“COMFORTED, NOT COMFORTABLE”

2 Corinthians 1:3-11

• Hard days, hard conversations, and hard appointments

• “Salvation has come to mean deliverance from unpleasant things. Our hymns and sermons create for us a religion of consolation and pleasantness. We overlook the place of the thorns, the cross and the blood. We ignore the function of the hammer and file.” – A.W. Tozer, The Root of the Righteous

1. GOD COMFORTS US. v. 3-5

- Who God is

- What God does

- Why He does this

- The chain reaction

- The connection between affliction and comfort

2. GOD USES US. v. 6-7

- Christ is the key

- A use for their suffering

- Conditional comfort

- Sharing in suffering

- Purpose in suffering Acts 20:18-24

3. GOD WILL DELIVER US. v. 8-11

- The purpose of their affliction 2 Corinthians 11:24-28

- The promise of hope