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Miserable Comforters
Job 2:1-13
Introduction
All need comfort at times
–Lord (John 11:19, 31)
–Comfort one another
(1 Thessalonians 4:18; 5:11, 14)
Some are miserable comforters
–Job’s friends (Job 2:9, 11-13; 16:2)
–What about us?
Some Miserable Comforters
Drugs
–Promise escape and relief
–Instead, they add to the problem
–Enslaves the user (2 Peter 2:18, 19)
–Leads to other sins
–Babies born with addiction problems
Some Miserable Comforters
Alcoholic beverages
–Number ONE drug problem
–Leads to alcoholism, death of self
and others
–Cost to society in the millions
–Sin (Galatians 5:19-21; 1 Peter 4:3)
–“Alcohol has many defenders but
no defense” (Abraham Lincoln)
Some Miserable Comforters
Premarital and extramarital sex
–Sex before marriage only promises
pleasure (Hebrews 11:25; 13:4)
–Adultery is a betrayal of vows
(Proverbs 5:15-20; Ecclesiastes 5:5)
–Sexual relations to be in marriage
(1 Corinthians 7:1-7)
–Sin (1 Corinthians 6:18-20)
False Religions
The who are suffering turn to them
–Makes them “feel good”
–Do what they are told
–Usually end up “lining someone’s
pockets” (2 Peter 2:3)
False Religions
Cannot be saved in them
–Many will think they are right
(Matthew 7:21-23)
–However, they have obeyed
another gospel (Galatians 1:6-10)
False Religions
Not any real comfort
–Leaders are blind guides
(Matthew 15:13, 14)
–Need to examine all teaching
(1 John 4:1)
–Not all are unscrupulous men
Conclusion
No comfort like God’s
Are you a child of God?
Relying on miserable comforters?