Would you turn your Bibles to
2 Corinthians chapter 1? I want to begin reading in verse
3. 2 Corinthians chapter 1. Blessed be God. even the Father
of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God
of all comfort, who comforteth us in all our
tribulation, trouble, that we may be able to comfort
them which are in any trouble by the comfort wherewith we ourselves
are comforted of God. For as the sufferings of Christ
abound in us, so our consolation also aboundeth
by Christ. And whether we be afflicted,
it's for your consolation and salvation, which is effectual
in the enduring of the same sufferings which we also suffer, or whether
we be comforted, it is for your consolation and salvation. And our hope of you is steadfast,
knowing that as you are partakers of the sufferings, so shall you
be also of the consolation." I've entitled this message, What
Comforts a Believer? What comforts a believer. And I have a great interest in
this because I want to find out if I have the comfort that believers
possess. And I want you to be able to
find out the same thing. What comforts a believer? I need comfort, don't you? I
need consolation. I need encouragement. What is
it? that comforts a believer. The
idea of comfort is meaningless if you have no trouble. Now, if you have trouble, comfort
becomes very important. Paul said in our text, who comforts
us in all our tribulation, our trouble, look in verse of the
same chapter, for we would not, brethren, have you ignorant of
our trouble which came to us in Asia, that we were pressed
out of measure, above strength, insomuch that we despaired even
of life. Look in chapter 4, beginning
in verse 7. Paul speaking of his own experience.
He says, but we have this treasure, the treasure of the gospel, in
earthen vessels, jars of clay, that the excellency of the power
may be of God, and not of us. We are troubled on every side,
yet not distressed. We are perplexed, but not in
despair. Persecuted, but not forsaken. Cast down, but not
destroyed. Look in 2 Corinthians 7. Verse 5, For when we were come
into Macedonia, our flesh had no rest. But we were troubled
on every side. Without were fighting, and within
were fears. We saw this trouble coming at
us from the outside, and within we were filled with fear. Trouble. Now there's trouble,
there's tribulation, there's trial that comes from confessing
Christ in this world. In this world you shall have
tribulation, persecution, in confessing Christ. That's real
trouble. But there's also trouble that you bring on yourself. I
think I'm a little bit more familiar with that trouble. Trouble that
you bring on yourself. Trouble that arises from an unbelieving
heart. Trouble. Trouble. Man that's
born of woman is born to trouble, the scripture says. As the sparks
fly upward, where there is sin, there is trouble. Where there
are sinners, there is trouble. Physical trouble, mental trouble,
emotional trouble, spiritual trouble. trouble. And in light of trouble,
everybody has it, where does a believer, in what does a believer
find true comfort? I need some comfort. And it must
be a well-grounded comfort. And the reason I say that is
I fear being comforted and finding out what I was comforted by was
a rotten staff. I fear that. What is it that
comforts a believer? I want to know. What is it that
is a well-grounded scriptural comfort? And that word is encouragement,
consolation, aid, help. What is it that consoles? What
is it that aids? What is it that helps a believer
in the Lord Jesus Christ. Now, back to 2 Corinthians chapter
1, Paul says in verse 3, and what
a name for our God, Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord
Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and the God of all comfort. He is the God of comfort. So,
we know right off the bat that we look for our comfort in Him. Not in anything else, in Him. He's the God of all comfort. Verse 4, Who comforteth us, the
God of all comfort, comforteth us, consoles us, encourages us,
aids us, helps us, who comforts us in all our tribulation, our
trial, our trouble, the trouble that arises from preaching the
gospel and the trouble that arises from everything else. You know,
I wouldn't get a lot of comfort out of this if the only trouble
he was talking about is the trouble you experience in being persecuted
for Christ's sake. I just wouldn't. That's included
in it. And it's a very important part
of it. But if that's all that's included in it, I've been troubled,
but what about comfort from other troubles? What about comfort
for the troubles that I got myself into and I need to be got out
of? What about the troubles that come as a result of being a sinner?
Can I get any comfort when I realize that? Look what he says, verse
4. Who comforts 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. Now, Paul,
what is it that comforts you? Here's what comforts me, verse
5, for as the sufferings of Christ. Now, that's what comforts me.
