Oct 25 2009
Sunday Morning Verse – 10/25/09
2 Corinthians 12:9
9 But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me.
This verse brings up a point I’ve been making a lot lately when discussing Christianity with others. Mainly that to be a good Christian, many believe they need to have lots of problems and be weak. This somehow makes people feel that they have something for God to fix, and that by having problems, they are being tested. Imagine the power you have over people if you are able to convince them they must be weak.
As I tweeted earlier this week… if you want to find people with lots of problems, look no further than your local church.
2 responses so far
Hi.
I have been reading your posts and I have to wonder: have you ever had a Bible teacher other than a pastor or youth ministry, etc? It seems you have not.. given your interpretations of Scripture.
“Mainly that to be a good Christian, many believe they need to have lots of problems and be weak.”
This could not be further from the truth. Christianity is not about being weak. Paul did not say he was feeble or planned to be feeble. He said he would BOAST of his WEAKNESSES. That means he would open his heart and be HONEST with himself and with his fellow mankind. He would not be ashamed of his imperfections. Instead he would make them known and accept them rather than live with them in pain and denial and anger. And through this process of displaying them he would be HUMBLE. And through His HUMILITY he would be lifted up by GOD, his superior. After all, what is the point of a GOD if he is not superior to us? IF we think we are on God’s level, why even have a God?
After all God is our FATHER, not our buddy. He fathers us. Like any father we respect him and we follow him, even if we don’t always agree with him. But above all we HONOR him as the TEACHER and accept our roles as students.
“This somehow makes people feel that they have something for God to fix, and that by having problems, they are being tested.”
This line of reasoning is hard to follow. It is suppose to be your proposition (every argument has a premise and a proposition) , but it reads more like a hybrid of the two and begs more questions. I THINK what you are saying is this:
Jesus said he prefers the weak. So people feign as though they are weak, fabricate problems, and then when challenged declare God is testing them, when in fact they are the authors of their own problems and their tests are completely illusory. By going through this futile exercise they put themselves in a position of inferiority where they can thus be controlled by…. well.. you didn’t say. Controlled by who? Certainly not Jesus for he doesn’t exist in your argument. By their churches? The government? Who?
Did I get it right?