Message from Scripture: 4/16/2021

 

Our message from Scripture today is 2 Cor. 2:14-15. “Now thanks be to God who always leads us in triumph in Christ, and through us diffuses the fragrance of His knowledge in every place.  For we are to God the fragrance of Christ among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing.”

 

Have you ever accidentally thrown something important away, and then had to spend time going through the garbage to find it? When it was all over, you probably showed signs of where you had been, either on your hands, your clothes, or by the “fragrant” aroma you now carried. Sometimes, it’s not that easy to rid yourself of that aroma.

 

It can be the same way for us with sin, as well.  We can’t become involved in sinful things, without the stain of sin clinging to us.  If all we fill our mind with is worldly books, television, music, and other carnal things, we will soon reflect it in our thoughts, our speech, and our actions.  Like Paul, we must put off the old person of sin, and put on the new person of God, who reflects His righteousness and true holiness (Eph. 4:22-24).

 

We all need daily renewal in God’s love and salvation for us, to remind ourselves this is what living is all about. We’ve washed our robes clean in the blood of the Lamb (Rev. 7:14).  Don’t go digging around in sin. It will only defile us and condemn us in the end.  Fill your hearts and minds with that which is pure and holy, and find the beauty and pleasing aroma such offers to God. Spend time in God’s word today, and cleanse the effects of sin from your life, becoming pure and acceptable in His sight. It will fill you what all that is good. God bless.

 

Robert