The sufferings, the agony, the pain of the Lord Jesus Christ. That comforts me. As the sufferings of Christ abound
in us, so our consolation also aboundeth by Christ. It's the
sufferings of Christ that comfort me, not my sufferings for Him. Now, if you suffer for Christ,
the Lord's going to comfort you. But that's not my cheap comfort. Not my suffering for Him. Not
when I am persecuted for Christ's sake. That's not what really
comforts me. Here's what comforts me. The sufferings of Christ
Himself. I wouldn't compare in any way
My sufferings for him. Why that's offensive to even
the sufferings of Christ. There's no, see if there'd be
any sorrow like my sorrow, the Lord said, wherewith the Lord
has afflicted me in the day of his fierce anger. The sufferings
of Christ comfort me because they abound in me. And this is
true of every believer. They abound in me. Now what in
the world does that mean? Here's why the sufferings of Christ
comfort me. The reason for his suffering
is the sins of his people became his. He suffered the wrath of God
against sin. When he suffered, so did his
people. When he died, so did his people. When he experienced the wrath
of God, so did his people in him. And now I don't have to
have any suffering in that sense. And that comforts me. My sin
became His. He suffered. Oh, how He suffered. Who can describe it? And His
perfect righteousness, His law-keeping becomes mine. And that's my righteousness
before God. And that comforts me. I'm not looking for comfort in
anything but who He is, what He did, what He accomplished,
and my share in it. The sufferings of Christ. Now, I believe included in that
thought is the persecution we suffer for Christ. You know,
I think where the Lord said to Saul of Tarsus, when he was persecuting
God's people, the Lord Jesus said, Saul, Saul, why persecutors
thou? Me! You see, if you persecute
me, you know who you're persecuting? The Lord Jesus Christ. Because
I'm united to him. And that's true of every believer.
Union with the Lord Jesus Christ. So included in that is us suffering
for his sake. But the main thought here is
his sufferings. That's our comfort. Verse six. And whether we be afflicted.
Therefore, as the sufferings of Christ, verse 5, abounded
us, so our consolation also abounded by Christ. My consolation abounds by His
sufferings. What I did became His, and what
He did became His. Substitution. Substitution. Verse 6. And whether we be afflicted,
it's for your consolation and salvation. You know, Paul said
in another place, I endure all things for the elect's sake.
And whether we be afflicted, it's for your consolation, salvation,
which is effectual in the enduring of the same sufferings, which
we also suffer. And there he's talking about his persecution
that he suffered for preaching the gospel. Or whether we be
comforted by God is what he's talking about. It's for your
consolation, salvation, everything the Lord puts us through. He
does it to enable us to preach the gospel. Verse seven. And
our hope of you is steadfast, rock solid, knowing that as you
are partakers of the sufferings, So shall ye be also of the consolation. Now, when he's talking about
being a partaker of the suffering, yes, included in that is being
persecuted for Christ's sake, because when you preach the gospel
to somebody who doesn't believe it, they're not going to like
you for it. They're not going to love you. They're going to be against you. But
the main thought here is that Paul said, oh, that I might know
the fellowship of his sufferings. That doesn't mean I want to suffer
the same things he suffered. It means I want to know that
I had a share in what he did. That when he suffered, he was
suffering for me. And if he suffered for me, I'm
going to reign with him. I must be saved. If Jesus Christ
died for me, I must be saved. My salvation is a necessity.
Now, once again, I've got to bring this in. Once again, this
is why I hate and detest and despise that doctrine that says
that Jesus Christ died for all men without exception. And some
of those men he died for will wind up in hell because they
didn't do their part. If that's the case, there's no
hope for me because my only hope is that Christ died for me. And if you tell me that he can
die for somebody and they wind up in hell anyway, you've taken
away the only hope I have. Our hope, our comfort, is in
the sufferings of the Lord Jesus Christ. He says, Our hope of
you is steadfast as you are partakers of his sufferings. He died for
you. You shall also be a partaker of the consolation, the comfort
that comes from the gospel. Now, another way to say the same
thing is what gives you comfort and hope? It's that Christ died
for my sins. What comfort there is. Now, I need comfort. And I need
a comfort that's scriptural. You know, everybody tries to
find comfort in something. But Paul said in Romans chapter
15, verse 4, that we through patience and comfort from the
Scriptures might have hope. I want to make sure that whatever
it is that comforts me, it's taught in the Scriptures, it's
taught in the Word of God, because if it's not founded in the Scripture,
it's a rotten comfort. And so I'm asking this altogether
important question, what comforts a believer? Because I know this.
