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January 12, 2012
Does your weakness discourage you? Do you wish you were more adequate for your tasks? Uniquely in biblical thinking, weakness is actually a blessing, a chance for Christ’s adequacy to shine—as the apostle Paul himself certainly had to learn. Glorifying ourselves increases our disappointment and despair, Alistair Begg explains. But when dependence upon Christ is our goal, our personal insufficiency can strengthen our faith and help us proclaim our Savior.
12When gI came to Troas to preach the gospel of Christ, even though ha door was opened for me in the Lord, 13my spirit iwas not at rest because I did not find my brother Titus there. So I took leave of them and went on to Macedonia.
14But jthanks be to God, who in Christ always kleads us in triumphal procession, and through us spreads lthe fragrance of the knowledge of him everywhere. 15For we are the aroma of Christ to God among mthose who are being saved and among nthose who are perishing, 16oto one a fragrance from death to death, oto the other a fragrance from life to life. pWho is sufficient for these things? 17For we are not, like so many, peddlers of God's word, but as men of sincerity, as commissioned by God, in the sight of God we speak in Christ.
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