Paul Washer said in one of his sermons Offering Your Bodies: "When someone walks into your house, do they sense the fragrance of Christ? The beauty of Christ? The loveliness of Christ? ...A living sacrifice...just a fragrance about a person. You can't fake it! You can fake so much stuff! You can fake good doctrine, you can fake that you know something, you can fake good preaching, you can fake everything just about but that one thing, you can't fake that. Because it only comes from God. It's kind of His seal, His stamp. 'This is really my guy, this is really my daughter here. This is a person truly walking as a living sacrifice. It is so, so very important."

You can't fake the real power and fragrance of Christ. I always think about the Pharisees - I sort of see them sometimes as walking around in these white robes. And then I think of Christ being transfigured on the mount, and how His disciples saw Him with clothes made of light, whiter than anyone could bleach. This cannot be faked! I don't want to fake kindness or fake God's love. So I'm praying for the Lord to empower it by the Holy Spirit. And to complete my understanding, so I can operate by faith.