2 Corinthians 5:17-21 (NIVUK)
17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: the old has gone, the new is here! 18 All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation: 19 that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting people’s sins against them. And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation. 20 We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us. We implore you on Christ’s behalf: be reconciled to God. 21 God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.
Selina not only discovered the joyous truth of reconciliation to God through Christ, but also our calling to be Christ’s ambassadors, imploring and seeking to persuade others to be reconciled. She dedicated her life to bringing this message to those around her. As A.N. New wrote, ‘Her drawing rooms in Town were crowded with doctors, poets, philosophers, statesmen, lords and ladies, where the great truths of religion were discussed and her Ladyship not infrequently astonished those present by the clearness and force of her views of truth.‘
This is our task too, our job description and position – take some time to consider who and how can you reach out to with this wonderful invitation.
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