Two things about what comforts a believer. One, the primary
comfort of the believer is the sufferings of Christ. His death
on the cross and what he accomplished by that. And this comfort that
a believer has must be founded on the scripture. He can't go
to the scriptures to tell you why he has this comfort. His
comfort is no good. What comforts a believer? Now
turn back to Isaiah chapter 40. I read this passage of scripture
at the beginning, I'm going to, and the way I came up with my
points for this message, I always had points for messages. And
I looked at everywhere I could find in the Bible that spoke
of the comfort of the believer. I mean, there are other things
I can think of that comfort me. But the points from this message
came directly from the scriptures that speak of comforting a believer. Isaiah chapter 40. God says to the prophet, comfort
ye, comfort ye, my people, say of your God. You know, someone asked me this
week, do you believe I'm a sheep? Do you believe I'm a sheep? And
my response to that is, What difference does it make whether
I believe you are or not? If I believe you are, it doesn't
make you one. And if I believe you're not, that doesn't mean
you're not. It doesn't make any difference what I believe. If
I can give you comfort, that's not good enough. I need comforted
from God himself. Comfort ye, comfort ye, who? My people. My people. Not everybody is My people. My
people. His elect. His sheep. Those who
believe. Matthew 121, Thou shalt call
His name Jesus, for He shall save His people from their sins. Comfort ye, comfort ye, My people,
Savior God. Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem. And that word comfortably I have
in my marginal reading, speak to the heart. Speak to the heart. You know, the gospel is addressed
to the heart. What's meant by that? Is that some kind of nebulous,
vague? What is meant by speaking to the heart? Well, the heart
means the whole man. It means the intellect. It means
the affections. It means the will. the understanding,
the affections, and the will. That's who the Gospels address
to the heart. Speak ye to the heart. With the heart man believeth
unto righteousness. Not just with the head. With
the heart man believeth unto righteousness. Speak ye to the
heart of Jerusalem. And here's what I want you to
say to her. Tell her, cry unto her. She's going to have a hard
time hearing this. She doesn't want to hear it.
So you make sure she hears it. Cry to her that her warfare is
accomplished. When Christ said, it is finished,
my warfare was already taken care of. It's finished. Be still, my soul. It's finished,
nothing to get accomplished. Cry to her, because she doesn't
hear this the way she should. Cry to her. Her warfare is accomplished. It's already over. All the rage
that goes within. You know, in reality, it's a
waste of time. Your warfare is already accomplished. You know, it comforts me. It
comforts me to know that nothing for me to do. If I have to try to figure out
what to do, I've become so filled with turmoil and doubt and fear,
but there's nothing for me to do. My warfare has been accomplished
by what Christ did for me. It comforts me. Tell her, he
says in verse two, that her iniquity is pardoned, put away, forgiven. Well, when the Lord tells you
that your sin is forgiven, it means something, doesn't it?
If He tells me my sins are forgiven, that's because they're pardoned,
they're forgiven. For she hath received of the Lord's hand double
for all her sins. Now, you tell her this. She,
all of God's people, has received from the Lord double for all
her sins. Now on the cross, not only were
my sins punished, but complete satisfaction was made to God
so that God can't desire anything else out of me than what he already
has on the cross. Not only was I not given what
I deserve, I was given all that he deserves. Not only was I forgiven, I was justified. Not only was
my debt paid, I was also given an unlimited checking account. Not only was I saved from hell,
I was made like Christ. Not only was I delivered from
having nothing, in Christ I have all things. Not only do I have
comfort in this life, I have comfort in the life to come.
