{"id":55349,"date":"2024-10-07T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-10-07T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.olivetree.com\/blog\/?p=55349"},"modified":"2024-10-01T15:44:43","modified_gmt":"2024-10-01T22:44:43","slug":"the-god-of-all-comfort","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.olivetree.com\/blog\/the-god-of-all-comfort\/","title":{"rendered":"The God of All Comfort"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Preacher\u2019s Outline & Sermon Bible<\/a> was created to provide pastors and teachers a comprehensive commentary that equips them with everything they need to preach and teach God\u2019s Word. In this post, we want to share with you some of the content included in this resource to help you see how the Preacher\u2019s Outline & Sermon Bible<\/a> can be a great product to consider using in the Olive Tree app as you prepare to preach and teach God\u2019s Word. We\u2019ll start by sharing some of the content included in this resource from 2 Corinthians 1:3\u201311<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Introduction and Outline<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Suffering has always posed a problem for man. It may be disease, accident, trial, temptation, abuse, death\u2014no matter what the suffering is, every person who suffers wonders, \u201cWhy me? Why do I have to suffer this affliction?\u201d Suffering is the great discussion of this passage: \u201cGod and Suffering.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. God is the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort (v. 3<\/a>).<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. God provides comfort equal to the sufferings\u2014so that the sufferer might be a testimony to others (v. 4<\/a>).<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. God provides comfort equal to the sufferings (v. 5<\/a>).<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. God uses suffering to stir other believers (vv. 6\u20137<\/a>).<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. God uses suffering to teach trust (vv. 8\u201310<\/a>).<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  6. God uses suffering to teach prayer and thanksgiving (v. 11<\/a>).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    It\u2019s easy to see from the outline for this passage that God is the source of comfort, that he provides comfort when his people suffer, and that he uses their sufferings to encourage them to trust him when life is difficult.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    1. Suffering\u2014Mercy\u2014Comfort\u2014God, Nature: God is the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort.<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

    a. The word mercies<\/em> (oiktirmon<\/em>) means compassion, pity, and mercy. It means looking upon people in need and having compassion and mercy upon them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    \u21d2 Note that God is not the God of mercies but the Father<\/em> of mercies. His very nature and behavior toward us is that of a Father, not of a God. He is our Father, a Father who is merciful and compassionate, and who showers His mercies and compassions upon us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    \u21d2 Note that the word mercies<\/em> is plural. God does not show mercy just once, nor just here and there. God showers His mercies upon us continuously (see Ro. 12:1<\/a>; Ph. 2:1<\/a>; Col. 3:12<\/a>; He. 10:28<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    b. The word comfort<\/em> (parakleseos<\/em>) means to be by the side of another; to relieve and support; to give solace, consolation, and encouragement. But there is always an underlying meaning to the word. There is the idea of strength, an enablement, a confidence. It consoles and relieves a person, but it strengthens him at the same time. It charges a person to go out and face the world. Note the word is used ten times in 2 Co. 1:3\u20137<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    \u21d2 Note that the word comfort<\/em> (parakleseos<\/em>) is the same word that is used for the Holy Spirit<\/em> (paraklete<\/em>). The Holy Spirit is given the title The Comforter<\/em> by Christ.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    \u201cIf ye love me, keep my commandments. And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you. I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.\u201d <\/p>\n(Jn. 14:15\u201318<\/a>)<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

    c. How do we know God is like this? How do we know that God is \u201cthe Father of mercies\u201d and the \u201cGod of all comfort\u201d? Because of Jesus Christ.<\/em> God is \u201cthe Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.\u201d It was God…<\/p>\n\n\n\n