BOASTING IN WEAKNESS (16 OF 17)
Scripture: 2 Corinthians 12:1-10
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Boasting In Weakness (16 of 17)
Series: 2 Corinthians
Robert Dawson
2 Corinthians 12:1-10
My niece, when her and my nephew were really young, was mean to her little brother. Typical big sister. I remember watching her, when he was just a baby lying on the floor, she'd go lay down near him, you'd think she was going to be all sweet and act like she looked but she didn't. She'd put her feet all on him, push him with her feet and kick at him just enough where she wouldn't get in trouble.
We all knew that her days were numbered and that she was going to get it. One day it happened. My brother said they had been playing around the house and she had been relentlessly aggravating the little guy and he saw it. A look came over my little nephew's face and my brother knew what was about to transpire. My nephew walked off, rummaged around in the toybox, pulled out one of his sister's Barbie Dolls, walked over to her and smacked her right in the back of the head with it. She dropped into a puddle of tears. Then he walked over to his daddy, looked up at him, dropped the Barbie at his feet and walked off.
It was as if the little guy was saying, ''Dad. You saw it. She deserved it. I ain't sorry. Do what you want with me.''
Folks can only take so much pushing before they push back. Even Paul. Paul, after having been pushed, shoved and bullied enough by the false teachers and their followers in Corinth, who had questioned his calling, rejected his authority, demeaned his abilities, questioned his motives and doubted his commitment and love for the church, had finally had enough. They wanted to play the comparison game between him and the false teachers and their long list of credentials and puffed-up spiritual resumes then he was hesitantly but willing to oblige.
He would place his ministerial and spiritual resume against theirs but what Paul highlighted and valued most would be quite different from what they expected. Instead of dwelling on the highs, Paul woul ...
Series: 2 Corinthians
Robert Dawson
2 Corinthians 12:1-10
My niece, when her and my nephew were really young, was mean to her little brother. Typical big sister. I remember watching her, when he was just a baby lying on the floor, she'd go lay down near him, you'd think she was going to be all sweet and act like she looked but she didn't. She'd put her feet all on him, push him with her feet and kick at him just enough where she wouldn't get in trouble.
We all knew that her days were numbered and that she was going to get it. One day it happened. My brother said they had been playing around the house and she had been relentlessly aggravating the little guy and he saw it. A look came over my little nephew's face and my brother knew what was about to transpire. My nephew walked off, rummaged around in the toybox, pulled out one of his sister's Barbie Dolls, walked over to her and smacked her right in the back of the head with it. She dropped into a puddle of tears. Then he walked over to his daddy, looked up at him, dropped the Barbie at his feet and walked off.
It was as if the little guy was saying, ''Dad. You saw it. She deserved it. I ain't sorry. Do what you want with me.''
Folks can only take so much pushing before they push back. Even Paul. Paul, after having been pushed, shoved and bullied enough by the false teachers and their followers in Corinth, who had questioned his calling, rejected his authority, demeaned his abilities, questioned his motives and doubted his commitment and love for the church, had finally had enough. They wanted to play the comparison game between him and the false teachers and their long list of credentials and puffed-up spiritual resumes then he was hesitantly but willing to oblige.
He would place his ministerial and spiritual resume against theirs but what Paul highlighted and valued most would be quite different from what they expected. Instead of dwelling on the highs, Paul woul ...
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