Now, that's what comforts me, that I've received of the Lord's
hand double. for all my sins. Turn with me to Matthew chapter
5. Matthew chapter 5. One of the Beatitudes, verse
4. Blessed are they that mourn,
for they Every single one of them, without exception, for
they shall be comforted." Now, what is this talking about? Blessed
are they that mourn. Now, what is mourning? What is
mourning? Now, my Uncle Cecil is in the hospital
right now. He's having that something for
multiple myeloma cancer. And they've gone to Little Rock,
Arkansas, in order to do all they can to cure him. It's a special place. And so
right now, I'm not mourning for him. I'm optimistic. Now, the
Lord might take him. I realize that. But I'm optimistic.
I'm optimistic he's going to be healed. And I want him to
do everything he can to make that. I love my Uncle Cecil.
Now, if he dies, You know what I'm going to do? I'm going to
mourn. Because when He dies, there's
no hope. There's nothing I can do to bring
Him back. Now what is this mourning the
Lord's talking about when He says, Blessed are they that mourn,
for they shall be comforted. You mourn when you mourn over
your sin. There's nothing you can do to
take it away. There's nothing you can do to
stop it. You mourn when you see. You've
got no hope. You can't make your sin go away.
That's when you mourn. Now, as long as you have some
kind of hope that you can do something about it, you're not going to
mourn over your sin. You mourn the same way you mourn over a
death. There's nothing you can do to
bring it back. Bring it back to life. Now, when
you mourn over your sin, there's nothing I can do about my sin.
There's absolutely nothing that I can do about my sin. I mourn
over it. That person who mourns over their
sin. Not everybody does. Most people
think that there's something to do about their sin. If all
the circumstances are right, I can be a better person. You
know, if I do this, if I do that, I can... That's not mourning
over sin. You mourn over your sin when
you see that you don't have any more hope of doing anything about
your sin than a dead man has given himself life. That person
who mourns over their sin, they're going to be comforted. You see,
that's the conviction of God, the Holy Spirit. When you're
taught that you're a sinner, that person who has been made
to see that regarding themselves, they are going to be comforted
with the comfort of the gospel. In Luke chapter 2, would you
turn with me there? Luke chapter 2. This is what
comforts a believer. Verse 25. And behold, there was a man in
Jerusalem whose name was Simeon, Luke 2.25, and the same was a
just The same man was just and devout, waiting for the consolation,
the comfort of Israel. And the Holy Ghost was upon him.
You see, if you're waiting for the consolation of Israel, the
Holy Ghost is upon you. Now, when he speaks of the comfort
or the consolation of Israel, he speaks of a person. The Lord
Jesus Christ, the consolation, the comfort of Israel. You see,
our hope, our comfort, our joy is not in anything but a person. The person of the Lord Jesus
Christ. Now, what do you mean by that?
Break that down for me. What do you mean our consolation is in
a person? Well, here's my consolation in
this person. The first consolation is who He is. He's God. He's man. The consolation is
what He did. He accomplished salvation. And here's the comfort of the
consolation of Israel. Everything that God requires
of me, He looks to His Son for. And that consoles my heart. Everything God expects of me,
everything God requires of me, He looks to His Son, the Lord
Jesus Christ, my surety for. And that comforts my soul. My comfort is a person, even
the person of the Lord Jesus Christ. You know, what we believe
is determined by who we believe, isn't it? He is the issue. Turn to 2 Thessalonians, Chapter
2. 2 Thessalonians, Chapter 2. Does that console you that all
that God requires of you? He looks to his Son for it. I
find true comfort in that. Verse 16, 2 Thessalonians 2, 16, Now our
Lord Jesus Christ Himself, and God, even our Father, which hath
loved us, and hath given us everlasting consolation, comfort, and good
hope through grace. Now, here's my comfort, that
salvation Truly, by the grace of God. The unmerited favor of God. By grace, ye are saved. Not by your works. Now what's
meant by grace? What's the Bible mean by this
term? Grace. It's in the Bible all the time.
People talk about it all the time. The grace of God. People sing
Amazing Grace all the time, even in non-religious venues. It's a good folk song, I guess.
