Thematic Bible: Seven figures, used to express Christian influence and responsibility
Thematic Bible
Seven » Seven figures, used to express Christian influence and responsibility » ambassadors" (representing)
We are ambassadors therefore on behalf of Christ, as though God were entreating by us: we beseech you on behalf of Christ, be ye reconciled to God.
Seven » Seven figures, used to express Christian influence and responsibility » epistles" (instructing)
Ye are our epistle, written in our hearts, known and read of all men;
Seven » Seven figures, used to express Christian influence and responsibility » stewards" (distributing)
according as each hath received a gift, ministering it among yourselves, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God;
Seven » Seven figures, used to express Christian influence and responsibility » witnesses" (testifying)
Ye are my witnesses, saith Jehovah, and my servant whom I have chosen; that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am he: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me.
Seven » Seven figures, used to express Christian influence and responsibility » light" (illuminating)
Ye are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hid.
Seven » Seven figures, used to express Christian influence and responsibility » salt" (preserving)
Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost its savor, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out and trodden under foot of men.
Seven » Seven figures, used to express Christian influence and responsibility » branches" (bearing fruit)
I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same beareth much fruit: for apart from me ye can do nothing.