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INTRO:
Tonight we will be in .
What’s that smell?
When I was a kid I played a lot of sports.
One I played soccer for a short bit.
I played football, basketball, baseball.
Pretty much whatever was available to me I would do.
One year during our basketball season I happened to land on the weakest team in the league.
We were the Dragons…not very fierce though.
We were in our last game of the season and had lost every game so far.
Not the greatest season I’ve been a part of.
In our final game we were playing close.
The clock only had a few seconds left and the other team just scored leaving us down by 1.
Our team was throwing the ball in…They were guarding all of our guys to try and keep the ball from being in bounded and then taken down to score.
I don’t remember if it was intentional, or just stupidity, but I ran to the far end of the court where our goal was.
So while the man passing the ball in, and all our people were being fiercely guarded, I was all by myself.
The guy passing the ball in saw me and hurled the ball to me.
As I that happened, there was a lot of pressure.
It felt like a life or death kind of thing.
If I caught the ball and made the shot we’d win the game.
Not only that, it would be our first and only win of the season.
At that point, that was our biggest goal.
Just a win!!
If I missed, we lost the game and everyone hates me, calls me names, and makes fun of me.
I will no longer have any friends.
I’ll never get a girlfriend.
Never be married.
Never have kids.
Pressure!!
As the ball sailed to me I caught it.
Yes! Step one accomplished.
I turned toward the goal, shot it off the square in the back, watched it bounce, hit the front edge of the rim, and then go through the hoop.
WOOO!
We won the game.
It was exciting.
I was happy.
Things hinged on me and I was able to deliver.
So now I stand here before you with a wife and kids.
So glad I made that shot!
One of the great things about our church is the diversity we find in it.
We have lots of different people.
Some grew up with some money, some didn’t.
Some in a city, or a town, a ranch, maybe a farm.
We have people in our church from various states, Japan, Mexico.
Even those of us who grew up in the same region of the state will have differences.
My wife and I definitely have those.
How many of you have ever eaten menudo?I really enjoy it.
For those of you who don’t know what it is, I’m not going to tell you, just go and try it and see if you like it.
As a kid I remember walking into some of my aunts how and smelling it cooking.
Or showing up to family gathering and there’d be a big pot cooking, or maybe just sitting out for dinner.
I smell the stuff and I think…mmmm, that’s going to be a good meal.
I enjoy it.
Morgan on the other hand, she smells it and wants to run away.
She’ll have nothing to do with it.
She’s tried it multiple times, but just can’t get past it.
So, if someone ever brings me any, I get it all to myself!!
To the two of us, it represents something completely different.
To me I look forward to a good meal and associate with pleasant memories.
To Morgan it is a foul stench, an unpleasant flavor, and an unbearable texture.
Our faith has the same affect on people as well.
14 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.
15 For we are to God the fragrance of Christ among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing.
16 To the one we are the aroma of death leading to death, and to the other the aroma of life leading to life.
And who is sufficient for these things?
17 For we are not, as so many, peddling the word of God; but as of sincerity, but as from God, we speak in the sight of God in Christ.
The Sweet Aroma of Victory
The passage starts with a picture of triumphant march.
Romans would often have a victory parade for an officer who led their army to a great victory.
This was a huge ordeal.
People would build scaffolding to stand on.
They were lined up along the streets.
There was cheering, and feasting, and lots of celebration!
During the parade you would see the commander on a golden chariot surrounded by his men.
People admiring their heroes.
The spoils of the battle would often be displayed.
Gold, silver, fine clothing and things of that sort.
It was great!
The enemy captives were also shackled and marched in the parade.
People were able to see them, and jeer at them, and scream for their death.
That was something they would see eventually .
During this parade the temples were burning incense to their God’s, and to the Roman heroes.
Priest were involved in the parade who would burn incense along the way.
The smell of incense on the route was the smell of victory to the roman onlookers.
They knew by the smell that victory was experienced.
The smell of victory was sweet to the roman citizens.
To the captives in the parade, the smell meant eminent death.
At the ends of these parades the captives were killed, or fought in the Colosseum for entertainment.
It wasn’t good.
The smell did not mean the same to all.
This is a picture of the Gospel.
Christ’s power over Satan, sin, and death.
Christ came and lived the perfect life we can’t.
We struggle with living right everyday.
We fail time and time again.
Jesus didn’t though.
He lived perfectly.
Then, He died on the cross, rose 3 days later.
He has achieved victory.
The fragrance spoken of is knowledge of Christ.
It’s the Gospel.
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