Amazing Grace, how sweet the sound. But what does the Bible
mean by the word grace? There's a lot of different ways
we can define the word, but I think one of the best words that can
be used to describe grace is but. But let me show you that the
scripture turned to Genesis chapter six. Genesis chapter six. Verse five. And God saw. That the wickedness
of man was great in the earth. And that every, every imagination
of the thoughts of his heart was only evil. Nonstop. What a description of me. What a description of you. When God looks within your heart,
He sees that every imagination, not even talking about the works
right now, talking about what goes on in the mind, every imagination
of the thoughts of his heart was only evil, nonstop. That's what God sees when he
sees every man by nature. That's what God sees when he
looks within your heart. Do you believe that about yourself?
That's God's testimony. Believe what God says. Even if
you don't see it, believe it. And if you don't see it, it's
because you're blind. That's the truth regarding me and you.
Now there's us. Now look at verse 8. But Noah found grace in the eyes
of the Lord. Now Noah was included in that
group. Described in verse 5, that God
saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth and that
every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually,
but, note, found grace, found unmerited favor in the eyes of
the Lord. But, but, that's a good definition
of grace, isn't it? But. Let me show you something
else in the scripture. Turn to Ephesians 2. Exact same thing. Ephesians chapter
2, verse 1. And you hath he quickened
who were dead in trespasses and sins. Dead. Wherein in times past you
walked according to the course of this world, according to the
prince of the power of the air. the spirit that now worketh in
the children of disobedience, among whom also we all had our
conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling
the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature
the children of God, even as others, but God, who is rich in mercy, For his
great love, wherewith he loved us, even when we were dead in
sins, hath quickened us together with Christ. By grace you are
saved. And hath raised us up together,
and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus, that
in the ages to come he might show the exceeding riches of
his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus. For
by grace you are saved. Through faith, and that faith
is not of yourselves, it's the gift of God, not of words, lest
any man should boast. But, God. Grace means God's the cause.
He's the cause, and he didn't have to find a reason for you
to do it. He doesn't have to find a reason for me to do what
he does. He's the cause. But God knows, just like everybody
else, but he found grace in the eyes of the Lord. Now, by grace
you say, delecting, justifying, redeeming, life-giving, preserving,
glorifying grace. Does that comfort you? Do you find true soul comfort
from the glorious truth that salvation is of the Lord and
not of your works? By grace are you saved? And here's something very similar
to it. Turn to Acts chapter 15. Now, there were some. Unbelieving
men who had crept in and said true salvation is by grace, but
you also need to keep the law. You also need to do certain things,
you need to be circumcised. And this issue was dealt with. And in verse 31 of Acts chapter
15, you have to read the whole chapter to see where they were
coming from. But when they read this, it says
they rejoice for the consolation, for the comfort. What were they
comforted by? That by grace are you saved and
that you're not under the law. What if there was some rule you
had to keep for you to be saved? I don't care what it was. What
if there was something that you had to do in order to be saved. What comfort would you have? I wouldn't have any. None at
all! But how we rejoice for consolation
that we're complete in the Lord Jesus Christ. Turn to 1 John
chapter 2. 1 John chapter 2. Verse 1, My little children, these things
write I unto you, that ye sin not. Now, don't anybody dare
believe that freedom from the law is an excuse for sin in any
form. or justification for sin in any
form. These things write I unto you
that you sin not, make it your aim and objective to never sin
again, beginning right now. These things write I unto you
that you sin not, And if, and that same word is
translated when, when you do, when you do, we have, and see
the word advocate, that same word is translated comforter. The Holy Spirit is called the
comforter, same word. We have an advocate, a lawyer,
a representative, an aide, a comforter with the Father, Jesus Christ
the righteous. Now, when you see Him, when you
see Him, if any man see Him, He doesn't give us some kind
of formula, here's what you need to do, you need to do this. We
have this blessed, comforting, glorious knowledge. When you
see Him, We have an advocate, a comforter with the Father.
And this is a reference to the intercession of the Lord Jesus
Christ. Now, we had that advocate or that comforter before the
sin. During the sin. And after the
sin. And when we sin with sin fresh
on our mind, we think, oh, I need to work up more repentance, more
faith. I need to get a better heart. I'm so hard. All the different things we go
through. Think of what we need to do. But the Scripture says
we already have that advocate with the Father. Jesus Christ the righteous. And all He does is stand before
the Father. And regarding that sin, He doesn't
say, oh, let it go by again. No, he just presents himself
before the Father, and I've accepted. Now, period. If I were to say anything
else about it. Is that comforting? 1 Thessalonians 4. or Thessalonians 4, beginning in verse 13. But I
would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which
are asleep, that you sorrow not, even as others who have no hope.
