A Fragrance of Christ

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A Fragrance of Christ

• An aroma to those being saved and to save who are
  perishing. 2 Cor. 215-16

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Introduction

• The life of Christianity always displays a
  fragrance to others.
• The Christian himself may not perceive it or he
  might simply be accustomed to it.
• The importance of this fragrance, however, is for
  the others around him.
• To varying degrees the life of a Christian emits
  the fragrance of life or death to those around
  him.

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Introduction

• So, what is this fragrance?
• It is the fragrance of Christ in your life.
• The more your life is conformed into His image,
  the stronger the fragrance.
• The stronger the fragrance of Christ in your
  life, the stronger peoples reactions are to you.

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The Fragrance of Christ in Your Life

• What the fragrance of Christ represents. Eph.
  52
• A life conformed in the likeness of God.
• A life offered up in service to God.
• It represents all that makes up life and holiness.

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The Fragrance of Christ in Your Life

• Christs fragrance manifests in our lives as we
  conform it into His image.
• The fragrance starts by putting on Christ (in the
  likeness of his death, burial, and resurrection.
  Gal. 327
• Our lives have been sacrificed as an offering to
  God just as Christ was on behalf of our sins.
  Rom. 63-6
• The result is that our lives continue to conform
  to the image of Christ.who is the express image
  of God. Heb. 13
• In this way, our lives are a fragrance of Christ.

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The Fragrance of Christ in Your Life

• The fragrance is not distinct unless the gospel
  of Christ is shared. 2 Cor. 217
• People might see a morally upright person in your
  life but the fragrance at this point is not
  yet distinct from that of other morally upright
  individuals.
• You see, while Christians are perfected in
  Christ, they are still human beings subject to
  the pitfalls of temptation.
• An observer may see no distinction between a
  believer who is morally upright from a
  non-believer who is also morally upright.
• The distinction is when the believer lets the
  world know that he lives for God and the Christ
  who died for him.

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The Fragrance of Christ in Your Life

• It is a fragrance to God.
• Offerings given in complete obedience (Matt.
  2237) that is by practice and the heart to
  the will of God has always been accepted by God.
• It is this fragrance that pleases God that brings
  about a reaction by those in the world regarding
  your life.
• NOTE If your life is simply a keeping from bad
  things there is in essence no fragrance of
  Christ at all.

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The ReactionTo Your Fragrance

• Your fragrance to some will be an aroma of death.
• When your life closely follows that of Christs
  it is a moral, political, and emotional threat to
  those whose minds are set on the ideals of this
  world.
• This is because these people love darkness more
  than/rather than the light. Jn. 319
• Rather than be exposed by the light they despise
  it.

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The ReactionTo Your Fragrance

• That same fragrance will be an aroma of life to
  others.
• Imagine your very life of service to God that is
  despised by many is the same life that brings
  glory to God and salvation to others. Matt. 514
• There are those living in darkness who - when
  seeing your life and speech about Christ long
  for the light, strongly coveting the life in
  Christ you emit.

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Conclusion

• Does your life emit the fragrance of Christ?
• Be encouraged that while it may be an aroma of
  death to many, it also is life to those who seek
  the salvation of God.