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Comfort In Affliction |
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| Has anything been left as a legacy to the righteous? |
| "Many are the afflictions of the righteous; but the Lord delivereth him out of them all." Ps. 34:19. |
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| What ought those in affliction to have from their friends? |
"To him that is afflicted, pity should be showed from his friend." Job 6:14. |
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| If one visits, and shows pity toward those in affliction, what does it indicate that he possesses? |
"Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world." James 1:27. |
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| What did David say with reference to his affliction? |
| "It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes." Ps. 119:71. |
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| Before he had affliction, what was his tendency? |
| "Before I was afflicted I went astray; but now have I kept thy word." Ps. 119:67. |
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| When affliction came upon him, what did he consider it was for? |
| "Look upon mine affliction and my pain, and forgive all my sins." Ps. 25:18. |
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| How does God regard the cry of the afflicted? |
"He heareth the cry of the afflicted." Job 34:28. |
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| With what feelings does the Lord look upon His children? |
"Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear Him." Ps. 103:13. |
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| What has the Lord promised to be to those who are oppressed? |
| "The Lord also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble." Ps. 9:9. |
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| When the Saviour was about to go away from the earth, what did He say He would send to His disciples? |
"If I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send Him unto you." John 16:7. |
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| What is the Comforter called? |
| "But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, He shall testify of Me." John 15:26. |
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| What has the Lord promised to the mourner? |
| "Blessed are they that mourn; for they shall be comforted." Matt. 5:4. |
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| What prophetic words were especially designed to comfort the mothers in Bethlehem who should mourn for having lost their innocent children through the envy of Herod? |
| "Thus saith the Lord: Refrain thy voice from weeping, and thine eyes from tears: for thy work shall be rewarded, saith the Lord; and they shall come again from the land of the enemy." Jer. 31:16 (compare with Matt. 2:16-18). |
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| What does the apostle present as a comfort to those who have lost dear friends by death? |
| "For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with Him... Wherefore comfort one another with these words." 1 Thess. 4:14-18. |
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| When one has received the Comforter in his heart, what use should he make of it? |
| "Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God." 2 Cor. 1:4. |
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| How was Paul once comforted when in trouble? |
| "Nevertheless God, that comforteth those that are cast down, comforted us by the coming of Titus." 2 Cor. 7:6. |
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| When in affliction, how should one rest his case? |
| "And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God." Rom. 8:28. |
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| How did the bonds which were endured by Paul work for good? |
| "But I would ye should understand, brethren, that the things which happened unto me have fallen out rather unto the furtherance of the gospel; so that my bonds in Christ are manifest in all the palace, and in all other places." Phil. 1:12. |
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| How does Christ exhort those who have tribulation in the world? |
| "These things I have spoken unto you, that in Me ye might have peace, In the world ye shall have tribulation; but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world." John 16:33. |
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| What comforted the apostle in these troubles? |
| "For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us." Rom. 8:18. |
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| What did he call the troubles that beset him? |
| "For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory." 2 Cor. 4:17. |
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