Preaching Through Infirmity

In these verses Paul was trying to win these confused believers back to a right view of the law and the gospel. He wants them to become like him in their attitude toward him and the gospel. If they were weak in their doctrinal understanding, he would try to get them to think back to how they had first accepted him as the preacher, when he first preached the gospel to them. He had first preached to them because of physical infirmity, he says. And even though he was weak, they had received him, and had also received the gospel which he preached to them. If they received him then, Paul is reasoning with them, they should also receive his words of wisdom now. So, tonight we want to look 1st - at what Paul’s attitude toward his own infirmity. (Verses 12 and 13) Then 2nd – We want to look at the Galatian’s attitude towards Paul’s infirmity. And then 3rd – We want to look at Paul’s attitude towards zeal. (Verses 16-18)