{"id":42812,"date":"2022-02-03T20:55:53","date_gmt":"2022-02-04T02:55:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/?p=42812"},"modified":"2022-02-03T20:55:53","modified_gmt":"2022-02-04T02:55:53","slug":"bible-paradoxes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-paradoxes\/","title":{"rendered":"Bible Paradoxes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t<p>Author Unknown<\/p>\n<p>A paradox is a tenet contrary to received opinion; seemingly contrary to common sense but is actually true.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>We may be last though first (Mark 10:35-45)<\/li>\n<li>We lose by saving our life (Mark 8:34-38)<\/li>\n<li>We live by dying (II Timothy 2:11)<\/li>\n<li>We see unseen things (II Corinthians 4:18)<\/li>\n<li>We conquer by yielding (Romans 6:16-18)<\/li>\n<li>We find rest under a yoke (Matthew 11:28-30)<\/li>\n<li>We reign by serving (Mark 10:42-44)<\/li>\n<li>We are made great by being the least (Luke 9:48)<\/li>\n<li>We are exalted by being humble (Matthew 23:12)<\/li>\n<li>We become wise by being fools (I Corinthians 1:20-21)<\/li>\n<li>We are made free by becoming bondservants (Romans 6:18)<\/li>\n<li>We wax strong by being weak (II Corinthians 12:10)<\/li>\n<li>We triumph by defeat (II Corinthians 12:7-9)<\/li>\n<li>We find victory by glorying in our infirmities (II Corinthians 12:5)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Conclusion: The Lord&#8217;s ways are not our ways, so much so that they are often opposite.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Author Unknown A paradox is a tenet contrary to received opinion; seemingly contrary to common sense but is 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 (II Timothy 2:11) We see unseen things (II Corinthians 4:18) We conquer by yielding (Romans&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[27],"tags":[642],"class_list":["post-42812","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-article","tag-christianity"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5224,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/withdraw-yourselves\/","url_meta":{"origin":42812,"position":0},"title":"Withdraw Yourselves","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"June 30, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"by Jeffrey W. Hamilton I.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The concept of withdrawing comes from II Thessalonians 3:6 and I Timothy 6:5 (KJV) \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0A.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0In II Thessalonians 3:6, Stellomai means avoiding - see II Corinthains 8:20 (avoiding trouble) \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0B.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0I Timothy 6:5 (KJV and NKJV only) - aphistemi means a departure, a falling away, or a withdrawing\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Sermon&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Sermon","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/sermon\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":54383,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/what-is-important-in-a-church\/","url_meta":{"origin":42812,"position":1},"title":"What Is Important in a Church?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"October 14, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"by Jeffrey W. Hamilton Text: Romans 14:1-12 \u00a0 I.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0I remember visiting a large congregation many years ago. They had asked me to do some web site work for them. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0A.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0While I was amazed at the size of the group, what struck me most were some of the comments the elders\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Audio&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Audio","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/audio\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":61534,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/notes-on-judgment\/","url_meta":{"origin":42812,"position":2},"title":"Notes on Judgment","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"June 25, 2005","format":false,"excerpt":"The determination of who enters heaven or burns in hell is God's - Matthew 25:31-46; Romans 2:16; I Corinthians 5:13; II Thessalonians 1:7-10; II Timothy 4:8; Jude 1:9, 14-15 God has told us, in advance, the standard of his judgment - John 12:48; Romans 2:16; II Thessalonians 1:8; James 2:11-13\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Notes&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Notes","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/notes\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":85369,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/reconciled\/","url_meta":{"origin":42812,"position":3},"title":"Reconciled","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"March 6, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"by Doy Moyer When we are outside of Christ, we can be described in various ways, like sheep without a shepherd (Matthew 9:36), lost (Luke 19:10), or without God (Ephesians 2:13). 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Hamilton Text: Psalm 51 \u00a0 I.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The question seems almost ridiculously trivial, but in the years that I have talked with people about their salvation, I\u2019ve come to realize that some of the misinformation out there is rooted in the fact that people don\u2019t know what they are\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Sermon&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Sermon","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/sermon\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":47839,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/an-honorable-man-mordecai\/","url_meta":{"origin":42812,"position":5},"title":"An Honorable Man: Mordecai","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"March 17, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"by Jeffrey W. 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