WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.820 Do you want a drink? 00:00:00.820 --> 00:00:12.359 Good morning everyone, nice to see you. 00:00:13.259 --> 00:00:16.339 ! Please turn in your Bibles to 2 Corinthians. 00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:46.320 To help us in our studies, this new series, there's a little booklet, 2 Corinthians, and 00:00:46.320 --> 00:00:51.640 the big theme is, weakness is our strength. 00:00:53.320 --> 00:00:56.140 We tend to think that weakness is our weakness. 00:00:57.740 --> 00:00:59.679 Weakness is our strength. 00:01:00.000 --> 00:01:04.980 So please do take your copy of that, it will help you know some of the themes and some 00:01:04.980 --> 00:01:07.819 of the big ideas as we go along. 00:01:07.920 --> 00:01:16.539 We're going to read this morning our text, which is chapter 1, verse 3, down to verse 11. 00:01:18.539 --> 00:01:25.659 2 Corinthians, chapter 1, verse 3 to verse 11. 00:01:25.659 --> 00:01:37.319 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the 00:01:37.319 --> 00:01:47.120 God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in 00:01:47.120 --> 00:01:52.100 any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God. 00:01:52.100 --> 00:02:02.340 For just as we share abundantly in the sufferings of Christ, so also our comfort abounds through Christ. 00:02:02.340 --> 00:02:04.340 If we are distressed. 00:02:04.340 --> 00:02:08.340 If we are distressed, it is for your comfort and salvation. 00:02:08.819 --> 00:02:20.480 If we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which produces in you patient endurance of the same sufferings we suffer. 00:02:20.479 --> 00:02:24.479 And our hope for you is firm. 00:02:24.479 --> 00:02:33.780 Because we know that just as you share in our sufferings, so also you share in our comfort. 00:02:33.780 --> 00:02:44.080 We do not want you to be uninformed, brothers and sisters, about the troubles we experienced in the province of Asia. 00:02:44.979 --> 00:02:55.120 We were under great pressure, far beyond our ability to endure, so that we despaired of life itself. 00:02:57.120 --> 00:03:00.719 Indeed, we felt we had received a sentence of death. 00:03:00.719 --> 00:03:09.539 But this happened that we might not rely on ourselves, but on God, who raises the dead. 00:03:11.319 --> 00:03:18.460 He has delivered us from such deadly peril, and he will deliver us again. 00:03:19.780 --> 00:03:28.740 On him we have set our hope that he will continue to deliver us, as you help us by your prayers. 00:03:30.719 --> 00:03:40.599 Then many will give thanks on our behalf for the gracious favour granted us in answer to the prayers of many. 00:03:42.520 --> 00:03:51.319 Well, this ancient letter written by Paul to a church in Corinth is also a word for us today. 00:03:51.319 --> 00:03:57.079 So we're going to pray and ask for God's help, and we'll look at it together. 00:04:01.780 --> 00:04:14.500 Father, thank you for the privilege of gathering together today to hear your word, your wisdom, your truth. 00:04:14.500 --> 00:04:44.480 Father, thank you for the privilege of having us. 00:04:44.480 --> 00:04:46.480 Father, thank you for the privilege of having us. 00:04:46.480 --> 00:04:46.480 00:04:46.480 --> 00:04:47.480 That we are. 00:04:47.480 --> 00:04:48.480 That we are. 00:04:48.480 --> 00:04:49.480 That we are. 00:04:49.480 --> 00:04:50.480 That we are. 00:04:50.480 --> 00:04:53.860 And that we will learn much together. 00:04:53.860 --> 00:05:00.080 And that we will be blessed as a church family. 00:05:00.080 --> 00:05:06.340 So be our teacher through me as I speak. 00:05:06.340 --> 00:05:10.240 And bring glory to your name. 00:05:11.540 --> 00:05:12.379 Amen. 00:05:12.379 --> 00:05:12.420 Amen. 00:05:14.480 --> 00:05:20.780 Well, Corinth was the church of big dreams and great hopes. 00:05:21.480 --> 00:05:25.300 It was the kind of church you just might want to go to. 00:05:25.960 --> 00:05:28.120 Their speakers were very impressive. 00:05:29.020 --> 00:05:31.439 Their ministries were attractive. 00:05:32.439 --> 00:05:37.420 They prized success and they praised the influential. 00:05:37.420 --> 00:05:42.000 It was a church of the movers and shakers. 00:05:42.000 --> 00:05:47.660 No room for weak and fragile people. 00:05:48.900 --> 00:05:53.740 Corinth was the church of no troubles. 00:05:53.740 --> 00:05:57.100 Sounds great, doesn't it? 00:05:57.100 --> 00:06:01.579 We might even secretly want to be part of a church like that. 00:06:01.879 --> 00:06:04.960 Could you imagine a church of no troubles? 00:06:04.959 --> 00:06:10.839 However, there's something they've forgotten. 00:06:10.839 --> 00:06:20.039 The Christian life and Christian service is full of troubles. 00:06:20.040 --> 00:06:23.200 But don't panic. 00:06:23.200 --> 00:06:26.220 Don't run out the door. 00:06:26.220 --> 00:06:36.620 Because what we'll discover is God uses our troubles to achieve good purposes in our lives. 00:06:36.620 --> 00:06:40.459 And in the lives of others. 00:06:42.000 --> 00:06:45.199 So as we look at the text together. 00:06:46.000 --> 00:06:50.639 Let's see first that our troubles will be many. 00:06:50.639 --> 00:06:52.839 Look at verse 4. 00:06:55.039 --> 00:07:00.779 The God of all comfort who comforts us in all our troubles. 00:07:02.099 --> 00:07:07.399 So that we can comfort those in any trouble. 00:07:08.819 --> 00:07:11.379 17 times if you were to count. 00:07:11.879 --> 00:07:15.560 There is a reference in this text to our troubles. 00:07:15.560 --> 00:07:18.920 Sometimes it's described as suffering. 00:07:19.699 --> 00:07:20.600 Distress. 00:07:21.280 --> 00:07:21.879 Pressure. 00:07:22.560 --> 00:07:23.480 Despair. 00:07:24.199 --> 00:07:24.879 Death. 00:07:25.819 --> 00:07:26.759 Deadly peril. 00:07:27.759 --> 00:07:31.840 It's telling us that our troubles will come to each one of us. 00:07:31.980 --> 00:07:36.100 In all kinds of shapes and sizes. 00:07:37.199 --> 00:07:39.600 It could be a physical illness. 00:07:40.819 --> 00:07:42.660 It could be a broken relationship. 00:07:43.279 --> 00:07:44.639 Or family opposition. 00:07:45.560 --> 00:07:48.300 It might be worries for your children. 00:07:48.300 --> 00:07:51.199 Or fears about the future. 00:07:53.160 --> 00:07:54.879 But whatever our trouble. 00:07:56.100 --> 00:07:57.759 We can't hide from them. 00:07:58.579 --> 00:08:00.699 And we can't avoid them. 00:08:01.680 --> 00:08:02.540 In fact. 00:08:03.000 --> 00:08:04.000 Look at verse 8. 00:08:04.420 --> 00:08:07.259 We are to face their reality. 00:08:08.519 --> 00:08:09.019 Verse 8. 00:08:09.139 --> 00:08:13.680 We do not want you to be uninformed brothers and sisters. 