sincere aroma
Who clocked you as a Christian (even if you aren’t) without you telling them? What about you clued them in?
2 Corinthians 2:15 & 17
We are the aroma of Christ to God among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing. We are not peddlers of God’s word like the rest, but persons of sincerity speaking before God.
As of June, Oklahoma teachers now have to teach the Bible in schools or lose their license.
The faith argument for Bible ubiquity - as charitably as I can relate it - is that there is an obligation to speak about Jesus to the unconverted. If you don’t hear about him, you won’t be saved when you could have been, and every soul is worth saving. Under that view, speaking about Jesus seems like an ethical imperative.
Paul disagreed. He characterized proselytizers as insincere peddlers of the Bible and reassured his fellow Christians that God won’t be mad at you for humble silence.
He says God recognizes Christ in you, not in your words, and so do fellow humans. You show His life wherever you go like a woman in Chanel No. 5 stepping on to a crowded elevator. Christ doesn’t need your PR.
Who clocked you as a Christian (even if you aren’t) without you telling them? What about you clued them in?