Christ's Ambassadors
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During the founding of our Country, the story is told of Benjamin Franklin taking a work break from writing the new Constitution and stepped outside the meeting room. A lady stopped him and asked what kind of government they were designing. Franklin answered, “A Democracy, if you can keep it.” What they designed was a unique document that protected the citizens from their government. It protected from government interference “Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness”. It even went to the point of documenting the people’s right to practice their religion without government interference. Many other individual rights were spelled out. This set into motion the most unique experiment in self government in the history of man. Franklin’s comments were prophetic. It looks from where we stand today, man was not able to “keep it”. Over the years different people have fought over political control of man’s thoughts and behaviors. Men has not been able to take full advantage of the opportunities to be free. In a few short years, man had used the guaranteed freedoms to destroy (give away) many of our promises.
God’s AMBASSADORS need to recognize and be prepared to “...destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God.” (2 Corinthians 10:5) and the forces that oppose them. When we answer the call to be AMBASSADORS, (born again children of God) we need to be careful and take warning that there are opposing forces to our witness. Who they are and where they are coming from should be part of our preparation. Bottom line, our witness is part of the age old battle of “Good and Evil”. Whenever we find organized resistance to our witness, we should look for Spiritual involvement.
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From what we see around us, we can conclude our beloved country is going in the wrong direction. We have felt safe while Christians around the world have been suffering incredible religious persecution. It is catching up to us. There is a growing cooperative relation between the government and several private groups to repress any Christian expression.
Openly practicing our faith is under attack. God has appointed His believers to be His ambassadors to this world and has called us to stand up and defend the faith (1 Peter 3:15; 2 Corinthians 5:20).
This book examines the forces that resist our openly witnessing for the faith. We will examine the world, the flesh, and the Devil and look at their interaction with man. Hopefully, we will open a supportive dialogue between ambassadors.
Dr. Edward Jones is a seventy-five-year-old man living in a senior complex in central Florida. He led an active life prior to 1995 when he became disabled. Writing replaced preaching. In addition to his books, he writes for the Crossroads Bible Institute and is chairmen of his church’s prison ministry. He brings to his writing a unique balance between the spiritual and the secular. His books reflect the interplay of the two. Other books include Come up Hither and The Joy of Fellowship.
Christ’s Ambassadors is his third book. All his books reflect his deep commitment to Biblical inerrancy.
About the Author
Edward has earned a BA in psychology from Syracuse University; a MSW in counseling from Adelphi University; a MAR in Bible study from Liberty University; a PhD from Christian Bible College, where he wrote his dissertation on 1 John; and completed two years of Bible study at the Bible Institute of Liberty University. Edward’s vocational background has included being a psychological counselor, prison chaplain, charter member of the Academy of Christian Counselors, and working with law enforcement.