Day 240 One-Year Daily Bible Reading – Job 28:1–30:31; 2 Corinthians 2:12-17; Psalm 42:1-11; Proverbs 22:7
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I Found Not Titus My Brother
Furthermore, when I came to Troas to preach Christ’s gospel, and a door was opened unto me of the Lord, I had no rest in my spirit, because I found not Titus my brother: but taking my leave of them, I went from thence into Macedonia.
2 Corinthians 2:12-13
A Sweet Savour of Christ
Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the savour of his knowledge by us in every place. For we are unto God a sweet savour of Christ, in them that are saved, and in them that perish: to the one we are the savour of death unto death; and to the other the savour of life unto life. And who is sufficient for these things? For we are not as many, which corrupt the word of God: but as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God speak we in Christ.
2 Corinthians 2:14-17
But thanks be to God, who always leads us in triumph in Christ, and through us spreads and makes evident everywhere the sweet fragrance of the knowledge of Him. For we are the sweet fragrance of Christ [which ascends] to God, [discernible both] among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing; to the latter one an aroma from death to death [a fatal, offensive odor], but to the other an aroma from life to life [a vital fragrance, living and fresh]. And who is adequate and sufficiently qualified for these things? For we are not like many, [acting like merchants] peddling God’s word [shortchanging and adulterating God’s message]; but from pure [uncompromised] motives, as [commissioned and sent] from God, we speak [His message] in Christ in the sight of God.
2 Corinthians 2:14-17 AMP
In verse 14 the word “savour” is the Greek word: osme. It means an aroma, an odor, a fragrance. The triumph in Christ described here makes manifest the aroma of His salvation through His ministers.
In verse 15 the Greek word for savour is not the same word. In this verse it is edodia or a “sweet savour” and means sweet perfume. Ministers are a sweet perfume unto God through Christ that is made manifest not only to God, but to all the saved and unsaved. To the saved they are an aroma of life. To the unsaved they are an aroma of death. Whoever receives the gospel (receives Jesus as their Lord and Savior) will be saved and whoever rejects the gospel will be eternally lost.
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- As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one. Romans 3:10
- For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God. Romans 3:23
- For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. Romans 6:23
- But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. Romans 5:8
- If thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. Romans 10:9
- For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. Roman 10:13
- For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. John 3:16
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When I Looked for Good
When I looked for good, then evil came unto me: And when I waited for light, there came darkness.
Job 30:26
The Voice of Them that Weep
My harp also is turned to mourning, And my organ into the voice of them that weep.
Job 30:31
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My Soul Thirsteth for God
As the hart panteth after the water brooks, So panteth my soul after thee, O God. My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: When shall I come and appear before God?
Psalm 42:1-2
Hope Thou in God
Why art thou cast down, O my soul? And why art thou disquieted within me? Hope thou in God; For I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.
Psalm 42:11
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The Borrower is Servant to the Lender
The rich ruleth over the poor, And the borrower is servant to the lender.
Proverbs 22:7
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