Meaning His Grace Is Sufficient

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Meaning his grace is sufficient. Here we find paul a man mightily used by god to found the new testament church is plagued by a physical ailment thorn in the flesh that will not go away. Grace could meet paul s need because it expresses god s acceptance and pleasure in him. He says my grace is sufficient for you for my power is made perfect in weakness 2 cor.

But god said to him my grace is sufficient for you for my power is made perfect in weakness 2 corinthians 12 9. I love the way the lord speaks to paul in his second letter to the corinthians. Instead he left paul in his crippled state and said my grace is sufficient for you for my power is made perfect in weakness weakness.

In this case god is explaining that even if he is not going to deliver paul of this weakness it does not mean that god has no grace for paul. The word grace is found in the bible 159 times. 2 my grace is sufficient for you how wonderful to receive the grace of god.

The book of mormon teaches us to rely solely on the merits and mercy and grace of the holy messiah 2 nephi 2 8. This grace was first manifested in his salvation of paul on the road to damascus. And what we need most in our weakness is god s sufficient grace not more strength and not a dramatic deliverance.

For today s believer what is god s grace sufficient for. Three times he pleaded with the lord to take it away. If the day had even more hours then i would need his help and grace during those as well paul expresses this dependence when he writes about the thorn in his flesh.

God s grace is. This verse teaches us to rely on god s grace. We need nothing else.