00:08:13.680 --> 00:08:18.980 About the troubles we experienced in the province of Asia. 00:08:19.959 --> 00:08:21.600 I want you to know about them. 00:08:21.720 --> 00:08:23.199 Let's talk about them. 00:08:23.280 --> 00:08:25.100 Let's share about them. 00:08:25.100 --> 00:08:28.400 Now for many of you. 00:08:28.400 --> 00:08:30.560 This is deeply personal. 00:08:31.540 --> 00:08:34.680 It's not that you anticipate sufferings to come. 00:08:34.679 --> 00:08:39.159 But you are in the depths of trouble. 00:08:39.159 --> 00:08:40.899 The depths of trouble right now. 00:08:41.899 --> 00:08:46.159 Some of you I know are living with affliction. 00:08:46.159 --> 00:08:49.399 There are thorns in your life. 00:08:49.399 --> 00:08:49.439 There are thorns in your life. 00:08:49.879 --> 00:08:51.959 That have not yet been removed. 00:08:52.199 --> 00:08:53.980 And it's painful. 00:08:55.759 --> 00:08:58.679 Our troubles are many. 00:09:01.199 --> 00:09:03.819 The second thing we want to learn is. 00:09:04.779 --> 00:09:07.639 Our troubles are not wasted. 00:09:07.639 --> 00:09:13.240 Most of the time we can't see any good in our troubles. 00:09:13.379 --> 00:09:15.799 We complain and we give off. 00:09:16.919 --> 00:09:19.840 There's something to pray away as quickly as possible. 00:09:20.220 --> 00:09:22.340 Lord remove this suffering. 00:09:22.779 --> 00:09:24.139 End this distress. 00:09:24.639 --> 00:09:25.779 Stop the pressure. 00:09:26.220 --> 00:09:27.620 Just take it away. 00:09:31.100 --> 00:09:32.460 Yet so often. 00:09:33.679 --> 00:09:35.200 The troubles remain. 00:09:35.200 --> 00:09:40.120 And that raises all kinds of questions for us. 00:09:40.160 --> 00:09:40.580 Doesn't it? 00:09:40.680 --> 00:09:41.220 Not least. 00:09:41.900 --> 00:09:45.560 Why does God allow all these troubles? 00:09:47.940 --> 00:09:49.500 Well that's a big question. 00:09:49.660 --> 00:09:53.440 And I'm happy to try and explore it with you afterwards. 00:09:54.240 --> 00:09:57.860 Our text doesn't give a direct answer to that question. 00:09:58.759 --> 00:10:01.560 But it does give us purposes. 00:10:02.840 --> 00:10:04.900 That the reason why. 00:10:05.200 --> 00:10:07.340 We go through these troubles. 00:10:07.620 --> 00:10:09.180 Is God has a purpose. 00:10:10.360 --> 00:10:11.400 And here it is. 00:10:13.080 --> 00:10:14.560 In the hands of God. 00:10:14.960 --> 00:10:17.540 Our troubles produce good. 00:10:17.980 --> 00:10:18.820 In others. 00:10:19.800 --> 00:10:21.580 Growth in us. 00:10:22.580 --> 00:10:23.640 And glory. 00:10:24.500 --> 00:10:25.060 To God. 00:10:25.900 --> 00:10:26.900 In other words. 00:10:27.060 --> 00:10:27.860 With God. 00:10:28.000 --> 00:10:29.980 Our troubles are never. 00:10:30.680 --> 00:10:31.120 Wasted. 00:10:31.120 --> 00:10:34.580 In the hands of God. 00:10:34.580 --> 00:10:35.840 Our troubles produce. 00:10:35.840 --> 00:10:37.440 Good in others. 00:10:38.440 --> 00:10:39.980 Growth in us. 00:10:40.980 --> 00:10:42.340 And glory to God. 00:10:43.799 --> 00:10:45.659 God has good purposes. 00:10:45.659 --> 00:10:46.340 In them. 00:10:46.899 --> 00:10:47.679 And through them. 00:10:48.379 --> 00:10:49.500 So let's look. 00:10:49.960 --> 00:10:51.340 At some of the purposes. 00:10:52.460 --> 00:10:53.580 Of God's. 00:10:53.720 --> 00:10:54.940 Allowing troubles. 00:10:54.940 --> 00:10:55.879 In our life. 00:10:55.879 --> 00:10:57.580 Here's the first. 00:10:59.159 --> 00:11:01.159 Our troubles lead us. 00:11:01.820 --> 00:11:03.139 To experience. 00:11:03.860 --> 00:11:05.059 The comfort of God. 00:11:06.639 --> 00:11:08.919 First we experience. 00:11:09.919 --> 00:11:10.559 Comfort. 00:11:11.019 --> 00:11:11.740 Verse three. 00:11:12.740 --> 00:11:14.139 Praise be to the God. 00:11:14.220 --> 00:11:15.100 And father. 00:11:15.259 --> 00:11:16.939 Of our Lord Jesus Christ. 00:11:17.820 --> 00:11:18.980 The father. 00:11:19.139 --> 00:11:20.159 Of compassion. 00:11:20.159 --> 00:11:22.719 And the God. 00:11:22.719 --> 00:11:23.059 Of all. 00:11:23.559 --> 00:11:24.159 All. 00:11:24.519 --> 00:11:25.159 Comfort. 00:11:26.399 --> 00:11:28.039 Who comforts us. 00:11:28.199 --> 00:11:28.539 In. 00:11:29.539 --> 00:11:29.939 All. 00:11:30.679 --> 00:11:31.439 Our troubles. 00:11:33.000 --> 00:11:34.639 God is not immune. 00:11:35.199 --> 00:11:36.639 To our sufferings. 00:11:37.740 --> 00:11:39.199 He cares for us. 00:11:39.259 --> 00:11:40.259 He cares for you. 00:11:42.000 --> 00:11:43.639 God might not always. 00:11:43.799 --> 00:11:45.019 Remove the trouble. 00:11:45.899 --> 00:11:47.419 But we are guaranteed. 00:11:47.419 --> 00:11:48.339 And assured. 00:11:48.340 --> 00:11:50.100 He comforts us. 00:11:50.519 --> 00:11:50.920 In. 00:11:51.660 --> 00:11:52.320 Our trouble. 00:11:53.000 --> 00:11:54.420 He brings peace. 00:11:54.420 --> 00:11:55.280 In the storm. 00:11:55.780 --> 00:11:56.100 Light. 00:11:56.240 --> 00:11:56.960 In the darkness. 00:11:57.540 --> 00:11:57.940 Joy. 00:11:58.139 --> 00:11:58.860 In the hurts. 00:11:59.300 --> 00:11:59.960 And hopes. 00:12:00.320 --> 00:12:01.240 In the fears. 00:12:02.620 --> 00:12:02.980 God. 00:12:03.060 --> 00:12:03.780 Our comforter. 00:12:03.980 --> 00:12:04.340 Is our. 00:12:04.879 --> 00:12:05.300 Rock. 00:12:06.379 --> 00:12:07.720 And our refuge. 00:12:08.480 --> 00:12:09.540 And our redeemer. 00:12:10.879 --> 00:12:11.660 If you're. 00:12:12.080 --> 00:12:12.560 Facing. 00:12:12.780 --> 00:12:13.540 Trouble today. 00:12:13.660 --> 00:12:14.200 If you're. 00:12:14.200 --> 00:12:15.620 In that moment. 00:12:15.759 --> 00:12:16.400 Right now. 00:12:16.840 --> 00:12:17.259 Let me. 00:12:17.519 --> 00:12:18.300 Reassure you. 00:12:18.340 --> 00:12:19.200 That God. 00:12:19.200 --> 00:12:20.259 Is your. 00:12:20.259 --> 00:12:21.340 Comfort. 00:12:22.540 --> 00:12:23.540 Listen. 00:12:23.660 --> 00:12:24.519 To these words. 00:12:25.019 --> 00:12:25.580 From Isaiah. 00:12:25.759 --> 00:12:26.480 49. 00:12:26.820 --> 00:12:28.120 Verse 13. 00:12:29.879 --> 00:12:30.259 Shout. 00:12:30.740 --> 00:12:31.700 For joy. 00:12:32.379 --> 00:12:33.139 You heavens. 00:12:34.120 --> 00:12:34.899 Rejoice. 00:12:35.300 --> 00:12:35.840 You earth. 00:12:36.259 --> 00:12:37.440 Burst into song. 00:12:37.560 --> 00:12:38.240 You mountains. 00:12:38.440 --> 00:12:38.740 Why? 00:12:38.740 --> 00:12:40.539 For the Lord. 00:12:40.539 --> 00:12:40.779 For the Lord. 00:12:41.700 --> 00:12:42.340 Comforts. 00:12:42.340 --> 00:12:43.159 His people. 00:12:44.639 --> 00:12:46.639 And will have compassion. 00:12:47.659 --> 00:12:49.580 On his afflicted ones. 00:12:52.220 --> 00:12:52.860 God. 00:12:52.960 --> 00:12:53.620 Our father. 00:12:54.460 --> 00:12:55.860 Is our comforter. 00:12:56.940 --> 00:12:58.740 He sees our hopelessness. 00:12:58.740 --> 00:12:59.960 And our helplessness. 00:12:59.960 --> 00:13:02.600 and he comforts. 00:13:04.720 --> 00:13:08.280 But we also comfort each other, don't we? 00:13:08.360 --> 00:13:09.000 Verse 4. 