SOMETHING STINKS

SOMETHING STINKS.

EPH. 5: 1 – 2
1 Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children;
2 And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour.


Smell is one of the strongest of our senses. It can change our mood from good to bad or from bad to good. The candle industry is a 100 million dollar industry not counting all the liquid and sprays. If I ask you what was the worst smell you ever smelled you would probable have an answer with little hesitation.
Have you smelled chocolate chip cookies baking? Those big chocolate chip cookies, like Publix, the Cookie Jar, or Perkins. Can you smell them with me. Oh yes. They smell so good.

Some smells we never forget, good or bad.
2 Cor. 2: 14 – 16 Paul says of thanks to God.
14 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:
16 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?

I. Smell Played A Great Role In The Old Testament.
A. Gen. 4: 3 – 4 We find Cain and Able offering sacrifice to God.
3 And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the LORD.
4 And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the LORD had respect unto Abel and to his offering:
From the time of Adam and Eve God required an offering. They no doubt taught Cain and Able to offer sacrifice. God had a requirement for sacrifice.




1. Gen. 4: 5 - 7 Cain did not do as God had ask. He did not well in God’s sight.

5 But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell. And the LORD said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen?
7 If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him.
2. Gen. 4: 8 Cain’s jealousy was so great he killed his brother Able.
8 And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him.

B. Gen. 8: 20 – 22 God told Noah to get out of the ark and he went to build an altar.
20 ¶ And Noah builded an altar unto the LORD; and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the altar.
21 And the LORD smelled a sweet savour; and the LORD said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake; for the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done.
22 While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.
God told Noah to take extra clean animals for sacrifice. When they got out of the ark, Noah knew what to do.

C. Lev. 3: 1 – 2 God told Moses what to offer out side the tabernacle and to tell the men.
1 ¶ And the LORD called unto Moses, and spake unto him out of the tabernacle of the congregation, saying,
2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, If any man of you bring an offering unto the LORD, ye shall bring your offering of the cattle, even of the herd, and of the flock.



1. Lev. 16: 11 – 14 Aaron was to offer sacrifice for himself first.
11 And Aaron shall bring the bullock of the sin offering, which is for himself, and shall make an atonement for himself, and for his house, and shall kill the bullock of the sin offering which is for himself: And he shall take a censer full of burning coals of fire from off the altar before the LORD, and his hands full of sweet incense beaten small, and bring it within the vail: And he shall put the incense upon the fire before the LORD, that the cloud of the incense may cover the mercy seat that is upon the testimony, that he die not:
14 And he shall take of the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle it with his finger upon the mercy seat eastward; and before the mercy seat shall he sprinkle of the blood with his finger seven times.
2. Lev. 16: 15 Aaron then will offer a goat as a sin offering for the people.
15 ¶ Then shall he kill the goat of the sin offering, that is for the people, and bring his blood within the vail, and do with that blood as he did with the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle it upon the mercy seat, and before the mercy seat:
3. All of this was to please God including sanctifying the tabernacle and letting a goat go with all the sins of the people laid on it.

II. After Christ crucifixion and resurrection the sweet smelling aroma to God changed.
A. Eph. 5: 1 – 2 We are to be followers of God in Christ Jesus.
1 Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children;
2 And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour.
Christ gave himself to God for a sin offering for us.
B. 2 Cor. 2: 14 – 17 Paul writes we are the sweet savour of Christ unto God if we are
faithful in Christ.
14 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.
15 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?
17 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.
If faithful to Christ we are sufficient to God to be a sweet savour of Christ.
III. As Sinful People We Can Get Used To The Smell Of Sin.
A. The body after death becomes one of the worst smells, I am told. Some people who come in contact with the dead become accustomed, to a point, to the smell.
A. We can become accustomed to the smell of sin to point we no longer are upset with the smell.
1. The sin that we classify as horrible and disgusting has an awful smell.
2. The sin that is all around us has less odor now.
3. The sin that we begin to over look has lost it’s smell altogether.
4. The sin that we find pleasure in actually begins to smell good to us.
B. Many Christians see adultery, homosexuality, prostitution, rape, incest, and murder have terrible smell because they are horrible sins.
1. You would not think of associating with that kind of person.
2. Some even believe they are unforgivable, so not worth teaching.
C. Some Christians accept that adultery, living together, one night stands, recreational drugs, social drinking and the lottery has a little odor unless it is a friend or an acquaintance you like.
D. Some Christians have come to the point of justifying sin if doesn’t hurt anyone, if it is private, or among consenting adults it is ok. They don’t smell anything wrong with it. If you drink a little now and then among friends, if you smoke a joint that you paid for and your not hurting anyone. If you snort a tote of coke to relax after a hard day or week at work and I don’t hurt anyone what is the harm? They do it just for
pleasure, not to get drunk or high. Their adults.
E. We can loose the smell of sin and it no longer bothers us to read.
1 John 2: 15 – 17 Are these not all things of the flesh, sinful, of the world?
John writes:
15 Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. 17 And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that
doeth the will of God abideth for ever.


F. Gal. 5:19 – 21 Some Christians no longer see some of these as sin. They do it so it must be ok.. By whose word, God’s or ours?
19 Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,
21 Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
Envy, hatred, strife, drunkenness no longer smells to some.
G. Gal. 6: 7 – 10 What you sow, or what you do will come back to you.
7 Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting. And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.
10 As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith.
A friend, my dads age ,was an electrician and he could take the whole charge. He would wet his finger and touch a light socket when it was on. Why would we do that? To entertain, to show off, to fit into the crowd. Why did you first smoke, drink a beer, or curse? To impress someone? To shock someone? To prove you were not to good to do it? Then it become pleasurable.
Some say they smoke to calm their nerves. Some say they drink to be sociable or they just like it and can’t find any scripture against it. Some curse just to fit in. Oh, they don’t say the G word or the F work or the B word. Are you sure because cursing is a habit that you develop and some times don’t even realize you say some words. You sure hear it enough.

To God it stinks. It is sin.
Rom. 14: 19 – 23 Follow the things that are faithful to God and not self.




19 Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify another. For meat destroy not the work of God. All things indeed are pure; but it is evil for that man who eateth with offence. It is good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor any thing whereby thy brother stumbleth, or is offended, or is made weak. Hast thou faith? have it to thyself before God. Happy is he that condemneth not himself in that thing which he alloweth.
23 And he that doubteth is damned if he eat, because he eateth not of faith: for whatsoever is not of faith is sin.
What can kill the odor of sin? The blood of Jesus Christ.
What can we do for our brethren that dabble with sin. That play with sin for pleasure?

Pray. James 5: 16
16 Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.

Are you a Christian today?
If your not sure you should be.
Have you accepted Jesus Christ at the son of God?
Have you been baptized for the remission of your sins?

Are you a Christian that has lost your sense of smell?
Do you need to come back to Jesus?

Which ever your condition and need is today. Will you come to Jesus?
While we stand and sing.