Life of An Ambassador | Dr. Myles Munroe

thank you for joining us for another power packed message provided by monroe global incorporated and monroeglobal.com we transform followers into leaders and leaders into agents of change we hope that this message is a blessing to you as you advance your life and discover your purpose now let's go into the message one of the things we need to remind ourselves is that a kingdom is not a religion the kingdom is a governmental authority influencing a territory but we talk about credentials because we are focusing in on kingdom representation so uh second corinthians chapter 5 is one of the foundation scriptures that we have been using and this is found in the 20th verse it says we are therefore christ ambassadors as though god was making his appeal through us there are a number of names or titles that that the word of god gives us uh one of the most important ones is the one that jesus himself gives us he calls us sons of god genesis uh is evidence of why we are sons of god we have a birth out of god's spirit in his image in john chapter 1 we find these words as many as believed on him to them gave he the power the word that means authority or authorization to call themselves sons of god so i want you to write that down son of god that's one title that we are sure jesus tells us to call ourselves sons of god he himself called himself son of god capital s and then he says we've been given authorization by him to call ourselves sons of god so we have the same qualification the same standards as christ he gave it to us another word that is used to describe us is the word saints so you can call yourself a saint the bible says that we are saints it's from jesus prayer jesus prayer is in john 17. he calls these statements he says sanctify them through thy truth thy word is truth paul therefore refers to the believer as saints saints means that which is set apart for a specific use so to sanctify means to set something apart for a specific use that means if you are a believer you've received the authority of christ in your life then you've been set apart for a specific use by the kingdom of god which makes sense an ambassador is a sanctified person they are set apart only to represent their government another word used to describe us in the bible is the word citizen citizen everybody say citizen write that down citizen is is a legal creature a citizen is a description given to a person who is who belongs to a state citizenship and i think this particular reference about us is one that i believe we we're going to focus on a little bit in this series next year on the kingdom but i do think that it's one that we need to appreciate a little bit more because the bible specifically says we as our citizenship is in heaven and i wanted to to give a little reference to that uh in the book of philippians philippians chapter 3. can we turn there for a minute i just want you to see it because sometimes you know people say well i hear a teacher talk about things or reference but i don't ever see it in the bible so let's read it where we see it in the bible a citizen is an important description given to to us by god uh philippians chapter three by the way are you about to see a connection to our session our last session just in this statement watch this philippians chapter three turn there get it all right look at verse 19 their destiny is destruction now he's referring to people who are not following the way of the kingdom so let's see now what he says about them their destiny is destruction their god is their stomachs or their belly the king james would say and their glory is in their shame and that's the way we used to be we used to live to eat that's where it's stomach there it's not just referring to food it's referring to materialism we should just live just to make a living just to get stuff to buy things to keep you know rent paid to keep mortgage payments their stomachs they are they are driven by survival and that's the way we were now watch this their mind is on earthly things remember we talked about that they are living according to the lower level kingdom their mind is on earthly things they now earthly things doesn't mean that the earth is bad referring to below heaven they live according to the systems below heaven that's why their glory is their shame so this group of people the way we used to live the way we used to be uh this is what we used to be when we didn't know any better and i want to say that he's referring not just to unbelievers he's referring to to religious people their mind is on earthly things they think about how to live according to the systems of the world look at the next statement but our citizenship is where now underline that please mark up your bible right here this is important he says but for you your citizenship is not even from earth our citizenship is in heaven i like the way it's written in heaven you know i just came back from england but when i was in england i had my passport with me and my passport never says this belongs to miles monroe if you read your passport it always says property of the bahamas government in other words the picture in this passport is of a person and that person does not belong to themselves anybody with me when you are a citizen you become property of a state [Music] clear clear so your passport is an indicator that you are not your own that's why it says every part the american passport the bahamas passport the jamaican about the haitian passport all the passports will say the same thing they will say property of the country you belong