Aug 29 2006
Do I Smell Okay to You?
“For we are to God the aroma of Christ among those who are being saved and those who are perishing. To the one we are the smell of death; to the other, the fragrance of life.” (2 Cor 2:15-16a, NIV)
Did you ever stop to consider how you smell? Penguins and other critters can distinguish their young from among hundreds or even thousands of others by their scent. As Christians, we are infused with the scent of Christ, and as Paul says, believers and unbelievers will respond differently to the smell. At times I find myself trying to cover up the scent with churchiness or other things that mask the strong pungentness (?) of Christ within me. When will I learn
to let the scent through, unfiltered and unashamed?
August 29th, 2006 at 09:33 am
The Corinthians’ verse is so true; for I find in my ministry those who readily accept God’s Hard Words I teach as hard Truth preparing them for eternal life, yet those who want smooth words angrily accuse me of being a blasphemer and false prophet preaching doom and gloom.
In answer to your closing question to yourself, I can only respond, “When you take on the ‘mind of Christ.’”
BonnieQ http://bonnieq.wordpress.com
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