2 Corinthians 13:3-4; Crucified Through Weakness

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2 Corinthians 13:3-4 Since ye seek a proof of Christ speaking in me, which to you-ward is not weak, but is mighty in you. 4 For though he was crucified through weakness, yet he liveth by the power of God. For we also are weak in him, but we shall live with him by the power of God toward you.

God’s ways are not our ways, neither His thoughts, our thoughts. Human ingenuity could not comprehend the scene of the crucified Saviour. Such humiliation and defeat. Yet in the wisdom of God, the gainsayers are themselves helped when the Spirit of God enabled them to understand and see the power of God in the resurrection, in the defeat of sin and death by the Saviour’s crucifixion.

Indeed, as the prophet Isaiah foretold in Isaiah 53:6-7 All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all. He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth.

The prophet Isaiah gave the reason for the Saviour’s weakness in Isaiah 53:10-11 Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in his hand. He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities. That He may justify many for He shall bear their iniquities.

Jesus triumphs in power on the day of the resurrection three days after His death – John 20:19 Then the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews, came Jesus and stood in the midst, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you.

The believer lives by the power of God, the power that effected the resurrection. Triumphant, weak, glorious. Amen.