to the state so citizenship is a serious description of us so when i was in england guess where my citizenship was in the bahamas no matter where i travel i belong to the bahamas praise god so no matter where i am my citizenship is not where i am it is in the place i am from some of you are getting this here now look at where yours is from but our citizenship is not even on earth now we are on earth and genesis 1 26 becomes important in this statement now because the bible says let them have dominion over the earth even though they are from where i am god says they will function on this place but they are never to depend on the place for their survival so the verse before that read it their mind is on what earthly things he's another people who are not in the kingdom of god they survive by what they could get on earth or should i say from the earthly systems my god imagine waking up in the morning right and for the whole week you are in a place but don't belong there or you don't depend on your environment to live anymore you you don't i mean what freedom what freedom your citizenship is in heaven praise god now i want to read therefore this fourth description so we got oh by the way the bible never calls us you know jesus never does paul never does peter never does james never does john never does call us christians so we've adopted a name that was never given to us now the reason why i really have a problem with the term christian you know i mean you know i use it most of my life i was saved over 30 years but the reason why i have a problem with it is because it has become such a religious concept that is tough to call yourself a christian without being religious a citizen is not a religious creature citizenship is a legal creature citizenship is a result of a contract between a government and the people it's a contract that's why there has to be a constitution where there's citizenship are you with me it's very important so but put a a christian is the name that was invented by the pagans when they observed the lifestyle of these people who were kingdom people anybody with me it wasn't a it was a pagan perception of us well oh boy see the moment you become a religious person you are in the class for the other religions a buddhist believes in buddhism a hindu believes in hinduism a muslim believes in islam and a christian believes in christianity but now over here you got this group of people who are kingdom citizens okay let me try another way you can always identify a religious person i want you to get this please you when you when you see a hindu that's a hindu they get the mark on the forehead and they got the lag type in it see muslim that's a muslim see they got a little white cap and they got the long dress and you know even when they're in the bahamas in hot sun they say we're in a long dress and tie the face up okay so so a religious person is identified right away a christian you know them i love jesus pen hunk if you know jesus sticker big white bible you know looking ugly all the time i mean you know you know a christian you know a hindu you know a buddhist you know a muslim you know them but let me ask you a question do you know who is a bahamian i mean honestly think about it you don't see citizenship doesn't give you away you cannot attack something you can't find okay the hindus are fighting the christians right now in pakistan the muslims are fighting the christians in northern nigeria right now why they identify themselves they know who to fight but how do you fight somebody you can't identify that's why they couldn't even figure out who was jesus to crucify him that they use someone to pick him out do you see our problem you're an ambassador i like that everybody's ambassador praise god okay let's do a quick review an ambassador the bible says we are ambassadors of christ our citizenship is from heaven or in heaven which means that we are on earth representing heaven as ambassadors and we talk about ambassadors real quick let's review it an ambassador is what out loud a representative of the highest rank set by a state okay so that's what you are i want to stop thinking religion now you are a political appointee right secondly the ambassador becomes what the property of the state and embodies the state okay so right away you know what you are you are property of heaven even though you live on earth and you embody heaven okay thirdly say it out loud the primary responsibility of ambassador is what to seek the interests of his nation and influence the territory for his government now that's why you live every day you don't live now watch this it's important you don't live to make a living it's a paradigm shift got to take place right now god didn't give you birth to pay bills read that again read it out loud the responsibility of ambassador is what to seek the interests of his nation and to influence the territory for his government now that is why you were born let them have dominion over the earth for me god says this is important switch in your mind see most of your life is spent trying to pay bills don't lie to me you go to a job and you don't want to miss work because you don't want your pay cut and you go and you hope to get a raise you hope to get promotion why you want more money so you could buy more things so basically your life is built around what you could get with money look at that assignment it's completely opposite your only interest your only motivation should be to do what seek the interest of your nation and to influence the territory for your government now if that is your responsibility