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Compassed With God's Comfort
Contributed by Jamey Stewart on Jan 21, 2004 (message contributor)
Summary: Through this message we will reveal God’s promise to comfort His children & God’s purpose for comforting His children.
Text: 2 Corinthians 1:3-4
Compassed With God’s Comfort
- When we are grieving we expect to experience
God’s Comfort
- When we are barely getting along we expect to
experience God’s Comfort
- While we are living we can expect to experience
God’s comfort
A. God Comforts His Children
(vv. 3-4a)
a. Good explanation of mercy
- Illustration # 614 Grace vs.
Justice and Mercy
b. God is the supplier of mercy
i. The Scripture tells us to...
ii. Search for God’s mercy
(Psalm 27:7)
iii. Seize God’s mercy
(Isaiah 55:7)
iv. Share God’s mercy
(Luke 6:36)
v. Illustration # 875 Our Misery
Calls forth God’s Mercy
c. God is the supplier of comfort
d. God sent His Spirit to be our
Comforter
e. A glance at the ministry of our
Comforter...
i. The Holy Spirit strengthens
us
(Matthew 14:30-31)
ii. The Holy Spirit teaches us
(John 14:26)
iii. The Holy Spirit intercedes for
us (Romans 8:26-27)
B. God Challenges His Children (v. 4)
a. God has compassion for His
children
b. God compasses us with His
comfort
c. God commands us to comfort
others (1 Thessalonians 5:11)
d. God challenges us to comfort
others (v. 4)
- God comforts me so I can
console my fellowman
C. Great Conclusions From Christian
Resources
a. "The more we suffer the more
God comforts us, the more God
comforts us, the more we can
comfort others."
Sermon Outline Bible
b. "God prepares us for what He
is preparing for us. Another
words, we cannot lead others
where we have not been
ourselves."
Warren Weirsebe’s
New Testament Commentary
