
PARADOX: The Nature of the Kingdom of God
Mark 12:34—You are not far from the kingdom of God
Part 2—Upside Down
2 Corinthians 4:7-10; 16-18
Paradox—Something absurd or contradictory;
conflicting with conventional wisdom
Paradox 1: When I am Weak, then I am Strong
2 Corinthians 12:9-10
Paradox 2: We walk by Faith, not by Sight
2 Corinthians 5:7
Heb. 11:6; 2 Corinthians 6:13
"This is the greatest paradox: the emotions cannot be trusted, yet it is they that tell us the greatest truths."
--Don Herold
“What a paradox: The sinner forever free from the slightest traces of sin; the sinless Son bearing forever in His body the marks of sins sacrifice.? --Richard C. Halverson