00:13:09.900 --> 00:13:11.780 Or let's pick it up at the end of verse 3. 00:13:11.900 --> 00:13:13.500 The God of all comfort 00:13:13.500 --> 00:13:17.300 who comforts us in all of our troubles 00:13:17.300 --> 00:13:24.100 so that we can comfort those in any trouble 00:13:24.100 --> 00:13:27.740 with the comfort we ourselves receive from God. 00:13:27.740 --> 00:13:32.340 That's the purpose of our troubles. 00:13:33.480 --> 00:13:38.060 The comforted now become comforters. 00:13:39.460 --> 00:13:41.799 We've experienced compassion 00:13:41.799 --> 00:13:45.620 so that we can be compassionate to others. 00:13:46.000 --> 00:13:48.379 We receive the comfort of God 00:13:48.379 --> 00:13:52.399 so that we can comfort one another, 00:13:53.399 --> 00:13:55.500 our brothers and sisters in Christ. 00:13:57.740 --> 00:14:00.139 Now this helps us to see our troubles 00:14:00.139 --> 00:14:03.399 from God's perspective, 00:14:04.399 --> 00:14:05.779 with God's eyes. 00:14:06.960 --> 00:14:08.919 So we experience trouble 00:14:08.919 --> 00:14:11.379 for the comfort of others. 00:14:11.560 --> 00:14:12.680 Look at verse 5. 00:14:12.679 --> 00:14:18.319 For just as we share abundantly 00:14:18.319 --> 00:14:20.839 in the sufferings of Christ, 00:14:21.899 --> 00:14:26.019 so also our comfort abounds through Christ. 00:14:26.019 --> 00:14:30.279 You see, Christ's death on the cross 00:14:30.279 --> 00:14:32.299 was not empty or meaningless. 00:14:32.840 --> 00:14:34.600 There was a purpose, wasn't there, 00:14:34.840 --> 00:14:36.299 for Christ's sufferings. 00:14:36.600 --> 00:14:40.199 A purpose for taking on our sin on himself 00:14:40.199 --> 00:14:43.240 and bearing the judgment of God. 00:14:44.000 --> 00:14:47.539 The purpose of Christ dying on the cross 00:14:47.539 --> 00:14:50.179 was to bring us comfort. 00:14:50.179 --> 00:14:53.579 Through the sufferings of Christ, 00:14:53.579 --> 00:14:56.299 we receive forgiveness of sins, 00:14:56.659 --> 00:14:57.620 peace with God, 00:14:57.959 --> 00:14:59.939 the assurance of eternal life. 00:15:01.279 --> 00:15:03.599 The purpose of Christ's sufferings 00:15:03.599 --> 00:15:06.699 leads directly to our comfort. 00:15:07.419 --> 00:15:09.099 So, verse 5, 00:15:09.779 --> 00:15:12.000 just as we share abundantly 00:15:12.000 --> 00:15:13.879 in the sufferings of Christ, 00:15:14.019 --> 00:15:16.279 just as we follow him and suffer, 00:15:16.279 --> 00:15:20.779 so also our comfort abounds through Christ. 00:15:22.620 --> 00:15:23.339 In other words, 00:15:23.819 --> 00:15:25.199 whatever the trouble is, 00:15:25.679 --> 00:15:27.459 it will be matched by comfort. 00:15:27.679 --> 00:15:29.500 In fact, the greater the trouble, 00:15:30.039 --> 00:15:32.939 the greater the comfort of God. 00:15:35.039 --> 00:15:37.620 We're given an example in verse 6. 00:15:39.439 --> 00:15:41.220 If we are distressed, 00:15:42.360 --> 00:15:45.379 it is for your comfort and salvation. 00:15:46.279 --> 00:15:48.379 If we are comforted, 00:15:48.740 --> 00:15:51.139 it is for your comfort. 00:15:52.319 --> 00:15:54.699 Now, we get the second part of that, 00:15:54.779 --> 00:15:55.179 don't we? 00:15:55.419 --> 00:15:56.759 If I'm comforted, 00:15:57.879 --> 00:15:59.139 well, I can comfort you, 00:15:59.279 --> 00:16:00.259 and vice versa. 00:16:00.539 --> 00:16:01.539 We get that. 00:16:02.179 --> 00:16:03.579 But look how it starts. 00:16:04.159 --> 00:16:05.899 If we are distressed, 00:16:06.720 --> 00:16:09.480 it's for your comfort. 00:16:11.459 --> 00:16:13.679 If I go through a trouble, 00:16:13.679 --> 00:16:14.860 or a hardship, 00:16:15.120 --> 00:16:15.939 or a distress, 00:16:15.940 --> 00:16:17.860 there's a purpose for it. 00:16:18.420 --> 00:16:21.060 It's so that I can comfort others 00:16:21.060 --> 00:16:23.320 when they go through their suffering. 00:16:26.100 --> 00:16:27.080 In fact, 00:16:27.180 --> 00:16:29.120 as comforters of one another, 00:16:30.080 --> 00:16:32.000 look what we do for one another. 00:16:32.940 --> 00:16:34.700 Do you see what it says in verse 6? 00:16:34.700 --> 00:16:39.820 It is for your comfort and salvation. 00:16:39.820 --> 00:16:44.879 The comfort we receive 00:16:44.879 --> 00:16:46.940 produces in you 00:16:46.940 --> 00:16:50.120 patient endurance 00:16:50.120 --> 00:16:53.280 of the same sufferings we suffer. 00:16:53.280 --> 00:16:56.920 Do you realize how beneficial 00:16:56.920 --> 00:16:59.740 your comfort is to one another? 00:16:59.740 --> 00:16:59.799 brother, 00:17:00.580 --> 00:17:01.299 your comfort, 00:17:01.299 --> 00:17:02.159 your comfort 00:17:02.159 --> 00:17:05.339 to another brother and sister, 00:17:05.940 --> 00:17:07.640 not only comforts them, 00:17:08.500 --> 00:17:10.599 it leads and guarantees 00:17:10.599 --> 00:17:13.720 their full and final salvation. 00:17:13.720 --> 00:17:16.839 it leads to their patient endurance 00:17:16.839 --> 00:17:18.839 in their troubles. 00:17:18.839 --> 00:17:19.339 troubles. 00:17:19.339 --> 00:17:21.959 Because let's face it, 00:17:21.959 --> 00:17:23.699 when we go through a trouble, 00:17:23.959 --> 00:17:25.099 what do we do? 00:17:25.319 --> 00:17:26.539 We want to give up. 00:17:27.259 --> 00:17:29.179 I can't go through this anymore. 00:17:29.180 --> 00:17:32.460 But someone coming alongside, 00:17:33.259 --> 00:17:34.160 comforting you, 00:17:34.420 --> 00:17:35.539 will help you 00:17:35.539 --> 00:17:37.380 to keep looking to Christ 00:17:37.380 --> 00:17:39.700 so that they don't fall away. 00:17:41.180 --> 00:17:43.279 And the comfort will ensure 00:17:43.279 --> 00:17:45.180 that you will patiently endure 00:17:46.000 --> 00:17:48.200 and keep walking by faith 00:17:48.200 --> 00:17:49.720 step by step 00:17:49.720 --> 00:17:51.460 until you receive 00:17:51.460 --> 00:17:53.640 and enjoy God's salvation 00:17:53.640 --> 00:17:55.400 in all its fullness. 00:17:55.400 --> 00:18:01.620 So what will this comfort look like? 00:18:02.300 --> 00:18:05.180 How do we comfort one another 00:18:05.180 --> 00:18:06.980 with the comfort of God? 00:18:08.160 --> 00:18:10.180 Well, let me suggest three things. 00:18:10.320 --> 00:18:11.320 They're not on the overhead, 00:18:11.540 --> 00:18:12.340 but here they are. 00:18:12.720 --> 00:18:13.780 Three Ps. 00:18:14.200 --> 00:18:14.840 Here we go. 00:18:15.400 --> 00:18:17.380 First, presence. 00:18:18.080 --> 00:18:19.640 What we need 00:18:19.640 --> 00:18:21.960 is the presence 00:18:21.960 --> 00:18:24.640 of a brother or sister in Christ. 00:18:25.400 --> 00:18:27.040 Have a look at chapter 7, 00:18:27.800 --> 00:18:29.080 verse 5. 00:18:31.100 --> 00:18:32.840 If we are going to bring 00:18:32.840 --> 00:18:34.000 the comfort of God 00:18:34.000 --> 00:18:34.840 to one another, 00:18:35.460 --> 00:18:36.759 here's how. 00:18:37.480 --> 00:18:39.259 Chapter 7, verse 5. 