How Do You Smell?

Wednesday Night Recap
July 26, 2006
2 Corinthians 2:12-16

Take just a moment and lift your hands high in the air. Now lean your head either to the left or right and down a little bit and take a big whiff. How do you smell?

Ok, so now you know how you smell physically, but how do you smell spiritually.

2 corinthians 2:14-16 tell us that the knowledge of God is a fragrant aroma, and that we are the ones who carry that aroma around the world as we march along in the Jesus victory parade. This passage also tells us that the aroma should be sweet to those who are being saved, but unpleasant to those who are perishing. The aroma of the knowledge of God smells like life to those who are coming to Christ, but death to those that are rejecting him.

The problem is that sometimes our lives stink and we actually start smelling good to those that are rejecting God. So, what about you? Is the smell of your life pleasing to God, or is it pleasing to the world?

How do you smell?

Here are some truths we learned from 2 Corinthians 2:12-16 Wednesday night:

Truth 1: God is at work and wants us to work with him. (v12)
Truth 2: Working with God's Spirit may involve leaving. (v13)
Truth 3: The Jesus victory parade keeps on rolling. (v14)
Truth 4: The knowledge of God makes us smelly. (v14)
Truth 5: The knowledge of God smells like death to some and life to others. (v15-16)