IN THE BEGINNING...THE WORD
DAILY DEVOTIONAL FOR TODAY, JULY 20, 2012
WE ARE THE SWEET SAVOUR
Now thanks unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the savour of his knowledge by us in every place.
For we are unto God a sweet savour of Christ, in them that are saved, and in them that perish:To the one we are the savour of death unto death; and to the other the savour of life unto life. And who is sufficient for these things? For we are not as many, which corrupt the word of God: but as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God speak we in Christ.
2 Corinthians 2:14-17
In the morning when you pray, and when you fill up your spirit with the Word, and when you confess your sins and receive, again, the Lord's forgiveness, and when you purpose in your heart to hold the words of eternal life and to speak them this day-- to a friend, or neighbor, or stranger--it is then that you are unto God a sweet savour of Christ. You are pleasing in God's sight and rejoicing His heart. To the man or woman with whom you share the Gospel, you may be a sweet savour of hope, and love, light, and life to them; but if they are content in their sins, and hardened in their spirit, you will be a savour of death to them. Your presence will be repulsive. They will desire to separate you from their company. Nevertheless, with sincerity, we must continue to speak the knowledge of God, speaking of His will and His way. We must speak of His plan of salvation. We must speak of the cross... and of our Christ.
Today, let us be unto God the sweet savour of Christ.
