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Peter Leithart reflects on 2 Corinthians 2:15-16, observing that, within ourselves, we "carry the smell of death," but God has turned us "into aromatic sacrifices through His Son and Spirit."
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“For we are the aroma of Christ to God among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing, to one a fragrance from death to death, to the other a fragrance from life to life. Who is sufficient for these things?” (2 Corinthians 2:15-16)
We aren’t the fragrance of Christ to God in ourselves. In ourselves, we carry the smell of death. But God has turned us into aromatic sacrifices through His Son and Spirit. The Spirit’s descent at Pentecost made each of the disciples a burning altar. Salted with the fire of the Spirit, we become sacrifices pleasing to God.
—Peter Leithart
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2 Corinthians 2:15-16
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