00:18:41.340 --> 00:18:42.940 Paul is reminding them. 00:18:42.980 --> 00:18:43.300 He says, 00:18:43.360 --> 00:18:45.980 When we came into Macedonia, 00:18:46.900 --> 00:18:48.540 we had no rest, 00:18:49.160 --> 00:18:50.519 but we were harassed 00:18:50.519 --> 00:18:51.440 at every turn. 00:18:51.440 --> 00:18:54.140 Conflicts on the outside, 00:18:55.240 --> 00:18:56.200 fears within. 00:18:57.600 --> 00:18:59.539 Now that's trouble, right? 00:19:00.580 --> 00:19:02.059 Conflicts on the outside, 00:19:02.259 --> 00:19:03.000 fears within. 00:19:04.000 --> 00:19:05.279 But God, 00:19:05.840 --> 00:19:08.340 who comforts the downcast, 00:19:09.200 --> 00:19:10.460 comforted us. 00:19:10.680 --> 00:19:11.120 How? 00:19:12.400 --> 00:19:14.420 By the coming of Titus. 00:19:14.420 --> 00:19:17.100 Thank you, God, 00:19:17.700 --> 00:19:19.160 for bringing Titus 00:19:19.160 --> 00:19:21.080 to comfort us. 00:19:22.039 --> 00:19:22.480 You see, 00:19:22.580 --> 00:19:24.259 knowing that we are not alone, 00:19:25.080 --> 00:19:27.080 that some brother or sister 00:19:27.080 --> 00:19:27.840 can listen 00:19:27.840 --> 00:19:29.460 and sit with us. 00:19:29.940 --> 00:19:31.720 Not send an emoji, 00:19:33.320 --> 00:19:35.420 but sit with us. 00:19:36.420 --> 00:19:38.180 That someone cares. 00:19:39.180 --> 00:19:40.740 That someone matters. 00:19:40.740 --> 00:19:43.200 So first, 00:19:43.339 --> 00:19:44.160 the presence 00:19:44.160 --> 00:19:45.339 of being with someone. 00:19:45.920 --> 00:19:46.279 Second, 00:19:46.839 --> 00:19:48.460 as we are present with them, 00:19:48.980 --> 00:19:51.019 we bring the promises of God. 00:19:51.640 --> 00:19:52.960 Look at chapter 4, 00:19:53.460 --> 00:19:54.599 verse 16. 00:19:56.059 --> 00:19:57.819 We comfort one another 00:19:57.819 --> 00:19:59.460 by reminding one another 00:19:59.460 --> 00:20:02.559 of God's amazing promises. 00:20:04.400 --> 00:20:06.279 So in the midst of our suffering 00:20:06.279 --> 00:20:06.940 and trouble, 00:20:07.079 --> 00:20:07.960 verse 16, 00:20:07.960 --> 00:20:11.840 therefore we do not lose heart. 00:20:12.880 --> 00:20:13.840 Though outwardly 00:20:13.840 --> 00:20:15.079 we are wasting away, 00:20:15.259 --> 00:20:17.259 physically we may be getting old 00:20:17.259 --> 00:20:18.840 and things are going wrong. 00:20:20.180 --> 00:20:21.680 But yet inwardly, 00:20:21.920 --> 00:20:24.039 we are being renewed 00:20:24.039 --> 00:20:25.180 day by day. 00:20:25.660 --> 00:20:26.880 God is doing a work 00:20:26.880 --> 00:20:27.600 in our life. 00:20:27.840 --> 00:20:29.039 So we can say, 00:20:29.180 --> 00:20:29.940 verse 17, 00:20:30.340 --> 00:20:31.319 that our light 00:20:31.319 --> 00:20:33.220 and momentary troubles 00:20:33.220 --> 00:20:36.039 are achieving for us 00:20:36.039 --> 00:20:37.340 an eternal glory 00:20:37.339 --> 00:20:39.399 that far outweighs them all. 00:20:40.579 --> 00:20:41.319 Our troubles 00:20:41.319 --> 00:20:42.220 may feel weighty 00:20:42.879 --> 00:20:43.879 and heavy 00:20:43.879 --> 00:20:45.379 and burdensome 00:20:45.379 --> 00:20:46.139 right now, 00:20:46.659 --> 00:20:48.179 but in the line 00:20:48.179 --> 00:20:49.079 of eternity, 00:20:50.220 --> 00:20:51.439 they're just a speck, 00:20:51.519 --> 00:20:52.679 a blink of an eye. 00:20:54.559 --> 00:20:55.759 And they are 00:20:55.759 --> 00:20:57.639 achieving for us. 00:20:57.839 --> 00:20:58.799 God is working 00:20:58.799 --> 00:20:59.559 in them 00:20:59.559 --> 00:21:00.379 and through them 00:21:00.379 --> 00:21:01.459 to bring us 00:21:01.459 --> 00:21:02.679 to eternal glory. 00:21:02.680 --> 00:21:05.420 what a wonderful promise 00:21:05.420 --> 00:21:07.140 to bring 00:21:07.140 --> 00:21:07.960 to one another. 00:21:09.660 --> 00:21:11.360 Not only as we're present 00:21:11.360 --> 00:21:12.560 do we bring the promises 00:21:12.560 --> 00:21:13.420 of his word, 00:21:13.799 --> 00:21:14.720 but we pray 00:21:14.720 --> 00:21:15.580 for each other. 00:21:15.960 --> 00:21:17.060 We comfort 00:21:17.060 --> 00:21:17.820 each other 00:21:17.820 --> 00:21:18.779 as we pray 00:21:18.779 --> 00:21:19.799 for God's grace 00:21:19.799 --> 00:21:20.320 and help. 00:21:20.320 --> 00:21:22.039 Go back to chapter 1, 00:21:23.220 --> 00:21:24.620 the end of verse 10. 00:21:24.619 --> 00:21:30.219 Paul says, 00:21:30.299 --> 00:21:31.139 on Christ 00:21:31.139 --> 00:21:32.139 we have set 00:21:32.139 --> 00:21:32.799 our hope 00:21:32.799 --> 00:21:34.379 that he will 00:21:34.379 --> 00:21:36.159 continue to deliver us 00:21:36.159 --> 00:21:38.519 as you 00:21:38.519 --> 00:21:39.579 help us 00:21:39.579 --> 00:21:41.219 by your 00:21:41.219 --> 00:21:42.459 prayers. 00:21:43.859 --> 00:21:45.579 The significance 00:21:45.579 --> 00:21:48.039 and the importance 00:21:48.039 --> 00:21:50.159 of physically 00:21:50.159 --> 00:21:51.179 being with 00:21:51.179 --> 00:21:51.799 somebody, 00:21:51.799 --> 00:21:54.579 speaking the words 00:21:54.579 --> 00:21:55.720 of God's promise 00:21:55.720 --> 00:21:57.440 and praying 00:21:57.440 --> 00:21:58.079 for them 00:21:58.079 --> 00:21:58.680 that they would 00:21:58.680 --> 00:21:59.440 experience 00:21:59.440 --> 00:22:00.279 and know 00:22:00.279 --> 00:22:01.359 the grace 00:22:01.359 --> 00:22:02.019 and help 00:22:02.019 --> 00:22:03.240 of God. 00:22:04.359 --> 00:22:04.919 You see, 00:22:05.059 --> 00:22:05.960 our troubles 00:22:05.960 --> 00:22:07.919 in the hands 00:22:07.919 --> 00:22:08.399 of God 00:22:08.399 --> 00:22:09.399 are never wasted. 00:22:10.940 --> 00:22:11.480 Picture 00:22:11.480 --> 00:22:12.779 a waterfall, 00:22:14.180 --> 00:22:15.240 Niagara Falls 00:22:15.240 --> 00:22:16.019 if you like, 00:22:16.839 --> 00:22:17.759 and at the base 00:22:17.759 --> 00:22:19.000 is this huge 00:22:19.000 --> 00:22:19.859 deep pool 00:22:19.859 --> 00:22:21.019 and flowing 00:22:21.019 --> 00:22:21.599 from it, 00:22:21.720 --> 00:22:22.379 overflowing, 00:22:22.579 --> 00:22:23.240 it goes into 00:22:23.240 --> 00:22:23.779 a series 00:22:23.779 --> 00:22:24.779 of other pools 00:22:24.779 --> 00:22:25.359 and rivers. 00:22:25.779 --> 00:22:26.000 Well, 00:22:26.039 --> 00:22:26.599 the comfort 00:22:26.599 --> 00:22:27.200 of God 00:22:27.200 --> 00:22:28.000 is like this 00:22:28.000 --> 00:22:29.819 enormous waterfall 00:22:29.819 --> 00:22:32.039 flowing down, 00:22:32.319 --> 00:22:32.920 filling us 00:22:32.920 --> 00:22:33.639 with comfort 00:22:33.639 --> 00:22:34.660 through Christ 00:22:34.660 --> 00:22:36.779 so that we 00:22:36.779 --> 00:22:37.480 in turn 00:22:37.480 --> 00:22:38.759 can fill 00:22:38.759 --> 00:22:39.660 each other 00:22:39.660 --> 00:22:41.639 with the comfort 00:22:41.639 --> 00:22:42.259 of God. 00:22:44.559 --> 00:22:45.700 Our troubles 00:22:45.700 --> 00:22:46.599 lead us 00:22:46.599 --> 00:22:48.920 to experience 00:22:48.920 --> 00:22:50.559 God's comfort. 