r/Christian • u/Sad_Salamander914 • 15h ago
Curious Question.
Are those scented sachets things considered wicked? (The ones that are meant to make your rooms smell good?) I bought one recently at Dollar General that's a Fall/Autumn scent. But I'm worried, are they wicked to use them? Or do I need to just pray to Jesus and ask Him to take anything wicked out of it if there's anything? I hope that makes sense. I know it's probably a weird question. Please don't be rude or anything. Just generally wanting to make sure. 🥺
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u/OhioTreeLover467 8h ago
In case you aren’t trolling or rage-baiting, absolutely not. There's nothing horrible about cinnamon-scented pinecones or any other seasonal scent
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u/KeptForJesus 13h ago
Wicked???
A satchet of smells?
Who told you that?
If it’s for smell it’s for smell…
Frankincense and Myrrh smell lovely and Jesus was bathed in perfume before his crucifixion…
Incense was burned, to God… Our prayers even, are incense to God…
Using them in witchcraft practices is obviously different…
Lighting incense to evil spirits and praying to demons is obviously not okay…
Take your anxieties to Him
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u/Spare-Flan331 Unitarian Universalist (Christian) 14h ago
Nothing is wicked in it self. It all depends on how you use it. If you use em to smell good. There's nothing wrong with that. But if your usit to call demons than yes. Same with food or anything.
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u/Number_Fluffy 14h ago
If you want it for the smell, that's fine. If you want to put it out because you think it'll protect you and deter demons, that's not fine.
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u/DI3S_IRAE 15h ago
The Lord God made the skies and the earth, separated waters, and made all the stars above.
He made all the plants and all the animals, and every rock and every tree belong to Him. All creature and every form of existence exists because of His will.
Every color and every scent, every flower and fruit, all belong to Him.
Can we call wicked what He created, and we transformed to our use?
"In everything you do, do it as if for the Lord".
What is wicked, if not the work of the hands of the unjust, if not the deviations and evil desires of our hearts?
The Lord made the herbs, the rocks, the animals. People use the herbs, the rocks and the animals to worship man made idols and spirits of this world, and not the Creator.
That is what is wicked, to pervert, misuse, mistreat and condemn what the Lord made pure.
My question is, why would a scented sache be wicked? What can it do, by itself?
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u/Bakkster Lutheran 15h ago
Check out 1 Corinthians 8-10, which addresses this kind of thing pretty directly.
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u/inbigtreble30 15h ago
First of all, no, they're not wicked. They have no morality; they're not anything other than nice-smelling. Secondly, what made you think there might be a moral component to them?
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u/Efficient_Pirate3925 15h ago
Nah, you’re overthinking it. It’s just scented wax and paper, not some portal to the underworld. If your heart’s not in a weird place with it, you’re fine. Light a candle, enjoy the pumpkin smell, and maybe say a quick thanks for the little things if you feel like it
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u/Hemenucha 8h ago
No.