Message Notes

“Now he uses us to spread the knowledge of Christ everywhere, like a sweet perfume. Our lives are a Christ-like fragrance rising up to God.” —2 Corinthians 2:14-15 (NLT)

“Christ’s love controls us. Since we believe that Christ died for all, we also believe that we have all died to our old life. He died for everyone so that those who receive his new life will no longer live for themselves. Instead, they will live for Christ, who died and was raised for them.” —2 Corinthians 5:14 (NLT)

• You and I are far worse than we can imagine (God’s truth)
• You and I are far more loved than we ever dared to hope. (God’s grace)

“But this fragrance is perceived differently by those who are being saved and by those who are perishing. To those who are perishing, we are a dreadful smell of death and doom.” —2 Corinthians 2:15-16 (NLT)

“But to those who are being saved, we are a life-giving perfume.” —2 Corinthians 2:16 (NLT)

“If someone says, ‘I love God,’ but hates a fellow believer, that person is a liar; for if we don’t love people we can see, how can we love God, whom we cannot see?” —1 John 4:20 (NLT)

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