Emitting The Fragrance Of Life

In order to become a successful minister of life we must make sure that our heart is pure before God. We must be full of life ourselves from where we have been abiding in Jesus; and the fragrance of life that we diffuse will be the overflow of our own love relationship with Jesus Christ.

Time of Reflection

If you’re a believer, having a personal relationship with Jesus, are you allowing yourself to be used by the Lord to diffuse the fragrance of Christ and the fragrance of His knowledge? Are you emitting the fragrance of life to those who are being saved as you share the message of grace? Are you also preaching the Law which brings about conviction of sin, and which becomes the aroma of death to those who resist the gospel and are perishing?

If you have not yet received Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord, have you ever caught a whiff of the fragrance of His knowledge? The knowledge of salvation through Christ leads to life! In 2 Peter 1:3, Peter said that “His divine power has given to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him who called us by glory and virtue.” Please realize that the knowledge of Him who is calling you will lead you to all things that pertain to righteousness and life.

The knowledge of Jesus is simply knowing the truth about how Jesus died for you on the cross to pay the penalty for your sins. “The wages of sin is death” (Rom 6:23), but Jesus stepped in and took your place in death, in order that “the gift of God” might be “eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord” (6:23). Jesus not only died, but He rose from the grave proving that He was victorious over death and sin.

In Romans 6:4, Paul said “that just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.” Because Jesus rose from the grave, you too will one day rise victorious over sin and death, and enter into eternal life in heaven (6:8-9). If you will believe the knowledge that arises from the fragrance of Christ, repent of your sins and confess your faith in Jesus as Savior and Lord, then you will receive the forgiveness of sins and eternal life (10:9-10).

NOTES

(1) “Couple Sells Candles That Smell Like Jesus,” posted March 15, 2005, www.nbc10.com/news/ 4287825/detail.html (Accessed July 2007).

(2) “Fragrance,” American Heritage Dictionary: www.dictionary.reference.com/browse/fragrance (Accessed July 2007).

(3) “Knowledge,” Dictionary.com Unabridged: www.dictionary.reference.com/browse/knowledge (Accessed July 2007).

(4) “Aroma,” Dictionary.com Unabridged: www.dictionary.reference.com/browse/aroma (Accessed July 2007).

(5) Gary DeLashmutt, “God’s Triumph in Christ,” www.xenos.org/ct_outln/2cor3-5.htm (Accessed July 2007).

(6) Ibid.