We too are ambassadors of the king. Paul says in 2nd Corinthians 5: ‘Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, God making his appeal through us’. Paul is speaking there as an apostle. Today, a verse like that applies primarily to ministers. But there’s also a sense in which it applies to every believer. We’re all ambassadors for Christ. God the […]

The chapter begins by telling us about the death of a king we haven’t heard of since way back in 1st Samuel 11 and 12. Those chapters tell us that the threat posed by Nahash was one of the reasons why God’s people wanted a king in the first place. Sure enough, Saul’s first act as king is to defeat […]

Have you ever spent time with two different people in quick succession. Seeing the two of them in a short space of time highlights just how different they are. It’s not that you need to see the two people in the same day to realise they’re different, but seeing them side-by-side just highlights it. God has given us a contrast […]