Title: Let's Scent of Jesus Christ
Let's smell the fragrance of Jesus Christ
Text: 2 Corinthians 2:14-16
'Thanks be to God, who always triumphs over us in Christ, and through us in every place the scent of the knowledge of Christ; for we are the fragrance of Christ before God, both to those who are being saved and to those who are perishing, to this man a scent from death to death. To that man it is a smell from life to life; who can bear this?”
There is such a story among the fables of Purussia. One day a traveler was walking down the street and found a lump of clay. But how good the soil smelled, the traveler stopped and looked at the soil and asked. “How do you smell so good?” So the soil said to the traveler, “Because I was with the rose, the scent of the rose remained and it smelled good.”
Folks, so are we humans. Depending on where you live, with whom you live, and with whom you associate, it can smell or smell. You can be a good person or you can be a bad person. When I was young, I was a very good person, but there are people who make bad friends because they make the wrong friends. It can be good or bad in many encounters. Who we meet and with whom we live will influence all of our thoughts and personality today. If you meet and live with a faithful believer, you will become a good believer. However, if you live with a robber, you are naturally forced to cooperate with the robber.
Anyone who has been to a bulgogi restaurant smells like bulgogi. The reason that the wife knows that the husband ate bulgogi for lunch is because the smell of bulgogi spreads throughout his body. Smell is invisible to the eye, but it is something that travels through the air.
These days, so-called 'fragrance therapy', which treats insomnia, lowers blood pressure, and reduces pain through fragrance, is attracting attention.
Dr. Gary Schwarz of the United States said that the scent of apples lowers blood pressure and brings a psychological response that can be obtained through meditation, thereby overcoming stress or lowering blood pressure. In fact, a parent company in the United States developed an air freshener using apple scent to help drivers avoid drowsy driving. If you regularly suffer from insomnia, the smell of burning matches is said to help you fall asleep. What scent do you have?
Everyone is born with a scent in their heart. A good person is as good as a good person, and a bad person is as ugly as he is. A fragrant person, a person who is happy just seeing each other and always longs for you when you are far away. What a blessed life this is. We would like to meet such a person today.
To avoid giving off unpleasant odors to your neighbors, you should spray them with perfume at the very least. Mary anointed Jesus with the perfume she loved.
“Mary took a pound of very expensive perfume, pure nard, and poured it on Jesus’ feet, and wiped his feet with her hair, and the house was filled with the smell of perfume” (John 12:3).
Human scents are not made like perfume. As you have lived and walked, it automatically radiates from within. Its scent cannot be hidden, it goes far and lingers. The scent of flowers or perfume floats with the wind, but the scent of a person stays in the heart and moves the heart. I hope that the fragrance of my personality can heal and comfort the pain of others.
Those who overcome in Jesus Christ become a scent that leads to life, and to those who are captive to sin, they become a scent that leads to death. When we keep our faith and become overcomers of sin, we become the fragrance of Christ. When we bear the fruit of the Holy Spirit, we emit the smell of knowing Christ. When reconciliation comes first, it becomes the fragrance of Christ. Forgiveness is the fragrance of Christ. It is the fragrance of Christ when we overcome suffering with patience. Humility is the fragrance of Christ. Honesty is the fragrance of Christ. To be filled with the Holy Spirit is to be filled with the fragrance of Christ. When we know God's will and obey it, we become the fragrance of Christ. Hear what God wants you to do for the unbelieving family. If you live according to God's will rather than your own thoughts, you will become a fragrance for your family and neighbors. If you live in a relationship of discord, it stinks. But he who seeks peace becomes a fragrance. Kind evangelism becomes the fragrance of Christ.
Those who hear a lot about Jesus are those who smell the fragrance of Christ a lot. Those who hear, see, learn, and do much of Jesus' words are those who have smelled the fragrance of Christ a lot. Those who pray a lot, sing a lot, and do a lot of the Lord's work are intoxicated with the fragrance of Christ. These people have the fragrance of Christ. However, when it is not, only the smell of the flesh keeps coming out, and only the smell of one's own desires.
It is important to smell good. The best smell is the fragrance of Jesus Christ. We are the fragrance of Christ. If you only look at Jesus and love only Jesus, the fragrance of that life becomes stronger. Today, I pray that you will live a fragrant life that delivers life to many people.
* Prayer: God who gave us life, let us go out and enter through Christ, the gate of the sheep. Let the fragrance of Christ permeate us deeply. Make me empty. Make me humble. Let me be your servant. Let the fragrance of the cross permeate. Let me smell of Jesus. Let us rejoice in suffering for the sake of the church of Christ. Pray for them to show interest and love for others and to work hard for evangelism with passion for the gospel. May I live a life that radiates the fragrance of grace, the fragrance of the gospel, and the fragrance of life today. Spread the fragrance of Jesus to those around me who are struggling and weary so that they can share the true gospel. I pray in Jesus name. Amen.