then guess who's supposed to take care of you naturally the government if they appointed you assigned you then they are responsible for you okay i'm gonna try something else is gonna be a little interesting watch this watch this everyone who runs in a political election that's a personal choice am i right come on think about it a person enters the political arena by their personal decision they decide to go there and make this f you know available okay guess what an ambassador doesn't and ambassadors usually mine someone is buying their own business and they get a phone call completely opposite the ambassador doesn't even it's not someone who's desiring position anybody with me because ambassadorial credentials are given by choice of the leader not choice of the ambassador i'm getting at something which means that once you are chosen you are free from the society oh i just said something deep see as long as you haven't been chosen as an ambassador you gotta run around trying to pay bills and keep bail you know keep things in the house and keep gas in the car and keep the right building because you see man you gotta survive but the moment if ever you get that phone call the phone call also is deliverance from the systems once you've been chosen by the king or by the president of the country once they appoint you they deliver you from worry some of you getting like a feeling here so you can see the point is to get chosen not to run for a seat religious people jive and jockey for position how much fights going on in the religious arena right now in the churches in your country think about the fighting fighting to be held fighting to be deacon fighting to be assistant pastor fighting to be in charge of the prayer behind fight and they might they're killing each other anyone trying to get position god is saying what is this mass that you all call church but in the kingdom of god once he appoints you he also at the same time pulls you out of the system and now the government is personally responsible for you are you getting it so you got to stop being a christian otherwise you got to pay your own bills what i'm trying to do i believe the lord has called us as a ministry to be one of the unique groups of people in the 21st century who will get it i believe we're going to get it some we're going to get it we'll say god and say wow i found a group of folks who got it and they're going to have diplomatic immunity [Music] chosen what's the last one the purpose of the ambassador is what diplomacy which is what financing do i pronounce it international relations okay get it that way so you can understand what it is the international kind of in your mind means go everywhere but the word means internation that means with nations between nations that's what an ambassador is okay so really your purpose as an ambassador is diplomacy diplomacy is relations between nations or kingdoms wow so all week you're supposed to be constantly checking the relationship between the kingdom of god and the kingdom of the world the kingdom of god and the kingdom in the world and make sure you don't slip into the kingdom of the world you gotta understand how to deal with the kingdom of the world you gotta learn the other kingdom so you can know how to relate to them sometimes we're so confused we're not sure which is which sometimes we've been in the kingdom of the world so long we're not sure are we still in it or not we've got to study the kingdoms the bible says be not ignorant of satan's devices he controls that other kingdom okay he's a prince of what darkness ignorance he controls that kingdom so we've got to know how to relate to the kingdoms of darkness and how to stay away from its influence all right okay we gave you a list of qualities of ambassadors let's go down real quick okay there's 14 i give you number one is what an ambassador is one out loud appointed by the king number two appointed to represent the state number three is committed only to the state's interest number four embodies the state or nation number five only speaks government's position number six is totally covered by the government number seven never becomes a citizen of the state he is assigned number eight can only be recalled by the king or the ruler number nine has access to all the nation's wealth and power number ten his goal is to influence the territory for the state number 11. all its needs are meant by the state number 12. he's totally protected by the government and number 13 he possesses diplomatic immunity and number eight number number 15 14 sorry he must remain in constant contact and communication with the government all right i want to remember that list that is your personal lifestyle for the rest of your life the list you get right now you could prune it put it on your mirror where you fix your feet here brush your teeth memorize this list and that is your right that's your list of rights that's ambassadorial privileges it's called diplomatic privilege that is how you're supposed to live with that consciousness right there now i want you to look at a reverse and let's talk a little bit about what ambassadorial appointment i like this every ambassador got to be appointed okay ambassadors are appointed and delegated authority and power to represent the government so they must be chosen by the king or the president or whoever let's read if this works in the scripture john chapter 15 verse 15 says you did not choose me jesus is speaking but i chose you and appointed you to go and bear fruit that word means productive fruit that will last then the father will give