You're not just somebody on their way to heaven if you've accepted Christ.

You're somebody God wants to use on earth.

Dr. Tony Evans, talking about the divine assignment believers have been given.

Our job is to represent a king and his kingdom in a culture that is collapsing.

This is the alternative broadcast featuring the timeless biblical teachings from the archives of Dr. Tony Evans.

We're in the world for a reason.

Today, Dr. Evans points out that when believers start paying more attention to their role as ambassadors for Christ,

they'll begin to see the Lord move more definitively in their lives.

Let's join him, as he explains.

When Peter writes these Christians, he calls them beloved, that is, fellow saints.

He wants to talk to them about their responsibility and their role as kingdom representatives.

Jesus said in Luke chapter 22, verse 29, he said,

My father has given me the kingdom and I give it to you.

So kingdom responsibility was handed to Jesus,

which is why when he was on earth, he said,

the kingdom of God is at hand.

Then he took his disciples and he prepped them to become kingdom representatives.

And so they set the stage for the building of the church of God's people

so that there would be this legacy, this transfer of kingdom representatives in the culture. And so he first of all wants you to know who you

are. I mean, notice the language he uses in verse nine. He says, you are a chosen race. In other words,

you have been especially selected for this duty. God didn't just save you

for heaven. He saved you for a duty on earth. And you have been chosen, selected, elected,

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