2 Corinthians 11:16–33 | A Fool's Boast

Preacher: Jeremiah Fyffe
Passage: 2 Corinthians 11:16–33

1. LET NO ONE THINK ME FOOLISH
2. YOU GLADLY BEAR WITH FOOLS
3. I ALSO DARE TO BOAST
4. IF I MUST BOAST

Proverbs 26:4
Answer not a fool according to his folly,
lest you be like him yourself.

Proverbs 26:5
Answer a fool according to his folly,
lest he be wise in his own eyes.

make slaves
Matthew 20:26–28
But whoever would be great among you must be your servant, and whoever would be first among you must be your slave, even as the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.

2 Corinthians 4:5
For what we proclaim is not ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, with ourselves as your servants for Jesus’ sake.

devours you
Galatians 5:15
_But if you bite and devour one another, watch out that you are not consumed by one another. _

Mark 12:38–40
Beware of the scribes, who like to walk around in long robes and like greetings in the marketplaces and have the best seats in the synagogues and the places of honor at feasts, who devour widows’ houses and for a pretense make long prayers. They will receive the greater condemnation.”

takes advantage of you
2 Corinthians 12:16
But granting that I myself did not burden you, I was crafty, you say, and got the better of you by deceit.

puts on airs
Sam Storms
Constant reference to one’s calling or gifting or anointing or past success or publishing record, perhaps ever so often with a prominent named “dropped” into conversation at just the right time, are tell-tale signs of the sort of arrogance that Paul has in view.

strikes you in the face
1 Timothy 3:3
not violent but gentle

Philippians 3:4–7
though I myself have reason for confidence in the flesh also. If anyone else thinks he has reason for confidence in the flesh, I have more: circumcised on the eighth day, of the people of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews; as to the law, a Pharisee; as to zeal, a persecutor of the church; as to righteousness under the law, blameless. But whatever gain I had, I counted as loss for the sake of Christ.

2 Corinthians 4:11–12
For we who live are always being given over to death for Jesus’ sake, so that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our mortal flesh. So death is at work in us, but life in you.

2 Corinthians 12:9
“My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me.