you whatever you ask in my name i want to stop right here and preach for three years can you believe that statement now i know you read that many times some of you have been reading the bible but you never understood that verse until now read the verse again look at the verse he says first of all no one voted you in and you didn't choose to become an ambassador see i told you uh you know when you run for a seat in government you make the choice but when it comes to an ambassador the government seeks you out and the government chooses you but look at the word jesus used appointed you also an appointment means that it was a 100 choice by the appointer hallelujah you know it doesn't matter what your background was where you was born what you did you know that god jesus has appointed prostitutes to change the world like rahab i mean you would think if you wanted to change the world you don't pick up a big mouth uneducated fisherman but you see the the king has that prerogative how many of you glad he chose you in jesus name now come on just say amen now you know man some of you are like me you know i'm born in vain town man you know i was born in a lowly situation but look when the king called for you you put on your best and you go god doesn't care what people think about you once he chooses you you become government appointee but look at the last statement man that thing blesses me it says now once you've been appointed and you decide okay i am going to be fruitful write the way down productive i am going to produce for my government now watch this the last statement says then my father guess what that is that's the one in charge of the warehouse i'm a shout oh jesus forgive me see see the the father is not on earth jesus never puts the father on earth he always puts them in heaven he said when you pray don't pray our father who's on earth because the father is where the warehouse is you all ain't got it everything he is where the headquarters is he is he is that he he's at home he's he's he's the chief in charge of the government he's in charge of government stores inventory he's man y'all say something he's in charge of all the stuff he says now look if you want to get the stuff out of the warehouse you gotta first be appointed and then start being productive and everything you need to carry out your assignment the father will make sure you get it that's government responsibility [Music] look how he tied whatever you ask to appointment okay you put it this way you don't just ask for anything read that carefully you have to ask what is necessary for your appointment oh lord have mercy if you are supposed to represent god in the world of business that's where he appointed you and he assigned you there then that means you got to be a successful business person so now you can ask the father for whatever you need for your business anybody getting this is it only me excited you see once you discover what his appointment is for your life then you've also discovered everything you need let me tie it to something else therefore prosperity is provisions for purpose see god ah man let me tell you something god isn't god doesn't want to give you five million dollars for you to buy a golf club and drive around a nice car wear fancy clothes some smoke a cigar you can't tell what you're talking about that's crazy god wants you to prosper based on what you need to do you ought to understand that's why most people are saying poor because what they have settled to do is so cheap it don't take much for god to meet the needs anybody understand that statement are you sure see if you said okay you just said okay all i want to do for god is this guys no problem not pay for that but if you ever discover your assignment it might demand 20 million dollars it may need that you it may require that you need a good car because of who you got to carry around for god so god will give you a good car not because you want a good car but because your status in your assignment requires you have a good one [Applause] so now it is no longer whether you could afford a car it's whether the kingdom could afford for you not to have one based on the assignment it gave you i'm a shout by myself so your wealth it's not a matter of you begging for money see there it is for you discovering the appointment first if yes gave you an assignment and it requires that you entertain a lot of people then god got to give you a big house see the big house is not for you and your children to walk around this big empty house it depends on your assignment you might not need a big house how many folks you know got a big house all the kids are going now now they got to sell it because the big house is too much to maintain they're going to go back and get an apartment and they got plenty money but they don't need the big house why because the big house is not for the person jesus lord when you visit an ambassador's residence go down there right now on west bay street the u.s bad boy he got a big house sprawling yard i mean acres i've been there many times and when we go there we go you know the united states uh uh july 4th celebration they invite dignitaries like myself we go we go there and they got the whole yard tents up and food everywhere big yacht i know hundreds of people walking around you know just sipping coke and thing you know and talking all these things talking i said i see why the mind needs a big god come on y'all didn't get it see because of his role they got to give him what he needs yes you might be living in a house that doesn't go with your assignment but you're so