Bible Readings:
Ephesians 5:1-14
2 Corinthians 2:12-17
Sermon Outline:
Psalm 19:7–10 (NKJV)
7The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul; The testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple;
8The statutes of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart; The commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes;
9The fear of the Lord is clean, enduring forever; The judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether.
10More to be desired are they than gold, Yea, than much fine gold; Sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.
I The sweetness of the Lord in himself
Psalm 138:1–2 (NKJV)
1I will praise You with my whole heart; Before the gods I will sing praises to You.
2I will worship toward Your holy temple, And praise Your name For Your lovingkindness and Your truth; For You have magnified Your word above all Your name.
II The sweetness of Christ to the Father
Ephesians 5:2 (NKJV)
2And walk in love, as Christ also has loved us and given Himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling aroma.
Isaiah 53:10 (NKJV)
10Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise Him; He has put Him to grief. When You make His soul an offering for sin, He shall see His seed, He shall prolong His days, And the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in His hand.
III The sweetness of Christ’s people to God
Psalm 66:15 (NKJV)
15I will offer You burnt sacrifices of fat animals, With the sweet aroma of rams; I will offer bulls with goats. Selah
2 Corinthians 2:14–15 (NKJV)
14Now thanks be to God who always leads us in triumph in Christ, and through us diffuses the fragrance of His knowledge in every place.
15For we are to God the fragrance of Christ among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing.
Psalm 104:33–34 (NKJV)
33I will sing to the Lord as long as I live; I will sing praise to my God while I have my being.
34May my meditation be sweet to Him; I will be glad in the Lord.
The longer you read the Bible, the more you will like it; it will grow
William Romaine
sweeter and sweeter; and the more you get into the spirit of it, the
more you will get into the spirit of Christ.
Jesus Christ is made up of all sweets and delights. He himself is all
Thomas Watson
that is desirable. He is light to the eye, honey to the taste, joy to the
heart.
To be sweet-smelling to God, we must be broken and poured out, not
C. T. Studd
merely containers of a sweet smell.
Shall I be afraid to die, when in death I commend my soul to such a
Richard Sibbes
sweet Lord, and go to my Husband and to my King?