00:22:51.019 --> 00:22:52.680 second, 00:22:53.359 --> 00:22:55.319 our troubles 00:22:55.319 --> 00:22:56.220 lead us 00:22:56.220 --> 00:22:57.639 to trust 00:22:57.639 --> 00:22:58.900 the deliverance 00:22:58.900 --> 00:22:59.940 of God. 00:23:01.119 --> 00:23:01.940 Let's go 00:23:01.940 --> 00:23:02.420 to verse 00:23:02.420 --> 00:23:02.759 eight. 00:23:04.960 --> 00:23:06.059 We do not 00:23:06.059 --> 00:23:06.519 want you 00:23:06.519 --> 00:23:06.900 to be 00:23:06.900 --> 00:23:07.680 uninformed, 00:23:07.920 --> 00:23:08.480 brothers and 00:23:08.480 --> 00:23:08.879 sisters, 00:23:09.039 --> 00:23:09.680 about the 00:23:09.680 --> 00:23:10.200 troubles 00:23:10.200 --> 00:23:11.839 we experienced 00:23:11.839 --> 00:23:12.619 in the province 00:23:12.619 --> 00:23:13.240 of Asia. 00:23:14.240 --> 00:23:14.900 We were 00:23:14.900 --> 00:23:15.319 under 00:23:15.319 --> 00:23:16.519 great 00:23:16.519 --> 00:23:17.319 pressure, 00:23:17.319 --> 00:23:19.359 far beyond 00:23:19.359 --> 00:23:20.619 our ability 00:23:20.619 --> 00:23:21.619 to endure 00:23:21.619 --> 00:23:24.079 so that we 00:23:24.079 --> 00:23:24.859 despaired 00:23:24.859 --> 00:23:25.599 of life 00:23:25.599 --> 00:23:26.539 itself. 00:23:29.019 --> 00:23:29.539 Now, 00:23:29.599 --> 00:23:29.919 I know 00:23:29.919 --> 00:23:30.379 that some 00:23:30.379 --> 00:23:30.720 of you 00:23:30.720 --> 00:23:31.259 have faced 00:23:31.259 --> 00:23:31.980 days like 00:23:31.980 --> 00:23:32.419 that, 00:23:33.099 --> 00:23:34.139 days of 00:23:34.139 --> 00:23:34.500 great 00:23:34.500 --> 00:23:35.019 darkness. 00:23:36.439 --> 00:23:37.000 The weight 00:23:37.000 --> 00:23:37.700 of suffering 00:23:37.700 --> 00:23:38.599 is so much 00:23:38.599 --> 00:23:39.480 it's overwhelming 00:23:39.480 --> 00:23:40.460 and we 00:23:40.460 --> 00:23:41.339 just long 00:23:41.339 --> 00:23:42.460 for life 00:23:42.460 --> 00:23:43.339 to be 00:23:43.339 --> 00:23:43.740 over. 00:23:45.740 --> 00:23:46.559 Have you 00:23:46.559 --> 00:23:47.220 ever felt 00:23:47.220 --> 00:23:47.940 like that? 00:23:49.680 --> 00:23:50.779 We cry 00:23:50.779 --> 00:23:51.160 out, 00:23:51.279 --> 00:23:51.660 God, 00:23:51.720 --> 00:23:52.259 make it 00:23:52.259 --> 00:23:52.920 stop. 00:23:55.640 --> 00:23:56.299 Well, 00:23:56.360 --> 00:23:57.099 in God's 00:23:57.099 --> 00:23:57.740 mysterious 00:23:57.740 --> 00:23:58.620 ways, 00:23:59.640 --> 00:24:00.319 he uses 00:24:00.319 --> 00:24:01.240 those very 00:24:01.240 --> 00:24:01.720 troubles 00:24:01.720 --> 00:24:02.539 to grow 00:24:02.539 --> 00:24:03.819 our trust. 00:24:03.819 --> 00:24:05.720 look at 00:24:05.720 --> 00:24:06.460 verse 9. 00:24:10.399 --> 00:24:11.039 Indeed, 00:24:11.539 --> 00:24:13.439 we felt 00:24:13.439 --> 00:24:13.899 we had 00:24:13.899 --> 00:24:14.559 received 00:24:14.559 --> 00:24:15.119 the 00:24:15.119 --> 00:24:15.639 sentence 00:24:15.639 --> 00:24:17.019 of death. 00:24:18.639 --> 00:24:19.879 But this 00:24:19.879 --> 00:24:20.599 happened 00:24:20.599 --> 00:24:22.200 that we 00:24:22.200 --> 00:24:22.859 might not 00:24:22.859 --> 00:24:23.460 rely on 00:24:23.460 --> 00:24:24.159 ourselves, 00:24:25.159 --> 00:24:26.099 but on 00:24:26.099 --> 00:24:26.619 God who 00:24:26.619 --> 00:24:27.019 raises 00:24:27.019 --> 00:24:27.679 the dead. 00:24:29.339 --> 00:24:29.759 There's 00:24:29.759 --> 00:24:30.259 the purpose 00:24:30.259 --> 00:24:30.740 for our 00:24:30.740 --> 00:24:31.139 troubles, 00:24:31.460 --> 00:24:32.439 so that we 00:24:32.439 --> 00:24:33.059 would not 00:24:33.059 --> 00:24:33.799 trust 00:24:33.799 --> 00:24:34.839 in our 00:24:34.839 --> 00:24:35.059 own 00:24:35.059 --> 00:24:35.599 ability, 00:24:36.659 --> 00:24:37.559 but in 00:24:37.559 --> 00:24:37.779 our 00:24:37.779 --> 00:24:38.099 utter 00:24:38.099 --> 00:24:38.659 weakness, 00:24:39.000 --> 00:24:39.519 trust the 00:24:39.519 --> 00:24:40.079 one who 00:24:40.079 --> 00:24:40.619 can 00:24:40.619 --> 00:24:43.460 raise 00:24:43.460 --> 00:24:44.180 the 00:24:44.180 --> 00:24:44.639 dead. 00:24:45.899 --> 00:24:46.299 You see, 00:24:46.379 --> 00:24:46.740 when you 00:24:46.740 --> 00:24:47.119 and I 00:24:47.119 --> 00:24:47.899 are overwhelmed 00:24:47.899 --> 00:24:48.579 by life, 00:24:48.839 --> 00:24:49.220 when we 00:24:49.220 --> 00:24:49.619 have no 00:24:49.619 --> 00:24:50.180 strength 00:24:50.180 --> 00:24:50.599 left, 00:24:50.859 --> 00:24:51.299 when we 00:24:51.299 --> 00:24:51.700 are in 00:24:51.700 --> 00:24:52.379 despair 00:24:52.379 --> 00:24:53.180 of life 00:24:53.180 --> 00:24:53.700 itself, 00:24:54.079 --> 00:24:54.579 who are 00:24:54.579 --> 00:24:54.980 we going 00:24:54.980 --> 00:24:55.700 to trust? 00:24:57.480 --> 00:24:57.940 Am I 00:24:57.940 --> 00:24:58.259 going to 00:24:58.259 --> 00:24:58.819 put my 00:24:58.819 --> 00:24:59.480 hope in 00:24:59.480 --> 00:25:00.079 the weak, 00:25:00.440 --> 00:25:01.299 despairing, 00:25:01.659 --> 00:25:02.159 broken 00:25:02.159 --> 00:25:02.919 Johnny 00:25:02.919 --> 00:25:03.519 Grant? 00:25:03.799 --> 00:25:05.319 am I 00:25:05.319 --> 00:25:05.639 going to 00:25:05.639 --> 00:25:06.220 depend on 00:25:06.220 --> 00:25:07.019 myself and 00:25:07.019 --> 00:25:07.240 say, 00:25:07.559 --> 00:25:07.980 come on 00:25:07.980 --> 00:25:08.359 Johnny, 00:25:08.740 --> 00:25:09.460 do better, 00:25:09.839 --> 00:25:10.500 pull yourself 00:25:10.500 --> 00:25:10.940 up? 00:25:13.839 --> 00:25:14.779 Or am I 00:25:14.779 --> 00:25:15.319 going to 00:25:15.319 --> 00:25:16.119 rest and 00:25:16.119 --> 00:25:18.279 fall into 00:25:18.279 --> 00:25:19.200 the arms of 00:25:19.200 --> 00:25:19.899 God who 00:25:19.899 --> 00:25:20.419 has the 00:25:20.419 --> 00:25:22.019 power to 00:25:22.019 --> 00:25:22.659 raise the 00:25:22.659 --> 00:25:23.059 dead? 00:25:24.659 --> 00:25:25.299 You see, 00:25:25.399 --> 00:25:25.879 the purpose 00:25:25.879 --> 00:25:26.399 of our 00:25:26.399 --> 00:25:27.980 troubles is 00:25:27.980 --> 00:25:28.879 to tear 00:25:28.880 --> 00:25:29.960 us from 00:25:29.960 --> 00:25:31.720 self-trust 00:25:31.720 --> 00:25:33.440 to trust 00:25:33.440 --> 00:25:34.080 in God. 00:25:35.080 --> 00:25:35.580 You know 00:25:35.580 --> 00:25:36.340 what Velcro 00:25:36.340 --> 00:25:36.980 is like? 00:25:37.400 --> 00:25:37.720 You know 00:25:37.720 --> 00:25:38.540 that ripping 00:25:38.540 --> 00:25:40.120 sound as 00:25:40.120 --> 00:25:40.700 you pull 00:25:40.700 --> 00:25:41.360 it apart? 