excited about this literary bed and bedroom house god's okay if that's what you want let me let you have it look at the read read the last verse read it read it read the last name read it again out loud read it go then the father then the father will give you whatever you ask once you are appointed then you activate the storehouse hallelujah this ministry see i don't think and worry about what we need once i discovered the assignment i knew what i have to get from heaven once you discover what you were born to do to be everything that you need to do it is now available so what do you ask the father for you ask the father for whatever you are appointed to do it's an ambassador to your neighbor i'm an ambassador now whatever you're dreaming whatever whatever god is making you dream that's an indication of your account you know it's looking you're all right scream man you don't understand what i see that's the problem you all ain't got it yet i said once you discovered what he telling you to do you've also discovered your account you could draw down why he wouldn't make you dream that big if the star house didn't have the stuff for you that's what i'm talking about [Applause] he says once you are chosen to point it then you can ask the father whatever you need so for this ministry we're asking the father for millions we got to build you know the leadership institute billions of dollars we got to build a christian resort and andreas has millions of dollars we got to build a it's a immediate set of millions of dollars we got to build a home for age people so they could teach in the school and die properly we got millions of dollars we got to get so i know how big the account is for our ministry it's as big as the assignment suppose i had to depend on your ties and offerings which goes with how you feel depending on how you feel that day you think god ever get his work done no way do you understand the minute you tap no suppose i depend on the banks lord have mercy suppose you depended on the charity of society to do god's work you see you right away you fell to the earthly systems but my citizenship is where in heaven remember the the the ambassador never becomes a citizen of the country he is in and number two he's always as wealthy as the country he is from hallelujah we got a young lady sitting in the back there she works for the u.s embassy i won't point it out because you know for various reasons but she will tell you you know everything is shipped in shipped in direct from america every shipped in whatever any shipped it they control the quality of food the people eating at embassy no contamination by the local country this is serious see the meat from the local people may be contaminated so they make sure the government sends the government inspected beef in other words god don't want you to get any money he wants you to get money that heaven had to stamp on my god shall supply all of my needs according to his riches in glory it's another place all together not according to what's going on locally in your economy this is going to be a good week for you i just feel it it's going to be a good week for you in jesus name now what does the turn in jesus name mean in the authority of the king you have a good week amen amen look at this next statement boy this one blesses me john 16 verse 14 ambassadorial statement now watch this all that belongs to the father is mine jesus speaking that is why i said the spirit will take from what is mine and make it known to you this is a serious government statement he's making now remember an ambassador is designed or appointed to represent his government so whatever the government knows it tells the ambassador jesus said look uh by the way let me describe jesus for you okay write this word down secretary of state secretary of state write this way down next to it minister of foreign affairs okay so in the parliamentary democracy we call that person minister of foreign affairs in the republic we call them secretary of state it's the same person in the bahamas we have a minister of foreign affairs in america we have a secretary of state it's the same person what is a secretary of state who is a minister of foreign affairs definition they are the chief ambassador write that down the chief ambassador they are the ambassador of the ambassadors they they are responsible for all the ambassadors so so jesus is jesus is an amazing physician he is savior so he saves the citizens then he is king so he gives them he is their big brother he gives them royal etiquette training but he's also secretary of state he is the chief ambassador he's the chief representative of god he is the son of the sons that's why he's king of the kings anybody following this now tie it to this verse watch this he's talking to his disciples not to the world just to his group you and i he says look all that belongs to the father is mine he's not talking about people he's talking about information he's talking about resources he's talking about power authority anointing whatever the father have he says it also belongs to me the government has put in my hands everything praise god the father has put everything in my hand i can't wait to get to where i'm going now read the next statement he says and i have turned it all over to you okay colin powell at the moment is the secretary of state for the united states he is the most powerful voice in america no for the whole nation of the united states he's the most powerful position when he speaks america speaks call in power now there are many ambassadors of the united states all over the world