The Children’s Class
Each of the following quotations is part of a verse in Matthew. chapters 1-9.
1.“Many will say to Me.”
2.“But sinners to repentance.”
3.“Bless them that curse you.”
4.“God with us.”
5.“He saith unto them. Follow Me.”
6.“The ax is laid unto the root.”
7.“Seek ye first the kingdom.”
The Young People’s Class Comfort
Yes, our God is the God of all comfort. He knows the trials through winch we must pass in this scene of sin and sorrow, for His blessed Son—the Lord Jesus —has passed through it before us. He felt all the trials of the way too (sin apart) and is now our Great High Priest who sympathizes with us in all our tribulation and infirmities.
How often we find the prophets, even after warning of judgment, speaking “comfortable words” to those who took heed. The Lord Jesus was the Man of Sorrows here because He felt for others. He knew the sorrows that sin had brought, and He never healed anyone without entering into their sorrow, for “Himself took our infirmities, and bare our sicknesses.” Matthew 8:1717That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, Himself took our infirmities, and bare our sicknesses. (Matthew 8:17).
How often the Lord’s people need a word of comfort too! How often we could gain their ears and bring real blessing to them if we knew how to speak a word of comfort when needed. The Lord Jesus could “speak a word in season to him that is weary” (Isaiah 50:44The Lord God hath given me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary: he wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as the learned. (Isaiah 50:4)), and if we walk with Him, He will enable us to do it too. The Word of God abounds with precious promises and words of comfort to the believer which we can pass on to them, lifting their hearts out of their trials and sorrows, and helping them to set their minds on things above. And so the comfort passes from one to another; Paul was comforted and he in turn comforted others—let us do this too, and “speak... to comfort.”
1.What was David’s comfort in affliction? Psalm 119.
2.Having been comforted ourselves, how should we act toward others in trouble? 2 Corinthians.
3.Were all Paul’s fellow workers a comfort to him? Colossians.
4.Was it a comfort to Paul’s heart to see the saints going on well? Philippians 2.
5.What truth is spoken of as o source of special comfort? 1 Thessalonians 4.
6.How did the Lord answer the one who was concerned with the state of things in Judah? Zechariah 1.
7.Who looked for comforters but found none? Psalm 69.
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