The fragrance of Christ Vision Sunday 2018

Fragrance – linked to deep, emotional, memory

So Jacob went to him and kissed him  So Jacob went to him and kissed him. When Isaac caught the smell of his clothes, he blessed him and said, ‘Ah, the smell of my son     is like the smell of a field     that the Lord has blessed.’ Genesis 27:27

The smell of sacrifice Gen 8:21 The Lord smelled the pleasing aroma

The smell of worship Exodus 30:34-37 Then the Lord said to Moses, ‘Take fragrant spices – gum resin, onycha and galbanum – and pure frankincense ... Do not make any incense with this formula for yourselves; consider it holy to the Lord.'

The smell of Jesus John 12:3 Then Mary took about half a litre of pure nard, an expensive perfume; she poured it on Jesus’ feet and wiped his feet with her hair. And the house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume.

The smell of the Church 2Cor 2:14-17 Thanks be to God, who always leads us as captives in Christ’s triumphal procession and uses us to spread the aroma of the knowledge of him everywhere.