00:25:42.400 --> 00:25:42.720 Our 00:25:42.720 --> 00:25:43.820 troubles pull 00:25:43.820 --> 00:25:44.280 us from 00:25:44.280 --> 00:25:44.980 trust in 00:25:44.980 --> 00:25:45.940 self to 00:25:45.940 --> 00:25:46.620 stick, 00:25:47.080 --> 00:25:47.520 to be 00:25:47.520 --> 00:25:49.980 glued to 00:25:49.980 --> 00:25:50.560 God. 00:25:50.560 --> 00:25:50.740 And 00:25:50.740 --> 00:25:54.460 so we 00:25:54.460 --> 00:25:55.220 experience 00:25:55.220 --> 00:25:55.660 trouble, 00:25:55.660 --> 00:25:56.220 we rely 00:25:56.220 --> 00:25:56.980 on God 00:25:56.980 --> 00:25:58.880 and we 00:25:58.880 --> 00:25:59.120 are 00:25:59.120 --> 00:25:59.820 assured 00:25:59.820 --> 00:26:01.120 of 00:26:01.120 --> 00:26:02.240 deliverance. 00:26:03.240 --> 00:26:04.120 Paul and 00:26:04.120 --> 00:26:04.340 his 00:26:04.340 --> 00:26:05.120 co-workers 00:26:05.120 --> 00:26:05.400 had 00:26:05.400 --> 00:26:06.320 experienced 00:26:06.320 --> 00:26:07.960 life-threatening 00:26:07.960 --> 00:26:08.500 trouble, 00:26:09.180 --> 00:26:09.700 but he 00:26:09.700 --> 00:26:10.580 was confident 00:26:10.580 --> 00:26:11.360 that God 00:26:11.360 --> 00:26:11.820 would see 00:26:11.820 --> 00:26:12.340 him through, 00:26:12.500 --> 00:26:13.100 verse 10. 00:26:13.099 --> 00:26:14.339 he could 00:26:14.339 --> 00:26:14.939 declare 00:26:14.939 --> 00:26:16.359 very clearly 00:26:16.359 --> 00:26:17.819 he has 00:26:17.819 --> 00:26:18.859 delivered us 00:26:18.859 --> 00:26:20.039 from such 00:26:20.039 --> 00:26:20.539 a deadly 00:26:20.539 --> 00:26:21.019 peril 00:26:21.019 --> 00:26:22.639 and he 00:26:22.639 --> 00:26:23.199 will 00:26:23.199 --> 00:26:24.559 deliver us 00:26:24.559 --> 00:26:25.459 again. 00:26:26.179 --> 00:26:26.759 He has 00:26:26.759 --> 00:26:27.259 seen us 00:26:27.259 --> 00:26:27.679 through in 00:26:27.679 --> 00:26:28.339 the past, 00:26:28.559 --> 00:26:29.199 he's going 00:26:29.199 --> 00:26:29.659 to help 00:26:29.659 --> 00:26:30.000 us in 00:26:30.000 --> 00:26:30.599 the future, 00:26:31.219 --> 00:26:31.779 therefore, 00:26:32.299 --> 00:26:32.740 look at the 00:26:32.740 --> 00:26:33.119 rest of 00:26:33.119 --> 00:26:33.740 verse 10, 00:26:34.240 --> 00:26:35.039 on him 00:26:35.039 --> 00:26:35.519 we have 00:26:35.519 --> 00:26:36.000 set our 00:26:36.000 --> 00:26:36.879 hope that 00:26:36.879 --> 00:26:37.500 he will 00:26:37.500 --> 00:26:38.099 continue 00:26:38.099 --> 00:26:38.779 to deliver 00:26:38.779 --> 00:26:39.459 us. 00:26:41.339 --> 00:26:42.179 But how 00:26:42.179 --> 00:26:42.639 do I 00:26:42.639 --> 00:26:43.019 know? 00:26:44.059 --> 00:26:44.859 How can 00:26:44.859 --> 00:26:45.459 you be 00:26:45.459 --> 00:26:45.939 sure 00:26:45.939 --> 00:26:47.019 that whatever 00:26:47.019 --> 00:26:47.799 trouble we 00:26:47.799 --> 00:26:48.439 go through 00:26:48.439 --> 00:26:49.439 God is 00:26:49.439 --> 00:26:50.099 going to 00:26:50.099 --> 00:26:51.179 deliver us? 00:26:52.699 --> 00:26:53.459 What if 00:26:53.459 --> 00:26:54.019 the troubles 00:26:54.019 --> 00:26:54.599 are so 00:26:54.599 --> 00:26:55.139 great? 00:26:56.359 --> 00:26:56.879 What if 00:26:56.879 --> 00:26:57.519 they are so 00:26:57.519 --> 00:26:58.219 overwhelming 00:26:58.219 --> 00:26:59.000 and I can't 00:26:59.000 --> 00:26:59.699 even pray? 00:27:00.099 --> 00:27:00.699 Will God 00:27:00.699 --> 00:27:01.339 deliver me 00:27:01.339 --> 00:27:01.699 then? 00:27:03.079 --> 00:27:03.740 Yes 00:27:03.740 --> 00:27:05.000 and a 00:27:05.000 --> 00:27:05.480 thousand 00:27:05.480 --> 00:27:06.500 times 00:27:06.500 --> 00:27:07.399 yes. 00:27:08.279 --> 00:27:09.199 And here's 00:27:09.199 --> 00:27:09.539 how. 00:27:11.399 --> 00:27:12.159 Remember 00:27:12.160 --> 00:27:13.800 the time 00:27:13.800 --> 00:27:14.300 we live 00:27:14.300 --> 00:27:14.560 in. 00:27:16.300 --> 00:27:17.180 We live 00:27:17.180 --> 00:27:17.500 in a 00:27:17.500 --> 00:27:18.480 time after 00:27:18.480 --> 00:27:19.240 the first 00:27:19.240 --> 00:27:19.920 coming of 00:27:19.920 --> 00:27:20.420 Christ 00:27:20.420 --> 00:27:21.880 and we 00:27:21.880 --> 00:27:22.400 live at a 00:27:22.400 --> 00:27:23.360 time before 00:27:23.360 --> 00:27:24.620 the return 00:27:24.620 --> 00:27:25.380 of Christ. 00:27:26.080 --> 00:27:27.080 Christ has 00:27:27.080 --> 00:27:28.519 come and 00:27:28.519 --> 00:27:29.380 Christ will 00:27:29.380 --> 00:27:29.980 come and 00:27:29.980 --> 00:27:30.680 we're somewhere 00:27:30.680 --> 00:27:31.460 along that 00:27:31.460 --> 00:27:31.900 line. 00:27:33.500 --> 00:27:34.100 Now look at 00:27:34.100 --> 00:27:34.580 the next, 00:27:34.720 --> 00:27:35.160 look at the 00:27:35.160 --> 00:27:35.740 text in 00:27:35.740 --> 00:27:36.360 verse 10. 00:27:36.359 --> 00:27:39.139 he has 00:27:39.139 --> 00:27:40.619 delivered us 00:27:40.619 --> 00:27:42.139 from such 00:27:42.139 --> 00:27:43.099 deadly peril. 00:27:44.259 --> 00:27:45.019 Through 00:27:45.019 --> 00:27:46.199 the death 00:27:46.199 --> 00:27:47.019 of Christ 00:27:47.019 --> 00:27:48.619 he has 00:27:48.619 --> 00:27:49.419 delivered us 00:27:49.419 --> 00:27:49.839 from the 00:27:49.839 --> 00:27:51.139 greatest of 00:27:51.139 --> 00:27:52.319 all deadly 00:27:52.319 --> 00:27:53.059 perils. 00:27:54.119 --> 00:27:54.500 Christ 00:27:54.500 --> 00:27:55.559 delivered us 00:27:55.559 --> 00:27:56.740 from judgment 00:27:56.740 --> 00:27:57.859 and hell 00:27:57.859 --> 00:27:59.059 as he died 00:27:59.059 --> 00:27:59.839 on the cross 00:27:59.839 --> 00:28:00.799 and he's 00:28:00.799 --> 00:28:01.659 freed us 00:28:01.659 --> 00:28:02.419 from an 00:28:02.419 --> 00:28:02.879 eternal 00:28:02.879 --> 00:28:03.599 suffering. 00:28:03.599 --> 00:28:05.859 And 00:28:05.859 --> 00:28:06.639 verse 10 00:28:06.639 --> 00:28:07.959 he will 00:28:07.959 --> 00:28:09.059 deliver us 00:28:09.059 --> 00:28:09.500 again. 00:28:09.959 --> 00:28:10.579 Christ has 00:28:10.579 --> 00:28:11.319 promised to 00:28:11.319 --> 00:28:11.799 come in 00:28:11.799 --> 00:28:12.719 the future. 00:28:13.199 --> 00:28:13.559 We don't 00:28:13.559 --> 00:28:14.099 know when 00:28:14.099 --> 00:28:14.539 but when 00:28:14.539 --> 00:28:15.099 he does 00:28:15.099 --> 00:28:15.839 he will 00:28:15.839 --> 00:28:16.819 deliver us 00:28:16.819 --> 00:28:17.559 from this 00:28:17.559 --> 00:28:18.439 broken world 00:28:18.439 --> 00:28:19.099 so that we 00:28:19.099 --> 00:28:19.779 will enjoy 00:28:19.779 --> 00:28:20.839 life in 00:28:20.839 --> 00:28:21.619 his eternal 00:28:21.619 --> 00:28:22.159 kingdom. 