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Bible Paradoxes
A paradox is a tenet contrary to received opinion, seemingly contrary to common sense, but actually true.
We may be last, though first.
Mark 10.35-45
We lose by saving our life.
Mark 8.34-38
We live by dying.
2 Timothy 2.11
We see unseen things.
2 Corinthians 4.18
We conquer by yielding.
Romans 6.16-18
We find rest under a yoke.
Matthew 11.28-30
We reign by serving.
Mark 10.42-44
We are made great by being the least.
Luke 9.48
We are exalted by being humble.
Matthew 23.12
We become wise by being fools.
1 Corinthians 1.20-21
We are made free by becoming bondservants.
Romans 6.18
We wax strong by being weak.
2 Corinthians 12.10
We triumph by defeat.
2 Corinthians 12.7-9
We find victory by glorying in our infirmities.
2 Corinthians 12.5
Conclusion: The Lord’s ways are not our ways, so much so that they are often opposite.
