2 Corinthians 12:7-10

2 Corinthians 12:7-10

1. Grace initiated in Paul’s weakness

“For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes.”

- Romans 1:16

“This is a Christian paradox: when we are weak in ourselves, then we are strong in the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ; when we see ourselves weak in ourselves, then we go out of ourselves to Christ, and are qualified to receive strength from him, and experience most of the supplies

of divine strength and grace.”

- Matthew Henry

“And again he came and found them sleeping, for their eyes were heavy. So, leaving them again, he went away and prayed for the third time, saying the same words again.”

- Matthew 26:43-44

“And going a little farther he fell on his face and prayed, saying, ‘My Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as you will.’”

- Matthew 26:39

2 Corinthians 12:7-10

1. Grace initiated in Paul’s weakness 2. Grace revealed in Christ’s weakness

“The Lord has more need of our weakness than of our strength: our strength is often His

rival; our weakness, His servant, drawing on His resources, and showing forth His glory.”

- Robert Jamieson

2 Corinthians 12:7-10

1. Grace initiated in Paul’s weakness 2. Grace revealed in Christ’s weakness 3. Grace proclaimed through our weakness

“Grace is power. It does not instruct, it energizes; and what dead men need is

energizing, such energizing as raises the dead.”

- Benjamin B. Warfield

“The more, and the more violently, you are afflicted and tried, being upheld by my power,

and prospered in all my labors, the more eminently will my power be seen and

acknowledged. For the weaker the instrument I use, the more the power of my grace shall be

manifested.”

- Adam Clarke