BBD 07.06.09 the Fragrance of Your Life
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07.06.09
The Fragrance of Your Life
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. To the one we are the aroma of death leading to death, and to
the other the aroma of life leading to life. - 2 Corinthians 2:14-16.
A woman in the city of Trabzon, Turkey has been ordered by health and safety
officials to remove the cows from her apartment building. Local alderman
Osman Terzi said, "I have learned that Fatma Kocaman has started selling her
cows, which is a very pleasing development. It's hard to believe someone
would keep cows in an apartment. For years, me and the locals have wondered
what to do. The area has suffered a lot. Noise, smell and manure everywhere
make a very ugly scene." Some of our lives have more fragrance than others.
Fatma Kocaman with her many cows adds much fragrance to the lives of those
who live nearby.
What kind of fragrance does your life have? Is it a fragrance that leads to
life or a fragrance that leads to death? Sadly, many Christians spread
everywhere the fragrance of death. They do that by acting as though they
were not Christians and by living for the things of the world instead of for
God. We spread the fragrance of death when we do things like: staying at
home on Sunday when we know we ought to be at church; when we laugh at that
dirty joke; when we tell that gossip; when we stab our fellow employee in
the proverbial back to climb up the ladder; when we fail to turn the other
cheek; when we refuse to forgive; when we look at that Internet porn; when
we go to the bar to have a few drinks; when we..
How much better it is to spread instead the fragrance of life: by sharing
Jesus with those around you; by being Jesus to those around you; by being in
church when your local body of believers assembles together; by telling the
truth; by turning the other cheek; by forgiving; by loving; by giving and by
doing countless other things that Christ would do.
Does your life have the fragrance of death? Or, the fragrance of life?
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