Lesson 11
SPIRITUAL WARFARE (II)
My Grace is Sufficient for You
2 Corinthians 11:16-12:10
Key Verse:
PAUL BOASTS ABOUT HIS SUFFERINGS (-29)
How did Paul equate self-confident boasting and foolishness? (16-18) Due to their lack of discernment, what were the Corinthians putting up with? (19-20) Who were the fools here? Why did Paul begin to boast about himself like them? (21)
How did Paul boast about himself compared with the “super-apostles”? (22-23a) What sufferings did Paul go through as a servant of Christ? (23b-27) Why are sufferings always a part of Christian life and service? (2Ti3:12; Mk13:13; Jn15:18-20)
In the midst of external trials, how had Paul suffered daily as a shepherd? (28-29) What should the Corinthians have realized through this?
PAUL BOASTS ABOUT HIS WEAKNESSES (-)
What did Paul resolve to boast about? (11:30) How is this opposite of our natural tendency? How did Paul assure them that he was not lying about the facts? (11:31-33) How did this reveal his weakness?
What did he go on to boast about? (-4) Why did he describe it in such a self-effacing way? () Until now, why had he refrained from mentioning this vision? () What was the danger of having such a surpassingly great revelation, and why did God allow Satan to torment Paul? () At first, what did Paul do about this? (8)
Read . What was God’s unexpected answer to Paul’s prayer? What was God trying to teach him? Like Paul, how can we have Christ’s power rest on us? (b) What did Paul begin to delight in? () In light of this, what attitude should we have toward all our own weaknesses and sufferings?