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June 19, 2025 9 mins

Imagine having a job where you had to try to convince people of something you yourself didn’t really believe. That’d be a tough gig don’t you think. And yet that’s how many a Christian feels when it comes to telling others about Jesus. Because if they themselves haven’t experienced the powerful difference that He can make in their lives – on the inside – how can they possibly tell others about Him?

One of the things that we know is, that you and I we are what we eat. So if what we do is pig out on chocolates, man I love chocolate, but we know that too much is bad for us. And fatty foods and sweet and sugary drinks and lots of cakes and sweets, all that stuff, if we pig out on that stuff then who we are on the inside is going to change.

We're going to put on weight. Our emotions will take a down swing, that's what too much sugar does. We become lethargic and tired and won't be able to cope. Our heart will have to work harder to get the blood around the larger body and our coronary arteries are going to get clogged up and the sugar will go up in our blood. On and on and on the list goes.

The impact is that we have less of life to live now because we're always tired and not feeling well and our life expectancy is going to be reduced. On the other hand, if we get a great mix of healthy cereals and grains and brightly coloured vegetables and lean meat, all that stuff which actually tastes fantastic, the complete opposite is going to happen.

What happens on the inside has a huge impact on what happens on the outside. Who we are on the inside, whether it's physically, emotionally or spiritually, has a huge impact on who we are on the outside. And the up shot of it all is we simply can't be one thing on the inside and try to be something else on the outside. You know what? It just doesn't work.

This week and next week on the program we're having a bit of a chat about living our lives out here on earth as ambassadors of Christ. Because that's what anyone who believes in Jesus is called to be. We are citizens of heaven, not of this earth and as Paul the Apostle writes, 2 Corinthians chapter 5, verse 20:

We are ambassadors for Christ since God is making His appeal through us.

But as I said, you can't be one thing on the inside and pretend to be another thing on the outside. You can't be Swedish on the inside and pretend to be the Indian ambassador on the outside. We can't be the devil on the inside and pretend to be an angel of light on the outside. Well maybe we can for a while but I suspect it's incredibly hard work carrying on that sort of a deception and it doesn't take long for who we really are to make it's way to the outside. As Jesus Himself said:

It's out of the heart that evil intentions, murder, adultery, fornication, theft, false witness and slander actually come. (Matthew chapter 15, verse 19)

So if we're going to be ambassadors of Christ then first we have to be citizens of heaven on the inside. Just as the Indian ambassador has to be Indian and not Swedish on the inside. Interesting how God talked about this through His Prophet Ezekiel to His people. He talked to them about what was going on in their hearts. Have a listen, Ezekiel chapter 18, verse 31:

Cast away from you all the transgressions that you have committed against me and get yourselves a new heart and a new spirit. Why will you die O house of Israel?

A new heart. I think we know what God means but that’s not so much an expression that we use these days. The expression we might use is a change of heart. You and I know what that means. Unless something happens deep inside our hearts on the inside we can't change on the outside.

But you know there have been issues, transgressions, sins in my life that try as I may I couldn't change my heart myself. I'm guessing you've had t

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