there's one here in the bahamas as well he is in charge of their ambassador now the person sitting back there working for the embassy will tell you that they get instructions not from bush is that amazing they get instructions from colin powell's office the state department this is important see we keep wanting to go direct to bush let me tell you something if an ambassador picks the phone up and bypasses colon trouble violate authority line of authority he's got to call the state department anybody following me jesus said look you don't go to the father direct [Music] you gotta call me first you gotta call my gotta get my name there first and once you get my name okay you need to go straight to the warehouse [Music] y'all ain't ready to shout yet [Music] colin powell gets all the information from president bush so he meets with president bush depending on whether he's traveling or not every morning for breakfast you read that in the newspaper all the time it's social guardian i mean in the in the magazine they say they have their their meeting every morning where they get to get every morning for breakfast if he's in america he meets with the bush with the president and they sit and the president and he talk about the state of the world state of affairs on what the president wants once he gets instructions from the president now he becomes the embodiment of the nation and he sends a circular she will tell you that every morning to all the ambassadors office they get this to circulate and it's all the up-to-date information the president just got gave the the secretary it's just like any other kingdom read it all that belongs to the father is mine he told me everything he says i'll tell you what i'm going to do i'm going to send you an m a memo every day you get a memo from jesus and i'm a shout here's what i want you guys to take over today here's what i want you to influence here's what i want you to do why don't worry about the money don't worry about the cost i got it all covered just seek ye first the kingdom interest verse and everything you need to be added hallelujah what a powerful statement all that is the father's is mine that is why i said the spirit will take from what is mine and make it known to you that's why you need the holy spirit hey i say the holy spirit write this down the holy spirit is the green form natural it works doesn't it the holy spirit is the one who is the communication link he keeps you in touch with the government constantly every day all day and he knows what's happening in the meeting matter of fact here's another word holy spirit write this down para cletus p-a-r-a-c-l-e-t-e-s now the word para cletus is the it's our modern word for secretary what does a secretary do in a board meeting take minutes that's the holy spirit's job he takes the minutes in the meeting every time the chief meets with the father they take minutes and then he reveals jesus said okay send the memo out holy ghost talks to everybody who's reconnected with him you supposed to know what to do tomorrow all day if you listen meditate holy spirit will guide you through the entire day he tell you even going to work don't go this way this morning go another way drive another i mean you listen to the secretary he knows the minutes he knows the plan for the day already that's why you got to spend time with him first thing every day get your memo it's not religion this thing is real praise god he'll tell you yeah go to the food store but not this one today yeah but god i see the gold rest of the foosa why you see because the memo says there's someone in that food store who got your money in their pocket and you got to meet them because that's the one they go into see some of you all been the wrong food store a long time and someone else got your blessing praise god because you ain't listening to the memo the spirit will reveal to you everything that i know jesus says oh boy look at the next statement and jesus said peace be with you john 20 21 just as the father sent me as an ambassador so send i you as an ambassador the same way the father told me everything that i'm telling you i'm telling you everything so you can tell them in the world just like the father sent me so send are you i'm a rep your rep i'm an ambassador you're an ambassador i got information now you got information what a wonderful relationship luke 22 28 this one i thought was interesting one of those secret scriptures you haven't read until now right this is in the bible it's in your bible jesus said to the disciples the word disciples mean students those in training ambassadors in training he says and i confer on you a kingdom just as my father conferred one on find that in your bible circle it please that's a powerful statement man confer confer a kingdom he doesn't just confer blessings see we keep running out the blessings we're talking about blessings he's given you the entire government have you noticed every time an ambassador comes to a country for the first time any country they first got to go and meet the head of the state and then they got to present them with their credentials they call it well there's your credentials right there you've been conferred on by the state of heaven through the authority of jesus the right to represent the kingdom of god for the rest of your life that means wherever you go you are not to be pushed around you deserve diplomatic courtesy man listen to me yo all this stuff about you know suffering for jesus on the job listen not over the day that over when you go to work you say excuse me now from now on let me tell you