What is an Ambassador. How to represent the Kingdom of God to friends and other people.

1. BECOMING AND AMBASSADOR

2. AMBASSADOR [AMˈBASƏDƏR]
WIKIPEDIA - DICTIONARY
1. an accredited diplomat sent by a country as its official representative to a
foreign country.
• "the French ambassador to Portugal"
• synonyms:
• envoy · diplomat · ambassador extraordinary · ambassador plenipotentiary · plenipotentiary ·
consul · attaché · chargé d'affaires · emissary · legate · (papal) nuncio · representative ·
deputy · ambassadress
2. a person who acts as a representative or promoter of a specified activity.
• "he is a good ambassador for the industry"
• synonyms:
• campaigner · representative · exponent · promoter · proponent · advocate · champion ·
supporter · backer · upholder · protagonist · booster

3. AMBASSADOR
1: an official envoy
• especially : a diplomatic agent of the highest rank accredited to a
foreign government or sovereign as the resident representative of
his or her own government or sovereign or appointed for a special
and often temporary diplomatic assignment
• She's the American ambassador to Italy.
• 2a: an authorized representative or messenger
• b: an unofficial representative
• traveling abroad as ambassadors of goodwill

4. AMBASSADOR
• An ambassador is an official envoy, especially a high-ranking
diplomat who represents a state and is usually accredited to
another sovereign state or to an international organization as the
resident representative of their own government or sovereign or
appointed for a special and often temporary diplomatic
assignment.
• The word is also used informally for people who are known,
without national appointment, to represent certain professions,
activities and fields of endeavor such as sales.

5. AMBASSADOR
• an important official who works in a foreign country representing
his or her own country there, and who is officially accepted in this
position by that country:
• The UK's ambassador in Moscow has refused to comment.
• She's a former ambassador to the United States.
• Late last night, the French ambassador was summoned to the
Foreign Office to discuss the crisis.
• At that time, Sir Jeremy Greenstock was the British UN
ambassador (= represented the United Kingdom at the United
Nations).

6. EXAMPLE OF DEDICATION
OF TWO AMBASSADORS
• Previously to the attack of Japan to Pearl Harbour, Joseph Grew was the
Ambassador of the United Stated to Japan.
• Kichisaburo Nomura, was the Japanese Ambassador to the United States.
• Both ambassadors were well aware of the danger of a coming war and they work
hard to properly represent the interests of their own countries, knowing both, the
weakness and strengths of each nation.
• Both did their best to convince their governments to change policies to avoid war.

7. JOSEPH GREW,
AMERICAN AMBASSADOR TO JAPAN IN 1941
• Pearl Harbor Warning – America’s Ambassador to Japan Raised the Alarm That War Was
Coming. Why Was He Ignored?
• “Neither Roosevelt nor Hull took Grew’s warnings at face value. To them, like most
Americans, it seemed inconceivable that the small island nation of Japan would directly
attack the United States.”
• Grew knew otherwise. He’d spent almost 10 years as America’s envoy to the Empire of the
Rising Sun. The principal cause of the mounting crisis were the economic sanctions the
United States had imposed on Japan in an effort to curb Tokyo’s military aggression in
China. Washington’s trade restrictions were crippling the Japanese economy, and the White
House assumed that they would eventually bring Japan to its knees.
https://militaryhistorynow.com/2019/10/21/pearl-harbor-warning-americas-ambassador-to-
japan-raised-the-alarm-that-war-was-coming-why-was-he-ignored/

8. KICHISABURŌ NOMURA,
JAPANESE AMBASSADOR TO USA IN 1941
• After World War II, Nomura denied that he knew that the attack would take place.[6]
Nomura and Kurusu had to decode the radioed message personally of Japan's
breaking off the negotiations with the United States, which, given the circumstances,
practically meant war since it had been sent from Japan on Monday, December 8,
and it was received while the embassy's technical support staff were still on their
Sunday holiday. Nomura stated that to be why he had been unable to deliver the
message until after the actual attack had taken place.[7] In his memoirs, Hull
credited Nomura as having been sincere in trying to prevent war between Japan and
the United States.[8]
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kichisabur%C5%8D_Nomura#:~:text=Kichisabur%C5%
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9. AMBASSADORS
FOR CHRIST

10. • 2 Corinthians 5:20
• New King James Version
• 20 Now then, we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were
pleading through us: we implore you on Christ’s behalf, be
reconciled to God.

11. • Ephesians 6:20
• New King James Version
• 20 for which I am an ambassador in chains; that in it I may speak
boldly, as I ought to speak.

12. • Luke 14:23
• New King James Version
• 23 Then the master said to the servant, ‘Go out into the highways
and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be
filled.

13. • 2 Corinthians 5:11
• New King James Version
• 11 Knowing, therefore, the terror of the Lord, we persuade men;
but we are well known to God, and I also trust are well known in
your consciences.

14. 1/2
• Representing Christ today
• We must know the central message of God’s kingdom and how to
respond to the obstacles and questions on our diplomatic
mission.
• Our knowledge must use the kind of wisdom that makes our
message clear and persuasive.
• Our character must be such to make our mission successful.
• Our lives must show the virtues of the kingdom we serve.

15. QUALITIES

16. LET’S COMPARE THE ABOVE QUALITIES
IN JESUS AS A MODEL AMBASSADOR.
THEN, LET’S SEE OUR ABILITIES, AND
PREPARE OURSELVES TO DO BETTER.

