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Daily Devotionals
Grace for Today
2 Corinthians 5:20
‘We are ambassadors for Christ’
Read Matthew 10:27-42
It is true, preachers are just men. Like all other men, they sin, they make mistakes, they are subject to error and they are apt to offend people sooner or later. But if a man is truly a gospel preacher, called and sent of God, he has upon him a divine authority. He is God’s spokesman to men! This authority does not make the Lord’s servant proud and tyrannical, rather it causes him to tremble with reverence. And this fact will cause wise men to listen attentively and obediently to that man who comes with a message from God.
If God ever speaks to you it will be through a preacher. The days are over in which God spoke to men by angels, or in dreams. Paul said, ‘Faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God... and how shall they hear without a preacher?’ If the Lord sends one of his servants your way, you would be wise to hear him every time you have opportunity. God might have something to say to you.
The greatest blessing God can ever bestow upon a people is to send them a faithful gospel preacher. ‘How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace; that bringeth good tidings of good, that publisheth salvation, that saith unto Zion, Thy God reigneth!’ The preacher may or may not be learned, eloquent, polite, or handsome, but if he is God’s messenger it will be your greatest earthly blessing to have him in your midst and your greatest curse in this world to lose him.
Whatever you do to the King’s ambassador is done to the King himself. To hear him is to hear the King. To obey him is to obey the King. To honor him is to honor the King. To reject him is to reject the King.
God’s people will esteem God’s servants very highly in love for their work’s sake. Any man who brings you a message from God, who labors in the study of the Word that he may feed your soul with the precious truths of the gospel ought, for that reason, to be loved and honored by you. You should promote him, support him, defend him, love him, obey him and follow him.
