1<br > What Was Paul s<br > Thorn in the Flesh?<br > A Human Volcano Erupts<br > A great truth burns within me. It concerns the<br > Apostle Paul--a man who not only lived his life as a<br > notable Christian example， but became the greatest<br > missionary the world has ever known. Nonetheless，<br > Paul had a umque problem--a problem he called the<br > thorn in the flesh.<br > Over the years l have listened to sermons， to<br > debates and to many discussions about the "thorn in<br > the flesh." Its nature and identity poses a mystery to<br > even the greatest and most learned theologians and<br > biblical scholars， In places high and low the thorn in<br > the flesh has been the subject of ongoing debate and<br > religious deliberations. What was this problem that<br > the<br >~i messenger of Satan used tirelessly to buffet Paul<br >