We are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were making an appeal through us

 Good morning.  So God has committed to us the word of reconciliation; therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were making an appeal through us; we beg you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God. Ambassadors represent a country/kingdom. They speak on behalf of the leader/monarch. When they speak, it is as if the leader/monarch is speaking. There is an interesting observation about Paul saying “we beg you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God“. Since Paul is writing to the church at Corinth, one would assume that he is writing to believers. Why would he be begging believers to be reconciled to God? We now come to another interesting verse. The word “sin“ can be either a noun or a verb. In this verse both times that it is translated “sin“ it is a noun. He made Him who knew no sin “to be” (these words were inserted by the translators so that we would not think that the next use of “sin“ was a verb; that is, that God made Jesus to commit sin) sin, so that we might become the righteousness of God in Him. Sin died on the cross that we might become God‘s righteousness. This is the reason we celebrate the birth of Christ. The shepherds in the field did not understand what it was all about; Mary and Joseph did not understand what it was all about; the magi might’ve had a glimpse, but they too did not fully understand what it was all about. May you awaken tomorrow filled with the glory of His kingdom!

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