Fragrance of Christ Incense in the Bible symbolizes the fragrance of a life. A bad savor means an unholy or impure life; a good savor means a holy and pure life. In 2 Corinthians 2:14-16, Paul tells us that God manifests the savor of His knowledge by us in every place. In other words, when we are loving God and others as He desires, we will manifest His Life and His fragrance wherever we go. Now, to some people, this will be the savor of Life and they will be drawn towards Christ as they fellowship with us. To others, however, the fragrance of our life will be the savor of death, because those people are offended at Christ in us, and often they will flee from our presence. I knew a man who loved Jesus so much that he was a continual offense to his non-believing family. He never really did anything outwardly to insult them or offend them, and yet the aroma of Christ’s Life through him made him offensive to them. It’s helpful if we can understand this, so if others find us offensive, it’s not necessarily us they are objecting to, but Christ in us.
Posted on: Wed, 05 Mar 2014 08:32:26 +0000