits their belief system.
If the word of God is not calling us to change our mindsets but we are using it to back up our own mindset then we are not walking as His Ambassadors but as the ones in primary authority.
Paul, when addressing Jews in Rome, said, "The Holy Spirit was right in saying to your fathers through Isaiah the prophet..."(Acts 28:25) Paul never spoke as the one in authority but always as an ambassador of Christ Jesus, the Lord.(2 Corinthians 5:20)
An Ambassador of a nation doesn't get to pick and choose what they say but they are instructed concerning the issues and the stance they are to take by the One in authority.
The one who confesses Jesus Christ becomes an Ambassador of Christ. When we read the book of Romans are we reading Paul or are we reading the Holy Spirit speaking through Paul? When we read the Gospel of Matthew are we reading Matthew or are we reading the Holy Spirit speaking through Matthew.
We live in a time where there are pastors, teachers and prophets who are picking and choosing the Scriptures they like while dismissing the passages they don't because it fits their belief system.
If the word of God is not calling us to change our mindsets but we are using it to back up our own mindset then we are not walking as His Ambassadors but as the ones in primary authority.
Paul, when addressing Jews in Rome, said, "The Holy Spirit was right in saying to your fathers through Isaiah the prophet..."(Acts 28:25) Paul never spoke as the one in authority but always as an ambassador of Christ Jesus, the Lord.(2 Corinthians 5:20)
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