Confounding Paradoxes That Are True To Life

Paradoxes common in Christianity (and in life):

• If you die, you live (1 Cor 15:36). If you try to live, you die (Mt 16:25; Mk 8:35; Lk 9:24).
• If you expose your weakness, you experience power (2 Cor 12:9-10). If you conceal your weakness, you loose your power, even if you have might.
• If you give up control, you have authority. If you're authoritarian (Mt 20:25; Mk 10:42; Lk 22:25), you loose control.
• If you listen (Jas 1:19), you're heard. If you demand to be heard, no one listens to you.
• If you limit yourself, you're free (Gen 2:16-17). But if you live without limits, you're a slave.
• If you're humble, you're exalted. If you want to be exalted, you're humbled (Jas 4:6; Prov 3:34).
• If you work hard (Prov 14:23), you will live easy. If you live easy, your life will be hard (Prov 20:4).
• If you live poorly (Mt 5:3; Lk 6:20), you're rich. If you try to be rich, you're poor, no matter how much you have.