How do we smell?

2 Cor 2:14 But thanks be to God, who in Christ always leads us in triumphal procession, and through us spreads the fragrance of the knowledge of him everywhere. 15 For we are the aroma of Christ to God among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing, 16 to one a fragrance from death to death, to the other a fragrance from life to life. Who is sufficient for these things? 17 For we are not, like so many, peddlers of God's word, but as men of sincerity, as commissioned by God, in the sight of God we speak in Christ.

Believers are being accused, by liberals, of being unkind for teaching that salvation is only in Jesus Christ. They, the purveyors of universal human based righteousness, are convinced that the way forward is to rob the rich as to this world, and to share it with the disadvantaged.  And they seek to add to their clout by bringing more votes to their side by appealing to selfishness..

These liberals teach that a loving God will not punish people.  But both history and the Bible teach otherwise. The Bible teaches that righteousness exalts a nation, and that sin is a reproach to any people. 

And Jesus (Yeshua) said that He is the way to Eternal Life.

John 14 English Standard Version (ESV)
I Am the Way, and the Truth, and the Life
14:1 “Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God;[a] believe also in me. 2 In my Father's house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you?[b] 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, that where I am you may be also. 4 And you know the way to where I am going.”[c] 5 Thomas said to him, “Lord, we do not know where you are going. How can we know the way?” 6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. 7 If you had known me, you would have known my Father also.[d] From now on you do know him and have seen him.”

When we share a message about salvation in Jesus Christ, we must first teach about sin and failure on our part that required the bloody sacrifice of Jesus.  Until a person understands that they have separated themselves from God by their own sins, they see no need for a savior.  

And if we can be righteous by our own doing, we have no need of a savior.  If there are many ways to God, and we can choose from many ways, we have no need of Jesus.

And believers are not being arrogant when we insist that salvation is only in Jesus.  We are humbly admitting that we cannot save ourselves, but we need Jesus.

Yes, we believers in Jesus are accused of believing fairy tales by the secular elites. They, the secular elites, choose false science and feelings to attack what the Bible teaches about human sexuality.  

Yes, those of us who believe the Bible teaches instruction from God, are ridiculed as being hopelessly old fashioned and uninformed.  Our calls for personal responsibility are called unloving.  If we really loved poor people, we would join the rush to rob the rich and distribute to the poor, the liberals say.

But Jesus and the Bible teach voluntary sharing by individuals. Handing over personal responsibility to the government causes unbelievable confusion and corruption. John F. Kennedy nailed it with his challenge,  “Ask not what your country can do for you – ask what you can do for your country,”.

Socialism and communism fail because of human weakness, human sinfulness.  The wages of sin is death.  Death and destruction are coming upon people because of their missing the mark of righteousness in Jesus.  More than 100 million died last century because of socialism and communism.  When will we ever learn?

Believers are not acting arrogantly by insisting that all need to come to Jesus.  This is the only way to God, as proven by the teaching of the Bible and the evidence of history.  The prophets of the Bible have proven true. 

Unitarianism is a popular idea, but it simply is not true, and those who profess it are putting themselves against the teaching of the Bible.  https://www.uua.org/

If I smell bad to you, maybe it is because of the tilt of your nose.  I smell good to believers. John 3:16