who i am here i'm no longer religious forgive me for being religious all these years messing you up i discovered my legal status from this day forward i want everyone to know if you ever want to know what's happening in heaven you can come and talk to me that's the announcement on your job if you want to see what heaven is like please observe my life everybody how's that for a tough assignment if you never if you ever need any assistance from heaven just come to my office if you sick my government got healing systems that are not limited to medication you can check with me at lunch and i'll fix you up if you're confused or know how to get things sorted out you don't know what to do in life my government has some systems of guidance and you come to me we'll work it out i'll show you how to know what to do i'll give you heavenly counsel he's conferred on me the kingdom this statement let me tell you about this statement so important because we think that jesus came to earth to confer a religion opposite he conferred a government on you you have a right to call yourself an ambassador your credentials now later on we're going to talk about proof of credentials but i'll give you a little preview the proof the proof of the credentials is the powers that the person has okay so how much credential does the the ambassador of the united states has in the bahamas he has the credentials of the powers of the united states government well jesus said he's conferred upon you the kingdom so how do you prove your credentials by your demonstration of the power of your government in your own life some of you can get it afterwards whenever they ask jesus who are you and how do we know your son of god he kept saying well i heal the sick i raise the dead i cleanse the leper i feed the ball i don't eat i did all these things i break bread he said the works that i do proves i am from the government man you only get it see if you broke all the time sick all the time depressed all the time frustrated all the time uh your credentials ain't working because based on what you claim to represent you ain't showing it can i hear an amen your credentials is when people are sick you lay hands on them and they get healed in jesus name now the reason why you don't pray for them is because you see you've been told by religion that only special people get that credential so you send them to benihan crusade that's your problem see you are religious all right here's a stuff statement if you go to see the ambassador of the united states about something and he sends you to colon power what do you think will happen to his job he get fired no he'll be recalled sorry am i right yeah in other words you don't send you don't send the person to your boss you handle it yourself man say something like that stop sending people to pass their mouths to pray for them tell them stop right here child i can take care of this why i've been conferred a kingdom the same one pastor mars got i got you got probably come and pray for you and pray for them in the name of jesus [Applause] [Music] hallelujah i am not the secretary of state i'm an ambassador too hallelujah all of us got to refer to the state department to get things done i gotta use the same name you use to get things done he's conferred on me a kingdom just like what the father conferred on me he says you know it's amazing all right let's go to the next one i want to show you this watch the scriptures the life of an ambassador i like this i want to kind of wrap up on some of this here the lifestyle of an ambassador has an interesting life uh give you just a few to kind of hang your thoughts on matthew 6 24 jesus said speaking to ambassadors no one can serve two masters either he will love the one and hate the other or hate the one love the other place would give my type in there i was late at night now i want you to see something here the first statement is important he says you cannot serve what two masses you cannot be an ambassador of two countries it never will happen in history so jesus is saying look you cannot represent heaven and earth you will confuse people if you did that because they ain't not sure who you speaking for anytime it's like people who claim to be believers but they're living like sinners are you with me you you know some of them right you used to be some of them on sunday use one person monday's different person he says look you're confusing me you can't serve two governments do you see how simple that is he's talking about representation he said you can't serve two masters two leaders two governments two kings one time they were talking to jesus about paying taxes remember taxes so they said uh you say you are from another kingdom should your disciples pay taxes to the kingdom of rome jesus well uh let me see my coin bring me some money so they bought the money to him he looked at it and he said whose images on that money they said caesar he said good he says so his image is on that that means that's his whoever image gods is on is god's he said look i am clearing my head about diplomatic relations when it comes to international relations i'm clear whatever caesar asked for must be his i'll give it to him but whatever god asks for you give it to him too and what's so interesting is caesar got his image on a coin god got his image on your whole life so you got double problems here now you gotta give your whole life to god [Music] you can't serve two masters cancer governments all right look at the next statement interesting matthew 6 25 i like this therefore i tell you ambassadors do not worry about