2 Corinthians 1:1-11 (Part 4) The God of All Comfort

The God of all comfort

• The source of comfort, 1:3

• The purpose of comfort, 1:4

• The abundance of comfort, 1:5

• The application of comfort, 1:6-7

Its abundance—1:5

• Always sufficient

• Stress is never greater than the available comfort

• The sufferings of Christ: 1) Jesus stood for truth and suffered; 2) If the believer stands for truth in a world that has no use for it, he will suffer as well.

Its application—vv. 6-7

• Relate v. 4 and v. 6

• The teaching of v. 4 is made personal in v. 6

• The stress that came was “for your comfort”

The deadly peril from men—vv. 8-10

• The affliction described—vv. 8-9

• The intervention (delivery)—vv. 10-11 (God and Christians)

Observations from 1:3-11

• The end of affliction (stress) is consolation/comfort of ourselves; the end of consolation is the consolation of others

• We cannot help other others until we learn how to derive comfort for ourselves