The Promise and Purpose of Comfort


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Paul praises the Lord as the Father of mercies and the God of all comfort.  The problem of sin means that suffering and affliction are a reality for everyone, even believers but the promise of God in the gospel is that he will comfort us in our afflictions.  Our afflictions have a purpose, namely that they bring the opportunity to be comforted and then be a source of God’s comfort to others.