Episode 411 | You Are The Aroma of Christ: Living Out Your True Identity
About this episode
Christine Caine discusses the concept of being the aroma of Christ and how our spiritual presence impacts those around us.
Every room you walk into, you leave a scent behind. Not the perfume you're wearing — your presence. The thing that lingers after you've left. The spiritual fragrance that people associate with your name, your home, your workplace, your family. And Christine Caine wants to ask you directly: what does yours smell like? In episode five of A Life Unleashed, Christine Caine opens 2 Corinthians 2:14–17 and unpacks one of the most sensory and surprising images Paul ever used for the Christian life: the Roman triumph parade, where priests carried incense through the streets of Rome so that every citizen could smell the victory before they ever saw it. Paul says that is exactly what we are: the aroma of Christ, diffused through us everywhere we go, to everyone we meet. In this episode, Christine Caine shows that the gospel is not only good news to the ears — it is a good smell to the nose, and God Himself can smell it. She takes us through Scripture to show that smell has always mattered to God, from Noah's offering in Genesis to Mary's perfume filling the house in John 12 to Jesus Himself, the ultimate sweet-smelling sacrifice of Ephesians 5. She makes the case that whatever is in our…
People in this episode
Host: Christine Caine
Topics covered
- identity
- spiritual fragrance
- Christian life
- gospel
- brokenness
- sacrifice
Keywords
- aroma of Christ
- spiritual fragrance
- Christian identity
- gospel
- sacrifice
- brokenness
- 2 Corinthians
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: 2 Corinthians 2:14–17, Genesis, John 12, Ephesians 5
More episodes of Equip & Empower Podcast with Christine Caine
- Episode 410 | Identity in Community: You Belong to the Body
- Episode 409 | You Are a Living Letter: How Your Life Reads to the World Around You
- Episode 408 | Your Spiritual Wardrobe: What to Put On and Take Off Now That You're in Christ
- Episode 407 | It Is Finished: What One Word from the Cross Changes About Your Identity
- Episode 406 | You Were Made for This: How God's Process Prepares You for Your Destiny
- Episode 405 | God's Promises Are Still Yes: Believing for What He Said He Would Do
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