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 "question": "What does it mean to be an ambassador for Christ?",
 "answer": "Ambassadorship is the believer's relationship to unbelievers. God has given us the ministry of reconciliation so that we might serve as ambassadors of Christ, and our responsibility is to urge men to be reconciled to God. Jesus Christ came to Earth to seek and save that which was lost; He began that ministry in the flesh, and He continues it in us.\n\nThe office explains itself. An ambassador does not appoint himself - we are appointed by Christ. An ambassador does not support himself - God supplies all our needs. An ambassador is not a citizen of the country where he is sent - we are citizens of Heaven. An ambassador has his instructions in written form - we have the Bible. And an ambassador cannot take insults personally, because he is accountable not to the country he serves in but to the One who sent him.",
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  "What is the role of Christians in the world as described in the Bible?",
  "How do biblical ambassadors get their instructions and what does that mean for their service?",
  "Why does being an ambassador for Christ mean not taking insults personally and to whom are we accountable?"
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 "author": "Gene Cunningham",
 "book": "The Basics",
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