your life what you will eat what you will drink or about your body what you will wear life is more than these wow now i'm still trying to figure this last statement out you know because you you and i would agree jesus must be a little bit confused he don't live in the bahamas or he don't live in america he don't live where we live because where we live life is about all those things listed am i right yes it is for most of the people in the world life is about food and clothes and rent and and and drink it's about getting this thing he says no no no for my people those things are not what you live for life is more than these praise god so and someone asks you so how you doing oh me i'm working for the government really which government is out of this world so what do you do oh i'm involved in diplomatic relations by this time now they're interested you know that what are you talking about well you see i live every day to represent my government in my territory and my assignment is to influence my territory with my government's precepts and principles what are you talking about that's why i have no worries and i have no pressure why because my government says i must never worry about anything what to eat what to drink what to wear how to live because my life is more than these things i have more exciting things to worry about in life than food and clothes and rent i'm worried about whether the influence of my government is happening where i am whether i'm being a good representative life is more than this the next statement here but seek ye first the kingdom of god he says and his righteousness and all these things will be what given to you as well as well seek ye first the kingdom of god and his righteousness last night when i was meditating on this i was meditating until about two o'clock this night and this thing jumped out at me and his righteousness right there down and his righteousness don't just seek the government but seek his righteousness what is righteousness right standing and positioning with an authority write that down what is righteousness right standing or right positioning with an authority it means to be aligned properly with an authority that's what righteousness means now read it again and put that definition in there seek first the authority of god and seek to remain properly aligned with it see the connection you see if you are not in good relationship with the government you can't demand nothing from the government if an ambassador is not in communication and fellowship with his government he can't represent the government so the two things you must seek first you must seek to understand and know like you're doing right now in this session to know the government to know your authority to know your rights you got to know the power of your government he said but also seek to stay in relationship with him listen if you sin that knocks you out of positions i want you to get this man that's why you know i'm afraid to say something because i sound like a blasphemer i'm gonna try this the bible doesn't talk much new testament about staying away from sin jesus hardly ever talked about staying around sin to the people he was talking about never talk about sin too much matter of fact the woman that was caught in adultery his words to her messes me up because he was even not on the cross yet and he said go and sin no more how could she do that without the holy spirit apparently he believed she could let me tell you something this is important you are supposed to be so busy you ain't got time to sing an ambassador supposed to be so busy doing his diplomatic work he ain't got time to be caught at the zoo could you imagine catching the u.s ambassador at the zoo two o'clock in the morning bumping it with somebody drinking liquor and smoking dope come on talk to me what would you think and we got saints sleeping in bed with people they're married to and singing in the choir the next day man what are you doing and then come and talk about you won't get blessed from the government you want privileges he said look don't just seek my power and my authority but seek to stay in relationship with me the reason why you don't sin is because you don't want to cut the green telephone line are you with me we shouldn't be discussing you know that's why you know if you say well y'all don't preach against it too much i shouldn't be preaching against sin in this church you ambassadors paul said this to the church many times paul says let not these things be named among you in other words we shouldn't even be discussing this he said amen the ambassador the minute you are appointed your lifestyle is supposed to change immediately you're shocking up you're on shock when you get born again you're unshot i admired you i'm out of here wow i'm under another authority i'm out of here you want to get married to me we call it off now i'm gone that's ambassador authority but we we don't want to seek righteousness and yet we want the privileges living right should not be something god got to keep telling you to do it is something you should find necessary and natural i don't sin why i can't afford to do it what an attitude it interferes with my diplomatic relationships seek to maintain good connection with your government that's what it means to be seek his righteousness nothing hit me last night we need to understand that this is not about you trying to stay away from sin you too busy if you get so busy doing righteousness you won't have any energy to sin thank you once 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Published: Sun Dec 27 2020