For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so
them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him. For
this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are
alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent
them which are asleep. For the Lord himself shall descend from
heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with
the trump of God, and the dead in Christ shall rise first. Then
we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with
him in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so shall
we ever be with the Lord. Wherefore, comfort one another
with these words." Now, he's talking about the second coming
of the Lord Jesus Christ. And there's all kinds of things
I could say about that passage of Scripture. the second coming
of Christ. John said, it does not yet appear
what we shall be. But we know that when he shall
appear, we'll be like him. For we shall see him as he is. Now, regarding the second coming
of Christ, he's coming. And this rotten, mixed up, evil
world is all going to be destroyed and everything's going to be
right. We're looking for a new heaven
and a new earth wherein dwelleth righteousness. And that comforts
me. And I'm confident with regard
to His return. I have no fear with regard to
His turn for this reason. John says, When He shall appear,
we'll be like Him. We will be. For we shall see
Him as He is. When He returns, I don't have
to worry about Him seeing me as anything but altogether righteous,
because that's what I am in Him. And that comforts me. We are
comforted at the thought of His return. And finally, turn to
Hebrews chapter 6. Aren't you comforted? We're going
to be done with sin. We're going to be done with this
world as it is. He returns in this world wearing
wealth and righteousness. And we're comforted at the thought
of that. And in verse 17 of Hebrews chapter
6, where in God willing more abundantly to show unto the heirs
of the promise the immutability of his counsel, it won't be changed. He confirmed it by an oath that
by two immutable things in which it was impossible for God to
lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay
hold upon the hope set before us, which hope we have as an
anchor of the soul, both sure and steadfast, which entereth
into that within the veil, whether the forerunner is force-entered,
even Jesus made it high priest forever after the order of Melchizedek. Now here he speaks of strong
consolation. And this strong consolation has something to
do with the anchor that's within the veil. Now, an anchor. What good is an anchor doing
that you can see there in the boat? It's not doing any good
at all. It's that anchor that's out of
sight that is your security. that anchor within the veil,
within the very presence of God. Out of sight, within the veil.
And he said, we're to have a strong consolation who have fled for
refuge to the hope set before them. And I don't have any doubt
that the writer is referring to the cities of refuge when
he says this. Now, in the Old Testament, there
were six cities of refuge appointed in the land of Israel. And if
someone had killed somebody else. Let's say they were working and
his axe head fell off and flew off the axe and bashed somebody
in the head and killed him. The fellow who got killed, his
nearest relative had the right to avenge that man's blood and
kill him. And can you imagine what it would
be like to always be looking behind your back for a guy who
was going to kill you? And it would be horrible. I mean, you
always were thinking, this guy's going to get me. Now that'd be
a miserable way to live, but God in his mercy appointed six
cities of refuge. Now, these cities of refuge,
if the man who killed that person got into one of those cities
of refuge, he was protected from the avenger of blood. But the
only place he found safety was in the city. Outside of the city,
he could get killed. But in the city, there was complete
protection. Now, I flee to Christ, my refuge,
and finding protection in Him. Charles Wesley tells the story
of being up on a bell tower. And he was watching a hawk chase
a bird, and he felt sorry for that bird. It was trying to get
all over the place, and that hawk was chasing it. And he said,
all of a sudden, that bird dived into my bosom. And he said, All
I could do was protect him. And he went and wrote this hymn. Jesus, lover of my soul, let
me to thy bosom fly. While the nearer waters roll,
while the tempest still is high, hide me, O my Savior, hide. We're
going to sing that hymn, but listen to me. You fly for refuge,
knowing that God has a claim on you. He's just. He didn't put you
in hell. And you fly for refuge to the
Lord Jesus Christ. You're protected. You're safe. You're secure. You're complete
in Him. And there's strong consolation
in him. Let's pray together.