00:28:24.879 --> 00:28:25.679 Think of 00:28:25.679 --> 00:28:26.059 it this 00:28:26.059 --> 00:28:26.339 way. 00:28:28.500 --> 00:28:29.259 What's the 00:28:29.259 --> 00:28:29.980 worst thing 00:28:29.980 --> 00:28:30.639 our troubles 00:28:30.639 --> 00:28:31.179 could ever 00:28:31.179 --> 00:28:32.099 do to us? 00:28:32.099 --> 00:28:34.959 well it's 00:28:34.959 --> 00:28:35.279 that we 00:28:35.279 --> 00:28:35.959 could die. 00:28:37.519 --> 00:28:38.099 In fact 00:28:38.099 --> 00:28:39.039 we all 00:28:39.039 --> 00:28:40.179 will die. 00:28:40.959 --> 00:28:41.679 All our 00:28:41.679 --> 00:28:42.539 troubles that 00:28:42.539 --> 00:28:43.019 we live 00:28:43.019 --> 00:28:43.480 through in 00:28:43.480 --> 00:28:44.139 this life 00:28:44.139 --> 00:28:45.199 one day 00:28:45.199 --> 00:28:45.759 the trouble 00:28:45.759 --> 00:28:46.359 will come 00:28:46.359 --> 00:28:46.799 that will 00:28:46.799 --> 00:28:47.299 lead us 00:28:47.299 --> 00:28:47.659 to the 00:28:47.659 --> 00:28:48.079 grave. 00:28:48.500 --> 00:28:48.939 But just 00:28:48.939 --> 00:28:49.719 as Christ 00:28:49.719 --> 00:28:50.579 was raised 00:28:50.579 --> 00:28:51.599 so we 00:28:51.599 --> 00:28:52.079 who are 00:28:52.079 --> 00:28:52.779 in Christ 00:28:52.779 --> 00:28:53.740 will also 00:28:53.740 --> 00:28:54.599 be raised. 00:28:56.199 --> 00:28:56.619 You see 00:28:56.619 --> 00:28:57.139 Christ 00:28:57.139 --> 00:28:57.959 entered into 00:28:57.959 --> 00:28:58.779 the deadliest 00:28:58.779 --> 00:28:59.799 trouble for us 00:28:59.799 --> 00:29:00.719 a trouble 00:29:00.719 --> 00:29:01.679 so great 00:29:01.680 --> 00:29:02.539 that saw 00:29:02.539 --> 00:29:03.420 him die 00:29:03.420 --> 00:29:04.480 forsaken 00:29:04.480 --> 00:29:05.039 by the 00:29:05.039 --> 00:29:05.500 father 00:29:05.500 --> 00:29:06.480 and as 00:29:06.480 --> 00:29:07.019 Christ 00:29:07.019 --> 00:29:07.840 was raised 00:29:07.840 --> 00:29:08.240 from the 00:29:08.240 --> 00:29:08.600 dead 00:29:08.600 --> 00:29:09.360 he is 00:29:09.360 --> 00:29:09.980 with us 00:29:09.980 --> 00:29:10.680 now forever 00:29:10.680 --> 00:29:11.340 by his 00:29:11.340 --> 00:29:12.140 holy spirit 00:29:12.140 --> 00:29:13.060 therefore 00:29:13.060 --> 00:29:14.120 he will 00:29:14.120 --> 00:29:14.660 bring us 00:29:14.660 --> 00:29:15.420 through all 00:29:15.420 --> 00:29:16.140 our troubles 00:29:16.140 --> 00:29:17.880 even death 00:29:17.880 --> 00:29:18.940 itself. 00:29:21.440 --> 00:29:22.160 Christ 00:29:22.160 --> 00:29:22.799 has dealt 00:29:22.799 --> 00:29:23.220 with the 00:29:23.220 --> 00:29:23.940 past 00:29:23.940 --> 00:29:25.519 Christ 00:29:25.519 --> 00:29:26.259 has secured 00:29:26.259 --> 00:29:27.120 our future 00:29:27.119 --> 00:29:27.259 death. 00:29:28.259 --> 00:29:28.739 Therefore 00:29:28.739 --> 00:29:29.399 we live 00:29:29.399 --> 00:29:29.819 with the 00:29:29.819 --> 00:29:30.159 sure 00:29:30.159 --> 00:29:30.819 and certain 00:29:30.819 --> 00:29:31.219 hope 00:29:31.219 --> 00:29:31.679 today. 00:29:32.179 --> 00:29:32.359 Look at 00:29:32.359 --> 00:29:32.739 the end 00:29:32.739 --> 00:29:33.119 of verse 00:29:33.119 --> 00:29:33.519 10. 00:29:34.379 --> 00:29:34.539 With 00:29:34.539 --> 00:29:35.219 confidence 00:29:35.219 --> 00:29:36.500 we now 00:29:36.500 --> 00:29:37.239 can say 00:29:37.239 --> 00:29:39.739 on him 00:29:39.739 --> 00:29:41.659 on Christ 00:29:41.659 --> 00:29:43.339 we have 00:29:43.339 --> 00:29:43.979 set our 00:29:43.979 --> 00:29:44.459 hope 00:29:44.459 --> 00:29:46.019 that he 00:29:46.019 --> 00:29:46.919 will continue 00:29:46.919 --> 00:29:48.399 to deliver 00:29:48.399 --> 00:29:49.000 us. 00:29:50.079 --> 00:29:50.619 Whatever 00:29:50.619 --> 00:29:51.739 trouble we 00:29:51.739 --> 00:29:52.619 may face 00:29:52.619 --> 00:29:54.059 remember 00:29:54.059 --> 00:29:54.699 he has 00:29:54.699 --> 00:29:55.279 defeated 00:29:55.279 --> 00:29:56.480 sin and 00:29:56.480 --> 00:29:56.940 death 00:29:56.940 --> 00:29:58.180 and 00:29:58.180 --> 00:29:58.680 therefore 00:29:58.680 --> 00:30:00.220 he will 00:30:00.220 --> 00:30:01.200 deliver us 00:30:01.200 --> 00:30:02.299 in all 00:30:02.299 --> 00:30:02.920 our troubles 00:30:02.920 --> 00:30:04.660 even death 00:30:04.660 --> 00:30:05.119 itself. 00:30:07.299 --> 00:30:08.200 So 00:30:08.200 --> 00:30:08.720 third 00:30:08.720 --> 00:30:11.500 and this 00:30:11.500 --> 00:30:12.160 sums up 00:30:12.160 --> 00:30:13.480 all that 00:30:13.480 --> 00:30:13.899 we've been 00:30:13.899 --> 00:30:14.599 looking at 00:30:14.599 --> 00:30:17.220 our 00:30:17.220 --> 00:30:17.660 troubles 00:30:17.660 --> 00:30:18.539 lead us 00:30:18.539 --> 00:30:19.740 to praise 00:30:19.740 --> 00:30:20.799 the grace 00:30:20.799 --> 00:30:21.819 of God. 00:30:22.819 --> 00:30:23.539 You see 00:30:23.539 --> 00:30:24.059 the troubles 00:30:24.059 --> 00:30:24.700 we face 00:30:24.700 --> 00:30:25.120 in this 00:30:25.120 --> 00:30:25.539 life 00:30:25.539 --> 00:30:26.380 are never 00:30:26.380 --> 00:30:27.340 easy. 00:30:28.140 --> 00:30:28.960 We 00:30:28.960 --> 00:30:29.880 experience 00:30:29.880 --> 00:30:30.819 distress 00:30:30.819 --> 00:30:32.180 and 00:30:32.180 --> 00:30:32.960 discomfort. 00:30:33.740 --> 00:30:34.539 We 00:30:34.539 --> 00:30:35.380 experience 00:30:35.380 --> 00:30:36.120 suffering 00:30:36.120 --> 00:30:37.039 and 00:30:37.039 --> 00:30:37.680 struggles 00:30:37.680 --> 00:30:39.259 but not 00:30:39.259 --> 00:30:39.759 one of 00:30:39.759 --> 00:30:40.140 them are 00:30:40.140 --> 00:30:40.640 meaningless. 00:30:41.340 --> 00:30:41.480 Our 00:30:41.480 --> 00:30:42.200 sufferings 00:30:42.200 --> 00:30:42.660 are not 00:30:42.660 --> 00:30:43.080 wasted. 00:30:43.600 --> 00:30:43.900 In the 00:30:43.900 --> 00:30:44.440 hands of 00:30:44.440 --> 00:30:44.720 God 00:30:44.720 --> 00:30:45.259 they bring 00:30:45.259 --> 00:30:45.840 good to 00:30:45.840 --> 00:30:46.200 others 00:30:46.200 --> 00:30:46.740 as we 00:30:46.740 --> 00:30:47.440 give 00:30:47.440 --> 00:30:48.080 comfort. 00:30:48.700 --> 00:30:48.920 They 00:30:48.920 --> 00:30:49.259 bring 00:30:49.259 --> 00:30:49.700 growth 00:30:49.700 --> 00:30:50.220 to us 00:30:50.220 --> 00:30:50.580 as we 00:30:50.580 --> 00:30:51.039 trust 00:30:51.039 --> 00:30:51.700 in God's 00:30:51.700 --> 00:30:52.299 deliverance. 00:30:52.759 --> 00:30:52.900 But 00:30:52.900 --> 00:30:53.500 ultimately 00:30:53.500 --> 00:30:53.880 our 00:30:53.880 --> 00:30:54.339 troubles 00:30:54.339 --> 00:30:55.000 bring 00:30:55.000 --> 00:30:55.920 glory 00:30:55.920 --> 00:30:57.039 to 00:30:57.039 --> 00:30:57.559 God. 00:30:58.240 --> 00:30:58.619 They 00:30:58.619 --> 00:30:59.079 cause 00:30:59.079 --> 00:30:59.279 us 00:30:59.279 --> 00:30:59.539 to 00:30:59.539 --> 00:31:00.039 praise 00:31:00.039 --> 00:31:00.299 his 00:31:00.299 --> 00:31:00.759 grace. 00:31:00.759 --> 00:31:01.519 Look at 00:31:01.519 --> 00:31:01.880 how the 00:31:01.880 --> 00:31:02.680 text starts 00:31:02.680 --> 00:31:03.180 in verse 00:31:03.180 --> 00:31:03.599 three. 