the exposition of this ground is omitted is neither scriptural nor evangelical. Thus it is important to see that the statement of this verse is an inseparable part of the announcement made by Christ’s ambassador and must not be isolated from the immediately preceding exhortation of the previous verse: “Be reconciled to God: [ground] Him who knew no sin God made sin for us in order that we might become the righteousness of God in Him”. The true nature of this ambassadorial ministry of reconciliation