Pastor's Message

  • March 19, 2008

    Ambassadors of Favor

    In Luke 4:18-19, Jesus Himself declared that His mission was to bring the favor of the Lord to all humanity. He was a direct representative of the Father, and as such, He always did His Father’s will. In this passage, Jesus clearly outlines the Father’s will: to give hope to the poor, freedom to the captive, and sight to the blind. The Father wants us to be completely whole—body, mind, and spirit—and Jesus came to proclaim that message and make it possible through His death and resurrection.

                Second Corinthians 5:20 says that we are ambassadors for Christ, and in that role we are called to tell a lost world that the year of the Lord’s favor has come. As we represent Him, we must be careful to portray Him accurately and to operate in the right spirit. As you go through your daily activities, remember that you may be the only witness for Christ in someone’s life today. Let the favor of the Lord in your life speak of His goodness and His love for the World.