{"id":40960,"date":"2022-08-28T21:50:19","date_gmt":"2022-08-28T21:50:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/broadnews\/?p=40960"},"modified":"2022-08-29T17:32:42","modified_gmt":"2022-08-29T17:32:42","slug":"reflect-christ-in-private-public-lives-cleric-admonishes-christians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/broadnews\/2022\/08\/28\/reflect-christ-in-private-public-lives-cleric-admonishes-christians\/","title":{"rendered":"Reflect Christ in private, public lives \u2013 cleric admonishes Christians"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"entry-header\" aria-label=\"Content\">\n<p class=\"entry-title\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">Rev. Canon Oluwole Akindutire, Vicar, St. Luke\u2019s Anglican Church, Amje, Alagbado, Lagos State, has called on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/broadnews\/2022\/08\/27\/cleric-admonishes-christians-on-eucharistic-love-sacrifice\/\">Christians<\/a> to reflect Jesus Christ in their private and\u00a0 public lives.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">Akindutire made the call in a sermon he\u00a0 preached on Sunday on: \u2018We are Christ Ambassadors\u2019.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Quoting 2 Corinthians 4 :20, the cleric<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0described ambassadors as representatives.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">He said: \u201cWe are the epistle men are reading today; that is to say that\u00a0 the life we are living in our homes, neighborhoods, work places and even in churches must reflect Christ.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cYou are God\u2019s ambassadors; so, wherever you find yourself \u2013\u00a0 as an administrator, civil servant, teacher, businessman\/woman, trader, and even as a parent, be a true representative of Christ.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cAll of us are called ministers of God, it is not only those of us that wear collars; 1 Peter, 2:9\u00a0 tells us that we are a royal priesthood, a peculiar people and a chosen generation.\u201d<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">He urged that Christians should be peaceful and kind, adding that they should seek the good of their families, neighbourhood and communities.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cPreach to unbelievers to repent, and remain in the faith as Christ ambassadors.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cYou are not to curse, because Jesus never cursed; rather bless.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cJesus, in the Book of John 14 :12, said, \u2018Verily, Verily, I say unto you, he that believeth in me, the work that I do, shall he do also, and greater works than these shall he do, because I go back to my Father,\u201d the cleric said.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rev. Canon Oluwole Akindutire, Vicar, St. Luke\u2019s Anglican Church, Amje, Alagbado, Lagos State, has called on Christians to reflect Jesus Christ in their private and\u00a0 public lives. Akindutire made the call in a sermon he\u00a0 preached on Sunday on: \u2018We are Christ Ambassadors\u2019. Quoting 2 Corinthians 4 :20, the cleric \u00a0described ambassadors as representatives. 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