Where Comfort is Found!

Introduction

o   Revelations 2:7 

Important Questions!

A.       Who is speaking here?

o   God: Isaiah 40:1 

B.       To whom does the Lord speak?

o   Lord spoke to our fathers by His prophets

-  Hebrews 1:1    

-  Ephesians 4:11-12

C.       What is His command?

o   Comfort  My people

-  II Timothy 4:2

D.      Who are these people to whom the Lord would have us speak comfortably?

o   His People: Isaiah 40:1 

E.       Who are His people?  

1.       They are His by Election – Christ calls them “My Sheep.”

-  John 10:27-29 

-  I Samuel 12:22     

2.       They are His by purchase

-  I Peter 1:18-19

3.       They are His by a divine call

-  Romans 8:30

-  I Peter 2:9

4.       They are His by Faith

-  Ephesians 1:13

Why do God’s people need “comfort”? (Isaiah 40:1-2)

1.       Although Sons of God, they are still Sons of men

-  II Corinthians 4:7       

2.       They are a “Tried people”

3.       They are “hated” by this world

How do you comfort the People of God?

Conclusion–             Isaiah 41:10