Sermon
2 Corinthians 11:16-12:10
Redemption Church - Twin Cities
Speaker: Drew Stevenson
February 22, 2026 · 38 min
Summary
Paul's boasting in weakness (2 Corinthians 11–12) teaches that God's strength is perfected in human weakness. The pastor uses Paul's example and his own pastoral suffering to show that admitting weakness, experiencing inexpressible intimacy with God through suffering, and receiving God's sufficient grace are the marks of mature faith.
Highlights
Paul had firmly placed his identity in who he was in God's eyes and had given up caring who he was in other people's eyes.
The pathway to experiencing inexpressible things with God is not around suffering, it's through it.
When we suffer, we plead with God, and he says no to our specific request—it's not a wall, it's a door. The door is not strength. The door is weakness that leads to grace.