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 for Christ, God as it were beseeching by us, we entreat for Christ, Be reconciled to God.
Seven » Seven figures, used to express Christian influence and responsibility » epistles" (instructing)
Ye are our letter, written in our hearts, known and read of all men,
Seven » Seven figures, used to express Christian influence and responsibility » stewards" (distributing)
each according as he has received a gift, ministering it to one another, as good stewards of the various 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 situated on the top of a mountain 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 become insipid, wherewith shall it be salted? It is no longer fit for anything but to be cast out and to be trodden under foot by men.
Seven » Seven figures, used to express Christian influence and responsibility » branches" (bearing fruit)
I am the vine, ye are the branches. He that abides in me and I in him, he bears much fruit; for without me ye can do nothing.