2 Corinthians 1:3-8
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort,
4 who comforts us in all our affliction so that we will be able to comfort those who are in any affliction with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.
5 For just as the sufferings of Christ are ours in abundance, so also our comfort is abundant through Christ.
6 But if we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation; or if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which is effective in the patient enduring of the same sufferings which we also suffer;
7 and our hope for you is firmly grounded, knowing that as you are sharers of our sufferings, so also you are sharers of our comfort.
8 For we do not want you to be unaware, brethren, of our affliction which came to us in Asia, that we were burdened excessively, beyond our strength, so that we despaired even of life;
Introduction:
Theme: Five reasons why God grants His ministers comfort in trials so we will understand the nature of divine comfort.
I. It is in His
- nature
to grant it
vs. 3
II. It is His
- design
that they be able to comfort others
vs. 4
III. It is His unique
- provision
to match their sufferings for Christ
vs. 5
IV. It is His
- purpose
to produce patient endurance in you
vs. 6
V. It is His
- intention
that all believers share in the sufferings of Christ
vs.7
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