2 Corinthians 13

V. 4, Jesus died in weakness but lives by the Power of God

Paul throws out an oxymoron in verse 4 when speaking of Jesus Christ. He says that Jesus died in weakness but lives in power and in our lives, we are weak in ourselves yet powerful through him. Jesus humbled Himself and came to this earth for the sole purpose of restoring what our sins destroyed, fellowship with God. Isaiah 53:7 says that Jesus was as a lamb led to the slaughter, is there an image any weaker than of a helpless baby lamb being led by a leash to the place where it is going to be slain and sacrificed. Jesus willingly in weakness was led to the cross to be sacrificed for sins that He did not commit so that through His act of sacrifice. The weakness showed by Christ was by choice not because he was overcome by this world. In John 10:18 Jesus says, no man takes His life but that he lays it down of His own will. He was weak by choice.

By his sacrificial act of weakness, we are given power. By Jesus willingly overcoming death, Hell, and the grave we are given the power to do so as well when we accept Jesus as our Lord and Savior. The same power of God that rose Jesus from the grave lives within us as believers. (Romans 8:11) As Christians we realize that we are weak and have no power outside what Jesus has placed in our lives. We no longer depend upon our physical strength, health, or wisdom to be successful in this life, we rely solely upon the Power of God dwelling inside of us. Our strength to overcome and have internal piece while everything is falling apart around us comes from the Holy Spirit, but all this would be impossible if Jesus didn’t willingly walk in weakness on our behalf.