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“Christ also hath loved us, and hath given Himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling savor” (Ephesians 5:2).
Today we have a verse that shows us the same thing as we had yesterday, that Christ’s sacrifice on the cross was a sweet-smelling savor to God. Why did it have such a sweet smell to God? It was because of the perfect obedience of the Lord Jesus to the will of His Father. Every father in this world knows how much it means to him to have an obedient child, and especially if he asks that child to do something that is very unpleasant. Think of how much it meant to God the Father to see His beloved Son go willingly to Calvary’s cross, and bear the judgment for sin! It was indeed a sweet smell to God.
In the same way we can be a sweet savor to God, if we obey His command to walk in love with one another. In this way we are “followers of God,” as it says in verse one of Ephesians 5. It means a great deal to God our Father when we obey His commands.
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