the only thing they represent is their selfish
will as they travel through life. To understand
your divine responsibility and how to truly
represent Jesus Christ, you must learn Jesus.
He said, Learn of me (Matthew 11:29). That
means “know me,” and the only way to truly
know Jesus is through the divine teacher, the
person of the Holy Ghost.
Many businesses will conduct seminars to
train their employees how to represent and
conduct business in the community. For the
same reason, Jesus has sent the Holy Ghost
into this world to teach children of God how
to properly represent Jesus and do business for
Him. While on Earth, Jesus was an ambassador
for His heavenly Father. He did His Father’s
whole will and always represented Him in perfection.
Jesus told Philip, He that hath seen me
hath seen the Father (John 14:9). He was saying,
“When you have seen me, you have seen
my heavenly Father’s love, grace and power in
operation. You have seen mercy and compassion
at work, and you have seen holiness and
righteousness on display.”
Jesus Was the Perfect Ambassador
When Jesus was just 12, He was a working
ambassador for His heavenly Father. He was on
His own in the temple for a time, yet He was
surrounded by doctors and lawyers who were
amazed at His wisdom and knowledge. His
mother and Joseph searched Jerusalem for Him
for three days; and when they finally found
Him, He said, How is it that ye sought me?
wist ye not that I must be about my Father’s
business (Luke 2:49)? If a 12-year-old boy can
understand and feel the responsibility towards
God to represent Him, how much more so
should men and women in Christ?
But when he Jesus saw the multitudes,
he was moved with compassion on them,
because they fainted, and were scattered
abroad, as sheep having no shepherd. Then
saith he unto his disciples, The harvest truly
is plenteous, but the labourers are few; Pray
ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that
he will send forth labourers into his harvest
(Matthew 9:36–38). Today, we are being sent
by the Holy Ghost to work in the harvest fields
of God with the same urgency that Jesus did
when He was on Earth.
Jesus said, I must work the works of him
that sent me, while it is day: the night
cometh, when no man can work (John
9:4). Night will soon fall upon this world,
and judgment will soon come forth from the
heavens; so we must work the works of Him
who has sent us.
The heavenly Father walked with Jesus into
the valley of human needs and answered His
prayers, and the Lord is walking with the Bride
in the same way as she goes forth to do the
whole will of the Father. The Bible teaches that
we are to represent the Lord to people the right
way—to be truthful, honest, pure and give a
good report.
Be About God’s Business
In business, it is vitally important to establish
trust with those you do business with;
and children of God must maintain a certain
level of confidence with sinners. How?—by
your Jesus testimony. If you don’t have a
good testimony with sinners, they will lose
confidence in you; and you will lose influence
with them. Then they may categorize you
as a hypocrite thinking, “There is no difference
between them and me, so why do they think
they’re going to Heaven and I’m not?” Many
so-called Christians throughout the years have
tarnished God’s business.
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