wise seeker
The "faith" movement
Joined: 09 Dec 2002
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Location: Largo Florida
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 Posted: Mon Sep 29, 2003 10:20 am Post subject: lest I should be exalted above measure? |
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| Quote: | 2 Corinthians 12:7 And lest I should be exalted above measure by the abundance of the revelations, a thorn in the flesh was given to me, a messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I be exalted above measure.
12:8 Concerning this thing I pleaded with the Lord three times that it might depart from me.
12:9 And He said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness." Therefore most gladly I will rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.
12:10 Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in needs, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ's sake. For when I am weak, then I am strong. |
Many religious ones take a single verse or episode in the bible to be a general prescription concerning anything else in life! That is totally foolish and stupid! Apostle Paul wasn't temporarily healed by God lest he should be exalted above measure by the abundance of the revelations, a thorn in the flesh was given to him, a messenger of Satan to buffet him, lest he be exalted above measure. But the bible did say things about Apostle Paul that the other religious fools who love to quote him and use him as a role model can never say:
| Quote: | Acts 19:11 Now God worked unusual miracles by the hands of Paul,
19:12 so that even handkerchiefs or aprons were brought from his body to the sick, and the diseases left them and the evil spirits went out of them. |
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