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Paul’s Thorn and God’s Grace

8 Concerning this thing, I begged the Lord three times that it might depart from me. 9 He has said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Most gladly therefore I will rather glory in my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may rest on me.

10 Therefore I take pleasure in weaknesses, in injuries, in necessities, in persecutions, and in distresses, for Christ’s sake. For when I am weak, then am I strong. — 2 Corinthians 12:8-10 | World English Bible (WEB) The World English Bible is in the public domain Cross References: Daniel 10:19; Matthew 26:44; Romans 5:3; Romans 8:26; Romans 8:35; 1 Corinthians 2:3; 1 Corinthians 2:5; 2 Corinthians 12:1; 2 Corinthians 5:15; 2 Corinthians 5:20; 2 Corinthians 12:5; 2 Corinthians 13:4

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The Thorn in the Flesh

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Struggling with Sin

but there is a big fight going on inside us. That bad part of us makes its own law. It makes us think the wrong way. It makes us its prisoners so that we can’t do the things we really want to do. We feel really sorry for ourselves. How can we get free from this bad boss in our bodies that will make us die? Who can make us free? — Romans 7:23-24 | Plain English Version (PEV) Plain English Version Bible © 2021 Wycliffe Bible Translators Australia Cross References: Romans 6:6; Romans 6:19; Romans 7:21; Romans 7:25; Romans 8:2; Romans 8:23; Galatians 5:17; Colossians 2:11; James 4:1; 1 Peter 2:11

* the Plain English Bible was written to be easily understood by Australian aboriginals. It’s wording and language reflects this.

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[The flesh] knows that if the spiritual life gets hold of it, all its self-centeredness and self-will are going to be killed and it is ready to fight tooth and nail to avoid that.

C.S. Lewis

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The Christian life is a war, and the fiercest battles are those that rage within the heart of every believer. The new birth radically and permanently changes a person’s sinful nature, but it does not immediately liberate that nature from all of the remnants of sin. Birth is followed by growth, and that growth involves warfare.

Tom Ascol

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It is not the absence of sin but the grieving over it which distinguishes the child of God from empty professors.

Arthur W. Pink

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We must learn where our personal weaknesses lie. Once they are identified, we must be ruthless in dealing with them. Earlier generations called this the “mortification of the flesh,” that is, pronouncing the death sentence upon sin and putting that sentence into daily effect by killing all that sets itself against God’s purpose in our lives.

Alistair Begg

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The longer you delay, the more your sin gets strength and rooting. If you cannot bend a twig, how will you be able to bend it when it is a tree?

Richard Baxter

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The Christian's Most Crippling Disability and Enemy - The Aquila Report

by David Powlison | But indwelling sin does not define you. It opposes you. It is an aberration, not an identity. Self-will is a living contradiction within you. So you look far beyond the mirror: “Lord Jesus, your love for me will get last say. You are merciful to me for your name’s sake, for the sake of your...