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)
Therefore we are ambassadors on behalf of Christ, as [if] God were imploring [you] through us. We beg [you] on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God.
Seven » Seven figures, used to express Christian influence and responsibility » epistles" (instructing)
You are our letter, inscribed on our hearts, known and read by all people,
Seven » Seven figures, used to express Christian influence and responsibility » stewards" (distributing)
Just as each one has received a gift, [use] it for serving one another, as good stewards of the varied grace of God.
Seven » Seven figures, used to express Christian influence and responsibility » witnesses" (testifying)
"You [are] my witnesses," {declares} Yahweh, "and my servant whom I have chosen so that you may know and believe {in} me and understand that I [am] he. No god was formed before {me}, and none shall be after me.
Seven » Seven figures, used to express Christian influence and responsibility » light" (illuminating)
You are the light of the world. A city located on top of a hill cannot be hidden,
Seven » Seven figures, used to express Christian influence and responsibility » salt" (preserving)
"You are the salt of the earth. But if salt becomes tasteless, by what will it be made salty? It is good for nothing any longer except to be thrown outside [and] trampled under foot by people.
Seven » Seven figures, used to express Christian influence and responsibility » branches" (bearing fruit)
"I am the vine; you [are] the branches. The one who remains in me and I in him--this one bears much fruit, for apart from me you are not able to do anything.