case where the thorn was in a sense given by God as a messenger of Satan. And there’s another, at least one other, example in Scripture that I can think of the same apparent contradiction where Joseph says to his brothers that it was they who sent him into Egypt. But he says God sent me to Egypt. We know that Joseph’s brothers were sinning against him and yet it was God who sent him there. So, when the answer was no about the thorn in the flesh, and was the answer of Jesus’ prayer in Gethsemane, we know that there’s nothing wrong with praying that God will solve our problems and heal our
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