Good morning. Hope you have a great day today. Paul tells the Corinthians that in holiness and godly sincerity, not in fleshly wisdom – there it is again – but in the grace of God, we have conducted ourselves in the world, especially towards you. We are your reason to be proud as you also are ours, in the day of our Lord Jesus. Paul tells them that with him there would not be yes, yes and no, no at the same time. For the Son of God, Christ Jesus, who was preached among you by us was not yes and no, but is yes in Him. For as many as are the promises of God, in Him they are yes; therefore also through Him is our amen to the glory of God through us. We don't have to worry about God changing His mind. If He said it, He will do it. Now He who establishes us with you in Christ and anointed us is God, who also sealed us and gave us the Spirit in our hearts as a pledge. I believe I mentioned this before: that the Greek word translated pledge means engagement ring in modern Greek. So the Holy Spirit is our engagement ring! He tells them that in their faith they are standing firm. Thanks be to God, who always leads us in triumph in Christ, and manifests through us the sweet aroma of the knowledge of Him in every place. He puts us on parade with our enemies behind us in chains. That is what conquering heroes did in Paul's day. For we are a fragrance of Christ to God among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing. Mmmmm you smell good! To the one an aroma from death to death, to the other an aroma from life to life. And who is adequate for these things? Paul says that he's not like many peddling the word of God, but as from sincerity, but as from God, we speak Christ in the sight of God. You don't have to fool people with your words to get them to become followers of Christ. (It’s not nice to fool Mother Nature). He tells them that they are his letter, written in our hearts, known and read by all men. He tells them that: you are a letter of Christ, cared for by us, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts. You too have your heart written upon by the Holy Spirit, and you manifest the sweet aroma of the Spirit of God wherever you go.

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