God, in the gospel of Christ, has conquered us and broken us that we might "spread the fragrance of the knowledge of him everywhere." God saves us that we might speak of Him to others.
We are "Christ's aroma to God," God's beloved ones in Christ, among those who are perishing and those who have life (2:15). The fragrance doesn't change, the recipient does. "to one a fragrance from death to death, to the other a fragrance from life to life." (2:16) Some will see your witness and reject it out right, others will see your witness and be sanctified. "Who is sufficient for these things?" Who is sufficient for the witness of Christ? Only those who have been honestly broken by God to speak for God. Be broken today. In Christ, only a broken jar can release a pleasing aroma to the Lord.
For we are not, like so many, peddlers of God's word, but as men of sincerity, as commissioned by God, in the sight of God we speak in Christ. - 2 Cor. 2:17
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