Smell tells you a lot about something. Have you ever tried to eat something that smelled terrible? You'll gag, trust me.
There's a cookie shop I go into from time to time that immediately causes salivation in my gums because I can smell the cookie dough baking the second I walk in the door. As I've previously stated, I think that the cookie dough is WAY better tasting than the cookies themselves, so I always ask the person at the counter if I can have a little. Every time I know the answer will be no, because, as they've told me on many occasions, health code prevents them from serving the cookie dough because it contains raw eggs. But I still ask every single time I'm there. It smells that good.
In 2 Corinthians 2:15, The Bible says that we are the aroma of Christ to the world. God makes us the very scent of his son when we know him. He'll use you to spread the fragrance of his love to the world.
Or you can work against him and act like a smelly puddle while you claim to know Jesus. In this scenario, people will never bother to get to know Jesus because they'll associate him with the scent you're casting, just like how my roommate never bothered to found out what was in the puddle he stepped in. Nobody will care. If it smells bad, it probably tastes bad too.
But if you draw near to Christ and live a life of sincere love for him and the people you know, people will constantly ask what's so different about you and how they can get some of whatever it is you have (just like me when I smell cookie dough).
You're actions will show that you understand how much God loves you. And then people will be like this:
