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

I. What God is to Us (2 Corinthians 1:3)

  1. He Is God our Father (2 Corinthians 1:3a; Ephesians 1:3-4; 1 Peter 1:3)
  2. He is the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ (2 Corinthians 1:3b; John 17:23; Romans 1:7; Colossians 1:3)
  3. He is the Father of Mercies (2 Corinthians 1:3c; John 8:44; Lamentations 3:22; Nehemiah 9:19; Psalms 25:6; Numbers 14:19)
  4. He is the God of all comfort (2 Corinthians 1:3c; 2 Corinthians 1:7-8; Acts 4:36; Psalms 121:1-2)

II. What God does for us (2 Corinthians 1:4a; 2 Corinthians 1:8-11)

  1. He is in control of all our trials and sufferings (2 Corinthians 1:8; 1 Corinthians 10:13; 1 Peter 1:6-7)
  2. He enables us to bear our trials (2 Corinthians 1:9; 2 Corinthians 4:9-12; 2 Corinthians 11:23; 2 Corinthians 12:10; Romans 4:16-25; 2 Corinthians 7:5; Acts 20:19; 2 Corinthians 11:26)
  3. He will deliver us from all our trials (2 Corinthians 1:10-11; Psalms 34:6; Romans 15:30-32; Ephesians 6:18-19; Philippians 1:19; Colossians 4:3; 2 Thessalonians 3:1; 2 Corinthians 1:24; Romans 8:26)

III. What God can do in and through us (2 Corinthians 1:4b-7)

  1. Our trials as tools to comfort others (2 Corinthians 1:4b; James 1:2-4; 2 Corinthians 12:9)
  2. Trusting God’s plan and embracing His higher purpose (2 Corinthians 12:7; Roamans 5:1-5; Hebrews 12:1-11; 2 Corinthians 1:7; 2 Peter 3:18; 1 Peter 2:21-25; James 4:6; Romans 8:28; Proverbs 3:5-6)