p. 2 | 3937 - Man in Christ

Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Dec 10, 1912

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 39, No. 48.

3937 — Man in Christ

Could you tell me who the person is that is spoken of in 2 Cor. 12:1-4?

The apostle is here speaking of himself. The question is, Should he glory? If he did, why, he had had abundant visions and revelations of the Lord. So he refers to an experience that he had fourteen years before. Whether at that time he was actually caught up to heaven in the body, or outside of the body, he did not know, but the visions were just as real as if he saw them with his natural eyes. Such a one was caught up into the third heaven, where God dwells, caught up into Paradise, and there heard unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter. The 5th verse declares that he could glory because of that, but when he thought of himself and of his own unworthiness, he would not glory in himself. In fact, he would only glory in his weaknesses, because Christ had glorified Himself in letting His power rest upon him, so that he was lifted above even his infirmities. Simply the apostle considers himself in the twofold sense, as one to whom God had given great revelations, as one who was continually humbled and weakened by his physical infirmities.

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