Section 7
the rock—but despite those and other wonders performed by God for them, nothing of God Himself was thereby imparted into them.
In contrast to this, the apostle Paul testifies to knowing not only the living God but also the God of resurrection. Paul was so sorely tried that he despaired even of living, but it was thus that he learned to trust in the God who raises the dead. When the God of resurrection acted on his be half to raise him from the dead, that divine act not only accomplished something for Paul; it also communicated God's own nature to Paul.
Brothers and sisters, do discriminate here. The miracles wrought for Israel in the wilder ness were acts of the living God; however, despite the many miracles wrought for them, nothing of God was wrought into their constitution. The miracles wrought for Paul were wrought by the God of resurrection, and each fresh miracle wrought a fresh measure of God Himself into the life of Paul. Alas! Though generations have passed since the resurrection, many Christians are almost ignorant of the God of resurrection and are interested only in the living God. Let me try and bring this matter home to our daily life.
A brother becomes seriously ill. His case is considered hopeless, but God has mercy on him