17. PATRIOT
• Merriam-Webster: One who loves
and supports his or her country.
• Therefore, we must dedicate time
and effort to know the things of
heaven.
• Knowing then, we can defend our
citizenship and make know to
others the benefits of this heavenly
homeland.
• Philippians 3:20 — The New King
James Version (NKJV) 20 For our
citizenship is in heaven, from which
we also eagerly wait for the Savior,
the Lord Jesus Christ,
• Philippians 3:20 — New Century
Version (NCV) 20 But our homeland
is in heaven, and we are waiting for
our Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, to
come from heaven.

18. LOYAL
• Mathew 16:14-16 Berean Study
Bible
• Peter's Confession of Christ
• …14They replied, “Some say John
the Baptist; others say Elijah; and
still others, Jeremiah or one of the
prophets.” 15“But what about you?”
Jesus asked. “Who do you say I am?”
16Simon Peter answered, “You are
the Christ, the Son of the living
God.”…
• Merriam-Webster: Unswerving in
allegiance: such as
• a: faithful in allegiance to one's lawful
sovereign or government
• We are loyal to King Jesus.
• b: faithful to a private person to whom
faithfulness is due
• Jesus, the lover of our souls.
• c: faithful to a cause, ideal, custom,
institution, or product
• Faithful to bible principles.

19. COMMUNICATOR
The authority to speaks is given to us.
We are commanded to go, to get active
in communicating the Good News.
To immerse people in the fullness of the
Godhead.
Teach the things that Jesus has
commanded us.
We need to know what Jesus has
commanded us, otherwise we will never
excel in this task!
• Matthew 28:18-20 NKJV
• 18 And Jesus came and spoke to them,
saying, “All authority has been given to
Me in heaven and on earth. 19 Go
[a]therefore and make disciples of all
the nations, baptizing them in the
name of the Father and of the Son and
of the Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to
observe all things that I have
commanded you; and lo, I am with you
always, even to the end of the age.”
[b]Amen.

20. MEDIATOR
• John 8:3-9 BSB The Woman Caught in Adultery
3 The scribes and Pharisees, however, brought to Him a woman caught
in adultery. They made her stand before them 4 and said, “Teacher, this
woman was caught in the act of adultery. 5 In the Law Moses
commanded us to stone such a woman. So what do You say?” 6 They
said this to test Him, in order to have a basis for accusing Him. But Jesus
bent down and began to write on the ground with His finger. 7 When
they continued to question Him, He straightened up and said to them,
“Let him who is without sin among you be the first to cast a stone at
her.” 8 And again He bent down and wrote on the ground. 9 When they
heard this, they began to go away one by one, beginning with the older
ones, until only Jesus was left, with the woman standing there.

21. AFFABLE
• John 8:10-11 BSB The Woman Caught in Adultery
• 10 Then Jesus straightened up and asked her, “Woman, where are
your accusers? Has no one condemned you?”
• 11“No one, Lord,” she answered. “Then neither do I condemn
you,” Jesus declared. “Now go and sin no more.”

22. • Luke 7:44-50 BSB; 44 And turning toward the woman, He said to Simon,
“Do you see this woman? When I entered your house, you did not give
Me water for My feet, but she wet My feet with her tears and wiped them
with her hair. 45 You did not greet Me with a kiss, but she has not
stopped kissing My feet since I arrived. 46 You did not anoint My head
with oil, but she has anointed My feet with perfume. 47 Therefore I tell
you, because her many sins have been forgiven, she has loved much. But
he who has been forgiven little loves little.”
• 48Then Jesus said to her, “Your sins are forgiven.” 49But those at the table
began to say to themselves, “Who is this who even forgives sins?” 50And
Jesus told the woman, “Your faith has saved you; go in peace.”
CULTURALLY AWARE

23. EXPERT
Matthew 22:41-46 BSB
41While the Pharisees were assembled,
Jesus questioned them: 42“What do you
think about the Christ? Whose son is He?”
“David’s,” they answered.
43Jesus said to them, “How then does
David in the Spirit call Him ‘Lord’? For he
says:
44‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at My
right hand until I put Your enemies under
Your feet.”
45 So if David calls Him ‘Lord,’ how can He
be David’s son?”
46No one was able to answer a word, and
from that day on no one dared to question
Him any further.

24. DIPLOMATIC
• Was Jesus a Diplomatic?
• I will absolutely say YES.
• He came from a Kingdom that is not from this world.
• He introduced His Kingdom not just to the elected, but to the non people as well,
the gentiles.
• He came to invite, not to conquer.
• His weapons were love, forgiveness, compassion, empathy, sympathy.
• Willing to the end to take our place upon himself.

25. NEGOTIATOR
• Hebrews 8:6 But, as a matter of fact, the ministry which Christ has
obtained is all the nobler a ministry, in that He is at the same time the
negotiator of a sublimer covenant, based upon sublimer promises.
(WEY)
• Hebrews 9:15 And because of this He is the negotiator of a new
Covenant, in order that, since a life has been given in atonement for
the offences committed under the first Covenant, those who have been
called may receive the eternal inheritance which has been promised to
them. (WEY)
• Hebrews 12:24 and to Jesus the negotiator of a new Covenant, and to
the sprinkled blood which speaks in more gracious tones than that of
Abel. (WEY)

26. •Next week.
•Who is a prophet?
•What a prophet does?
• Can I become a prophet?

27. •Thankyou for your participation.
•Marco Lafebre,
•Learning to Prophesy.
•marcoantoniolafebre@gmail.com