Believers are expected to be active ambassadors for Christ and ministers of reconciliation, spreading the gospel to a lost world.
Les Feldick teaches that God has committed the word of reconciliation to believers, who are to live as citizens of Heaven in a foreign land. Since God has left His Word in human hands rather than angels', believers must be ready to share the gospel whenever He opens a heart and provides an opportunity. Because the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men, this message is to be proclaimed broadly and urgently.
2 Corinthians 5:19-20 — God has committed to believers the word of reconciliation and calls them ambassadors for Christ.
Romans 10:14-15 — Faith comes by hearing, so someone must preach the gospel for people to believe.
Titus 2:11 — The grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men, so the gospel is for everyone.
Scripture says that God has committed to believers the word of reconciliation. In 2 Corinthians 5:19-20, Paul writes that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto Himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them, and that believers are ambassadors for Christ who plead with others to be reconciled to God. Romans 10:14-15 shows the necessity of human messengers: how shall they believe in Him of whom they have not heard, and how shall they hear without a preacher? Titus 2:11 adds that the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men, making the gospel a message for everyone.
Les Feldick emphasizes that every believer is expected to be an ambassador for Christ and a minister of reconciliation. He points out that God has intentionally left His Word in the hands of human beings rather than angels, so believers are the ones to share these truths. While no one can win a lost person until the Lord opens their heart, believers must be there with the truth of Scripture when that happens. Les says the gospel is not to be forced on people, but believers should be ready to speak when the Lord gives an opportunity, and they should be so skilled in the Word that God can use them to present the plan of salvation to anyone who is searching. He also teaches that a genuine believer will naturally have a burden for lost family, friends, and neighbors, because that is why God has left us here.
Les Feldick explains that God has seen fit to leave His Word in the hands of human beings, not angels. Every believer, he says, is expected to be a minister of reconciliation and an ambassador for Christ, representing the message of reconciliation to a world that is foreign territory to our heavenly citizenship.
Les Feldick teaches that there is nothing a believer can do to win a lost person until the Lord opens their heart. Even so, believers must be there with the truth of Scripture when God does open a heart, so the gospel is still essential to the process.
Les teaches that believers are to let the world know that everything has been done for them to be reconciled to God. The gospel message is that Christ died, was buried, and rose again, and that whoever believes that God raised Him from the dead will be saved. This is the message of the word of reconciliation committed to believers.
Les Feldick does not advocate grabbing people and forcing the gospel on them. Instead, he says that when the Lord gives an opportunity, believers should be ready, as Scripture says, to give the hope of their faith. He also urges believers to become skilled enough in the Bible that God can use them to present the gospel to anyone who is searching.
Grace Has Appeared to All Men
Les holds up Titus 2:11 to show that God's saving grace has already appeared to all men, not just a few, which means believers have a reason to take the gospel to everyone.
God Leaves His Word in Human Hands
Les explains that God did not appoint angels to evangelize; He left His Word with believers, who as ambassadors are to bring people to reconciliation with God.
Every Believer a Minister of Reconciliation
Les teaches that every believer is expected to be an ambassador and minister of reconciliation, and that lost people cannot believe until they hear the gospel from a proclaimer.
Gospel Hidden from the Lost
Les explains that the gospel is hidden to those who are lost, which is why believers must persist in trying to enlighten unbelievers.
Be Skilled to Present the Gospel
Les encourages believers to become skilled in Scripture so God can use them to present the gospel to anyone searching for the plan of salvation.
A Burden for Lost People
Les says true believers will get busy and have a burden for lost family and neighbors, and that God left us here to constantly remind lost people that salvation is by faith.
Ready When the Lord Opens a Door
Les teaches not to force the gospel on anyone, but to be ready when the Lord gives an opening and to share the simple gospel that Christ died, was buried, and rose again.
Ambassadors of Reconciliation
Les teaches that believers are citizens of Heaven in a foreign land and are ambassadors carrying God's message that the world has been reconciled to Him, a message entrusted to us.
2 Corinthians 5:19: To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation.
This verse shows that the message of reconciliation has been given to believers.
2 Corinthians 5:20: Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ's stead, be ye reconciled to God.
This defines the believer's role as an ambassador urging others to be reconciled to God.
Romans 10:14: How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher?
This shows that hearing from a human messenger is necessary for faith.
Romans 10:15: And how shall they preach, except they be sent? as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things!
This confirms that preachers and proclaimers must be sent to carry the gospel.
Titus 2:11: For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men,
This shows the gospel is for all people, not a select group.
1 Corinthians 15:3-4: For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:
This is the core gospel message believers are to share.
2 Corinthians 4:3: But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost:
This explains why the gospel can seem hidden to those who are lost.
Les Feldick teaches that every believer is expected to be an ambassador for Christ and a minister of reconciliation. This means sharing the gospel with those who have never heard or understood, rather than leaving the work to a few professionals.
Les explains that nothing can win a lost person until the Lord opens their heart, but believers must be there with the truth of Scripture when that happens. God's design uses human messengers, since people cannot believe without hearing the gospel.
Les says not to force the gospel on people, but to be ready when the Lord gives an opportunity to give the hope of your faith. The gospel to share is that Christ died, was buried, and rose again, and that believing this brings salvation.
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