The God of all Comfort

Introduction

This year I want us to really tap into the power of God. It is illogical for us to be a child of God and not access the power of God. Each and every Christian needs to be equipped with the necessary tool to be best christians you van be.

As christians we should not be surviving we should be thriving. However there are countless christians who are just surviving . hanging on by a thread.

When they should be Thriving as a child of God.

As Children of God we have in our possession the most powerful tool ever created- The Word OF GOD!!

Often times as christians we know and hear about the blessings that are offered but do we really understand how to apply them.

So I want to series of lessons on spiritual blessings, but more specifically help us understand and apply them. We will not look at every single one but just a few that i think will help us.

For our consideration this morning I want us to look at comfort.

We always talk about the comfort that God Gives . However lets truly look at what the bible says about it

2 Corinthians 1:3–7 ESV

3 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 may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God. 5 For as we share abundantly in Christ’s sufferings, so through Christ we share abundantly in comfort too. 6 If we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation; and if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which you experience when you patiently endure the same sufferings that we suffer. 7 Our hope for you is unshaken, for we know that as you share in our sufferings, you will also share in our comfort.

The question will come up, “How does God comfort us when we are under pressure and in despair?”

First let me say, there may be ways God comforts us we cannot objectively quantify or describe! In God’s providential responses to  our prayers, there are certainly ways and means at His disposal that we may not be able to see clearly or know. Yet for us the result is – we are comforted. The fact that I cannot identify all of God’s ways – should never detract from my confidence in Him, or my reception of the results.

But we do know that God comforts us in our troubles through these two means:

ONE – We take comfort by reading and studying His Word. Absorbing the promises, understanding how we are loved and how we should live. Every experience of Bible reading and study can have this benefit: Comfort.

TWO – We are comforted by His people. This passage, in fact, shows Paul sharing comfort or imparting comfort to the faithful Corinthian Christians.

Romans 12:15 “ says this well: Rejoice with those who rejoice . . . weep with those who weep.

The second of these ways is under direct consideration here in Second Corinthians chapter one! Paul comforted the faithful Corinthian Christians. And, Paul received comfort from them. This comfort from God – received and kept, brings great courage to us.

Walk in purpose

Christian you need to understand that you live a life of purpose.

What that means is everything that happens in your life Good or bad does

Ephesians 2:10 ESV

10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.

Romans 8:28 ESV

28 And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.

If i am walking in purpose things will be alright

God Does Comfort Us

Psalm 10:17 “17 O Lord, you hear the desire of the afflicted; you will strengthen their heart; you will incline your ear”

Going back to our text V4

Let’s break it down.

ONE, God comforts us in all our affliction or tribulation.

TWO, Paul and his companions, as recipients of comfort from God, were qualified to be givers of comfort to troubled people.

But in their giving of comfort – they were only transmitting what originated with God. Do you see that?

Philippians 4:4–7 ESV

Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice. Let your reasonableness be known to everyone. The Lord is at hand; do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

Matthew 5:4 ESV

“Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.

Psalm 30 ESV

A Psalm of David. A song at the dedication of the temple. 1 I will extol you, O Lord, for you have drawn me up and have not let my foes rejoice over me. 2 O Lord my God, I cried to you for help, and you have healed me. 3 O Lord, you have brought up my soul from Sheol; you restored me to life from among those who go down to the pit. 4 Sing praises to the Lord, O you his saints, and give thanks to his holy name. 5 For his anger is but for a moment, and his favor is for a lifetime. Weeping may tarry for the night, but joy comes with the morning. 6 As for me, I said in my prosperity, “I shall never be moved.” 7 By your favor, O Lord, you made my mountain stand strong; you hid your face; I was dismayed. 8 To you, O Lord, I cry, and to the Lord I plead for mercy: 9 “What profit is there in my death, if I go down to the pit? Will the dust praise you? Will it tell of your faithfulness? 10 Hear, O Lord, and be merciful to me! O Lord, be my helper!” 11 You have turned for me my mourning into dancing; you have loosed my sackcloth and clothed me with gladness, 12 that my glory may sing your praise and not be silent. O Lord my God, I will give thanks to you forever!