2 Corinthians 2:14 (KJV) Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the savour of his knowledge by us in every place.
In spite of problems in the churches and persecution in the world, God leads His servants on from victory to victory. Our efforts apart from Him will not be victorious, not ever. Though they may meet with what some people consider success, that will be only a worldly kind of success, which God can not reward.
The knowledge of Christ to the heart is like precious perfume to the sense of smell. Paul and his co-workers spread this knowledge “everywhere” they went. Do we?
2 Corinthians 2:15 (KJV) For we are unto God a sweet savour of Christ, in them that are saved, and in them that perish:
Christ’s servants spread the knowledge about Christ to saved and unsaved, believers and unbelievers alike. In this way they became a “sweet smell” to God. A person with perfume on his body or clothing will give off that fragrance wherever he goes. A person who has Christ living in him, who speaks of Christ, and presents Christ’s gospel will give out the fragrance of Christ. Believers should not, and need not, ever smell of sin or of the world.
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