00:31:05.920 --> 00:31:06.640 Praise 00:31:06.640 --> 00:31:07.300 be to 00:31:07.300 --> 00:31:08.020 God and 00:31:08.020 --> 00:31:08.020 00:31:08.020 --> 00:31:08.640 Father of 00:31:08.640 --> 00:31:08.800 our 00:31:08.800 --> 00:31:09.460 Lord Jesus 00:31:09.460 --> 00:31:10.020 Christ 00:31:10.020 --> 00:31:10.600 the 00:31:10.600 --> 00:31:11.340 Father of 00:31:11.340 --> 00:31:11.960 compassion 00:31:11.960 --> 00:31:13.340 and the 00:31:13.340 --> 00:31:13.840 God of 00:31:13.840 --> 00:31:14.259 all 00:31:14.259 --> 00:31:14.880 comfort 00:31:14.880 --> 00:31:16.520 who 00:31:16.520 --> 00:31:17.200 comforts 00:31:17.200 --> 00:31:17.640 us in 00:31:17.640 --> 00:31:18.220 all our 00:31:18.220 --> 00:31:18.860 troubles. 00:31:19.680 --> 00:31:20.340 Our 00:31:20.340 --> 00:31:20.900 troubles 00:31:20.900 --> 00:31:23.480 cause us 00:31:23.480 --> 00:31:25.180 to 00:31:25.180 --> 00:31:26.360 praise God 00:31:26.360 --> 00:31:25.160 to 00:31:25.160 --> 00:31:25.799 praise 00:31:25.799 --> 00:31:26.380 God 00:31:26.380 --> 00:31:27.740 for 00:31:27.740 --> 00:31:28.079 his 00:31:28.079 --> 00:31:28.759 comfort 00:31:28.759 --> 00:31:30.099 in 00:31:30.099 --> 00:31:30.339 our 00:31:30.339 --> 00:31:30.839 life 00:31:30.839 --> 00:31:31.660 and 00:31:31.660 --> 00:31:31.799 in 00:31:31.799 --> 00:31:31.940 the 00:31:31.940 --> 00:31:32.220 life 00:31:32.220 --> 00:31:32.420 of 00:31:32.420 --> 00:31:32.860 others. 00:31:34.220 --> 00:31:34.759 But 00:31:34.759 --> 00:31:35.000 not 00:31:35.000 --> 00:31:35.259 just 00:31:35.259 --> 00:31:35.720 that. 00:31:36.220 --> 00:31:36.519 Look 00:31:36.519 --> 00:31:36.819 again 00:31:36.819 --> 00:31:37.000 at 00:31:37.000 --> 00:31:37.240 verse 00:31:37.240 --> 00:31:37.660 nine. 00:31:39.740 --> 00:31:40.420 We 00:31:40.420 --> 00:31:40.880 felt 00:31:40.880 --> 00:31:41.140 we 00:31:41.140 --> 00:31:41.279 had 00:31:41.279 --> 00:31:41.740 received 00:31:41.740 --> 00:31:42.000 a 00:31:42.000 --> 00:31:42.440 sentence 00:31:42.440 --> 00:31:42.680 of 00:31:42.680 --> 00:31:42.940 death 00:31:42.940 --> 00:31:43.180 but 00:31:43.180 --> 00:31:43.539 this 00:31:43.539 --> 00:31:43.980 happened 00:31:43.980 --> 00:31:44.240 that 00:31:44.240 --> 00:31:44.420 we 00:31:44.420 --> 00:31:44.740 might 00:31:44.740 --> 00:31:44.980 not 00:31:44.980 --> 00:31:45.360 rely 00:31:45.360 --> 00:31:45.519 on 00:31:45.519 --> 00:31:46.059 ourselves 00:31:46.059 --> 00:31:46.400 but 00:31:46.400 --> 00:31:46.620 on 00:31:46.620 --> 00:31:47.079 God 00:31:47.079 --> 00:31:47.319 who 00:31:47.319 --> 00:31:47.720 raises 00:31:47.720 --> 00:31:48.000 the 00:31:48.000 --> 00:31:48.360 dead. 00:31:48.359 --> 00:31:49.979 verse 00:31:49.979 --> 00:31:50.419 11 00:31:50.419 --> 00:31:51.559 then 00:31:51.559 --> 00:31:51.959 many 00:31:51.959 --> 00:31:52.279 will 00:31:52.279 --> 00:31:52.599 give 00:31:52.599 --> 00:31:53.139 thanks 00:31:53.139 --> 00:31:53.379 on 00:31:53.379 --> 00:31:53.639 our 00:31:53.639 --> 00:31:54.079 behalf 00:31:54.079 --> 00:31:54.339 for 00:31:54.339 --> 00:31:54.559 the 00:31:54.559 --> 00:31:55.259 gracious 00:31:55.259 --> 00:31:56.199 favour 00:31:56.199 --> 00:31:57.419 granted 00:31:57.419 --> 00:31:57.819 us 00:31:57.819 --> 00:31:58.000 in 00:31:58.000 --> 00:31:58.339 answer 00:31:58.339 --> 00:31:58.539 to 00:31:58.539 --> 00:31:58.740 the 00:31:58.740 --> 00:31:59.059 prayers 00:31:59.059 --> 00:31:59.279 of 00:31:59.279 --> 00:31:59.639 many. 00:32:00.779 --> 00:32:01.139 Our 00:32:01.139 --> 00:32:01.679 troubles 00:32:01.679 --> 00:32:03.759 cause 00:32:03.759 --> 00:32:04.059 us 00:32:04.059 --> 00:32:04.479 to be 00:32:04.479 --> 00:32:05.379 comforted 00:32:05.379 --> 00:32:06.439 and 00:32:06.439 --> 00:32:06.639 to 00:32:06.639 --> 00:32:07.000 rest 00:32:07.000 --> 00:32:07.279 in 00:32:07.279 --> 00:32:07.740 God 00:32:07.740 --> 00:32:09.199 which 00:32:09.199 --> 00:32:09.379 will 00:32:09.379 --> 00:32:09.859 result 00:32:09.859 --> 00:32:10.079 in 00:32:10.079 --> 00:32:10.259 the 00:32:10.259 --> 00:32:10.699 praise 00:32:10.699 --> 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00:33:29.960 glory 00:33:29.960 --> 00:33:30.600 with 00:33:30.600 --> 00:33:30.920 me. 00:33:30.920 --> 00:33:34.560 and all the hurts will be gone 00:33:34.560 --> 00:33:37.720 and all the tears will be gone 00:33:37.720 --> 00:33:42.940 and we will enjoy the comfort and deliverance of God 00:33:42.940 --> 00:33:46.539 in all its fullness forever. 00:33:49.300 --> 00:33:51.380 So all the praise 00:33:51.380 --> 00:33:54.100 and all the glory 00:33:54.100 --> 00:33:56.320 to him 00:33:56.320 --> 00:33:59.640 for his gracious favour 00:33:59.640 --> 00:34:01.900 to people like us. 00:34:03.960 --> 00:34:05.500 Praise God. 00:34:06.759 --> 00:34:07.720 Let's pray. 00:34:23.160 --> 00:34:25.200 Father, we recognise 00:34:25.200 --> 00:34:28.539 that we are dealing 00:34:28.539 --> 00:34:30.460 and talking about something 00:34:30.460 --> 00:34:31.880 that's very real, 00:34:32.619 --> 00:34:34.639 very difficult 00:34:34.639 --> 00:34:37.559 and very personal. 00:34:37.559 --> 00:34:44.980 We pray for anyone here today 00:34:44.980 --> 00:34:48.340 who is struggling. 00:34:50.840 --> 00:34:53.199 Father, fill them with your comfort. 00:34:55.579 --> 00:34:57.279 Fill them with your peace. 00:34:57.280 --> 00:35:01.900 Reassure them that they are loved by you 00:35:01.900 --> 00:35:03.400 and cared for by you. 00:35:06.600 --> 00:35:07.480 Remind them 00:35:07.480 --> 00:35:11.500 that their life are in your hands 00:35:11.500 --> 00:35:15.440 and just as you have been with them in the past, 00:35:16.440 --> 00:35:18.640 you will be with them in the future 00:35:18.639 --> 00:35:25.259 and nothing will ever separate them from your love. 00:35:27.259 --> 00:35:28.579 Not any trouble. 00:35:29.920 --> 00:35:31.599 Not even death itself. 00:35:31.599 --> 00:35:32.219 Father, 00:35:32.219 --> 00:35:39.639 Father, would you fill us with your comfort and compassion afresh 00:35:39.639 --> 00:35:45.319 so that we may be those who are comforters of others. 00:35:45.320 --> 00:35:49.640 give us your Holy Spirit 00:35:49.640 --> 00:35:53.640 that we may be present with people 00:35:53.640 --> 00:35:57.039 filling them with the promises of God 00:35:57.039 --> 00:36:01.260 and praying for them in their hurts 00:36:01.260 --> 00:36:05.120 that they may know your grace and help. 00:36:05.119 --> 00:36:09.139 thank you for one another. 00:36:10.179 --> 00:36:11.759 Thank you for this church. 00:36:13.339 --> 00:36:15.339 Thank you for the comfort and help 00:36:15.339 --> 00:36:18.960 that we receive from one another. 00:36:25.400 --> 00:36:28.199 To you, we give all the glory 00:36:28.199 --> 00:36:29.779 and all the praise 00:36:29.779 --> 00:36:33.980 for the works that you are doing in us and through us. 00:36:33.980 --> 00:36:37.360 keep us faithful 00:36:37.360 --> 00:36:39.940 keep us trusting you. 00:36:41.119 --> 00:36:41.800 Amen.