As ambassadors our message from our sovereign is forgiveness. No need for the church to offer moral exhortations that would come better at a Rotary or Kiwanis Club luncheon. We can cut down on offering societal and economic judgments which are better given at political conventions. We can tone down our efforts at personal therapy which are better handled by psychiatrists and psychologists. We have a word that the world is desperate to hear, a word that no one else can offer.
Forgiveness is the power to be restored and to restore to favor and wholeness.
That is what Luther came to understand, and that is our message as Ambassadors for Christ. Nothing else can rebuild our relationship with God the way forgiveness can. Nothing else can so change an individual the way forgiveness can. Nothing else can change international relations the way forgiveness can. It may be the most positive power in all the world.