2 Corinthians 1:3-4 (Part 3) Doctrine of Comfort Sequence

• Pressure on us

• The Lord responds with comfort

• Which in turn qualifies us to comfort another

The God of “all” comfort

• Inclusive—emphasis on total adequacy

• Exclusive—His adequacy excludes the need for others (other means)

• “All,” vv. 3-4: 1) Comfort—all; 2) Tribulation, all; 3) Be able—“any” is the same word for “all”

• Comfort—present tense—continual unbroken supply

• The comfort provided: 1) Does not make it so we can “endure”; 2) It makes it so we rejoice, 6:9-10; 7:4

Divine comfort

• The source, v. 3

• The purpose, v. 4—to establish the: 1) Stress; 2) Comfort; 3) Service . . . pattern

How does God comfort?

• Romans 15:4

• What do you do when you have stress? 1) Deal with it or . . .2) Go to God’s Word

Principle: We receive so that we can pass it on; we are blessed in order to bless.