09-The Last Word

Naturally, I have said a great deal about weakness. After all,
that‟s what my book has been about. I have claimed that, as
Paul argued in 2 Corinthians, admission of a sense of weakness
is an essential for every believer. And I stand by that. But – and
here‟s the point I want to stress in this last chapter – weakness,
in itself, is not enough. Nor is the admission of weakness. That
is not the main lesson which Paul had to learn and pass on to
us. The ABSOLUTE lesson which Paul had to learn – and
which Christ taught him by bitter experience – is something far
more important than weakness. Let me quote, once again, the
vital passage, the passage where Paul tells us what it was he
had to learn, and why: