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The Gift of Thorns - Pastor Charles Billingsley

Take your next step in following Jesus | http://trbc.org/start Giving | http://TRBC.org/GIVE Learn More | http://trbc.org Subscribe for weekly content |    / @thomasroadchurch  \ — Sermon Notes | https://mytrbc.mobi/sermon_note/right... 2 Corinthians 12-13 1. Paul’s boasting Chapter 11:18 Seeing that many boast according to the flesh, I also will boast. 2. Paul’s Blessing 3. Paul’s Burden – God’s strategy for our Humility 4. Paul’s Brokenness 5. Paul’s Boldness 6. Paul’s Benediction Did Paul have it all together? absolutely not! Romans 7:18 For I know that nothing good dwells in me, that is, in my flesh. For I have the desire to do what is right, but not the ability to carry it out. 19 For I do not do the good I want, but the evil I do not want is what I keep on doing. 2 Cor. 12:7 So to keep me from becoming conceited because of the surpassing greatness of the revelations, a thorn was given me in the flesh, This passage applies to all thorns. God uses thorns in our lives to accomplish several things. A. To humble us – to keep me from becoming conceited. often times our greatest enemy is ourselves! B. To break us – from Pride? from sin? We all have a propensity for pride. God wants us to stay in a state of brokenness. C. To correct us – D. To protect us – from our selves! E. To shape us – He is the potter, we are the clay. F. To use us – God allows thorns in our lives because He wants to expand our usefulness. And we become useful to Him when we are dependent on Him. 2 Corinthians 9:8 – NKJV And God is able to make all grace abound toward you, that you, always having all sufficiency in all things, may have an abundance for every good work. ESV 9:8 And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that having all sufficiency in all things at all times, you may abound in every good work. CSB 9:8 And God is able to make every grace overflow to you, so that in every way, always having everything you need, you may excel in every good work. NLT 9:8 And God will generously provide all you need. Then you will always have everything you need and plenty left over to share with others. Look at 12:9 again. 9 But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness, for my power is made perfect in weakness. God takes our weakness – and sometimes uses the devil to do it, so that we can see His power! When we are at our weakest point, that is truly when we discover the strength of His power. When you come to the end of yourself, and give yourself in total surrender to God, you’ll discover that you are right at the beginning of discovering the power of His grace. I have lived this several times in my own life. 12:9b – ”Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me. Great Faith is only forged in the fire! 10 For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For when I am weak, then I am strong. A rose has thorns (prickles) to: protect – it from it’s enemies retain – water and other life giving nutrients Growth – the thorns actually grab on to fences and other vines and act as a support system for the rose to be able to climb higher and receive more direct sunlight. •Removing a Rose’s thorns can damage the rose’s tissues and lead to infection, potentially weakening the plant or even causing it to die. ironically, it is the rose’s thorns that give it strength!!!!! God allows thorns in our lives to do the same thing: Protect – us from our selves – our pride , our sin Retain – in us a reminder of our need for Him. We need His strength to sustain us. Growth – our spiritual growth so we might climb higher and higher in our knowledge of His word and experience the power of the Son – who’s grace is our sufficiency. When you endure your thorns: you are sanctified for His service Christ is magnified in Your service others are edified by your service 10 For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For when I am weak, then I am strong. Instagram |   / thomasroad   Facebook |   / thomasroad   Timeline 0:00 Welcome to Thomas Road 0:30 Worship 33:00 Sermon 1:20:00 Invitation #2corinthians #thomasroad #churchonline