康尼拜尔这样说，当行列到了罗马神殿时，有些被征服的仇敌要被处死；对他们而言，香的气味是死的香气叫他们死；对其余留下的人而言，是活的香气叫他们活。”这里的“我们”指在基督凯旋的行列中，被征服、掳获的俘虏，庆祝并有分于基督的凯旋。使徒们就是这样的俘虏；他们在为着基督尽职时，作基督的俘虏而有的行动，乃是神对基督胜过祂仇敌的庆祝。
在哥林多后书第二段，从二章十二节至七章十六节，使徒说到他自己和他同工的职事。首先他把他们的职事比作基督得胜的庆祝。他们为着基督尽职的行动，就像一队凯旋的行列，在神帅领下从一处到另一处。他和他的同工都是基督的俘虏，带着基督馨香的香，显出祂凯旋的荣耀。他们已被基督征服，成了祂凯旋行列中的俘虏，从一处到另一处，散放基督的馨香之气。这就是他们为着基督而有的职事。
保罗在十四节也把自己和他的同工比作带着香的人，在基督得胜的职事里，如同在凯旋的行列中，散放那因认识基督而有的香气。使徒是基督凯旋行列中的俘虏，也是基督职事里这样带着香的人。关于“那因认识…而有的香气”这句话，文生说，“根据原文的用法，香气和认识是同位语，所以对基督的认识，用香气为象征，藉着使徒的工作，传递其性质和功效。”使徒们对基督绝佳的认识，成了香气。
保罗在十五节继续说，“因为无论在那些正在得救的人中，或是在那些正在灭亡的人中，我们都是献给神的基督馨香之气。”使徒们被基督浸透，成了基督的馨香之气。不仅他们是基督所产生的香气，而且基督自己就是那献给神的香气，散发在他们的生活和工作里；在那些正在得救的人中，是出于生命的香气叫他们活；在那些正在灭亡的人中，是出于死的香气叫他们死。
十六节说，“在这等人，就是出于死的香气叫人死；在那等人，就是出于生命的香气叫人活；对这些事，谁彀资格？”“叫人死”、“叫人活”这些辞句的意思是以至于死，以至于生命；指使徒的职事在不同的人身上，所产生两面不同的结果。这是生死攸关的事！惟有在基督里神的俘虏，藉着那灵被基督浸透，才彀资格当得起这事。
信息重点：我们不仅需要被基督征服，更需要被基督浸透。藉着认识、经历并享受基督，让基督充满我们，使祂从我们的生活和服事中散发出来，让人从我们身上闻到基督的馨香之气。
应用祷告：主耶稣，求你天天充满、浸透并构成我。愿我更多认识、经历并享受你，使我的生活和服事散放你的馨香，让人从我身上遇见并得着基督。阿们。
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Christ as the Sweet Savor — 2 Cor. 2:14-15
Conybeare explains that when the procession arrived at the temple in Rome, some of the conquered enemies were to be put to death; to them, the fragrance of the incense was a fragrance of death that put them to death, while to the rest who remained, it was a fragrance of life that gave them life. Here, “we” refers to the conquered captives in the train of Christ’s triumph, celebrating and participating in Christ’s triumph. The apostles were such captives; their move as captives of Christ in their ministry for Him is God’s celebration of Christ’s victory over his enemies.
In the second section of 2 Corinthians, from 2:12 through 7:16, the apostle speaks of his own ministry and that of his co-workers. First, he likens their ministry to a celebration of Christ’s victory. Their move in their ministry for Christ is like a triumphal procession from one place to another under God’s leading. He and his co-workers were all captives of Christ, bearing the fragrant incense of Christ for his triumphant glory. They had been conquered by Christ and had become captives in His triumphal procession, going from place to place and scattering the fragrance of Christ. This is their ministry for Christ.
In verse 14 Paul also likens himself and his co-workers to incense-bearers scattering the savor of the knowledge of Christ in His triumphant ministry as in a triumphal processing. The apostles are such incense-bearers in their ministry as well as captives in the train of His triumphant. Concerning the phrase “the savor of the knowledge”, Vincent notes that, according to the Greek usage, the savor and the knowledge are in apposition, so that the knowledge of Christ is symbolized as an odor communicating its nature and efficacy through the apostle’s work”. The apostles’ excellent knowledge of Christ became a sweet savor.
Paul continues in verse 15, “For we are a fragrance of Christ to God among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing.” The apostles were permeated with Christ and became a fragrance of Christ. They were not merely a sweet savor produced by Christ, but Christ is the savor being exhaled in their life and work to God, both those who are being saved, as a savor from life to life, and in those who are perishing, as a savor from death to death.
Verse 16 says, “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?” The phrases “to death” and “to life” mean resulting in death and resulting in life; This refers to the different effects of the apostles’ ministry upon different persons. It is a matter of life and death! Only those who are God’s captives in Christ, saturated with Christ by the Spirit, are sufficient and qualified for this.
Message Main Points: We not only need to be conquered by Christ, but even more, we need to be saturated by Christ. Through knowing, experiencing and enjoying Christ, let Him fill us, so that He is permeated in our life and walk, allowing others to smell the fragrance of Christ from us.
Daily Prayer: Lord Jesus, fill, saturate and constitute me every day. May I know, experience and enjoy You more, so that my life and walk diffuse Your fragrance, allowing others to encounter and gain Christ through me. Amen.