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Study leader reference - not a definitive answer
Question 6
When Christy unpacked identity terms—ambassadors of reconciliation, fellow workers with God, priests/temple, members of God’s household—what do these reveal about God’s intention for ordinary believers (not just leaders), and which identity is hardest for you to actually believe is true about you when you look at your weekly life?
Another way to ask: What do these titles (ambassador, fellow worker with God, priest/temple, member of God’s household) say about what God wants for regular believers, not just leaders? Which one is hardest for you to believe fits your real life week to week?
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Direct Answer
The transcript presents these identities as active, mission-shaped roles given to “anyone… in Christ,” not a spiritual elite: ordinary disciples represent Christ, work with God, become the place where others meet God, and belong to Jesus’ own family. The hardest identity to believe will vary, but Christy emphasizes all of them are true because they flow from being “in Christ,” not from personal competence.
- Ambassadors: in 2 Corinthians 5 she reads, “we are ambassadors for Christ… God making his appeal through us,” and says, “You… are the plan for reconciliation… through Christ.”
- Fellow workers: she cites Paul calling believers “God’s fellow workers,” “working together with God,” not “sent out… on our own.”
- Temple/priests: she reads 1 Corinthians 3, “you’re God’s temple,” and Ephesians 2 about being built into “a holy temple… dwelling place for God.”
- She explains temple meaning: “meeting place between heaven and earth… when people want to meet God… they come to the church and to God’s people.”
- Household: Jesus calls disciples “brother and sister and mother” (Matthew 12), showing closeness and belonging.