In this sermon we discuss the first half of Chapter 12, with the second half to be discussed with Chapter 13 next month.
Paul, in the first half of Chapter 12, continues with his “boasting” by speaking of visions and revelations of the Lord. Admittedly, a bold claim in itself, Paul seems to counteract this “boasting” by moving on to the issue of the thorn in the flesh to “harass” him to keep him from becoming conceited.