2 Corinthians: Boasting in Weakness

Sermon Outline for June 4, 2023
Boasting in Weakness || 1 Corinthians 12:1-10

Introduction: Jonathan Edwards

Comments for Clarification
• Who is “the man” Paul refers to in vv. 1-4?
• What is the spiritual experience Paul is referencing?
• What is Paul’s ‘thorn in the flesh’?

How should the Christian respond when others seek to destroy your
reputation?
1. Point people past yourself and to Jesus and his Gospel
2. Acknowledge God’s grace in the thorns of your life
3. Exalt God’s grace and power by boasting in your weaknesses

Sending Word: 1 Corinthians 1:28-31,

28 God chose the lowly things of this world
and the despised things—and the things that are not—to nullify the things that
are, 29 so that no one may boast before him. 30 It is because of him that you are in
Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God—that is, our
righteousness, holiness and redemption. 31 Therefore, as it is written: “Let the one
who boasts boast in the Lord.”