Message Notes

(I) TRACKING LIFE

1. In tribulation (2 Corinthians 1:4)

a) Trouble ( 2 Corinthians 1:4 )

b) Affliction ( 2 Corinthians 1:6 )

2. In suffering (2 Corinthians 1:5, 6)

a) Sufferings of Christ abound ( 2 Corinthians 1:5 )

b) Burdened beyond measure ( 2 Corinthians 1:8 )

c) Despairing of life ( 2 Corinthians 1:8 )

d) Sentence of death ( 2 Corinthians 1:9 )

(II) TRACING OF GOD’S HAND AMIDST SUFFERING

1. God’s comfort (consolation) (2 Corinthians 1:3, 4, 5, 6, 7)

2. Father of mercies (2 Corinthians 1:3)

3. God of all comfort (2 Corinthians 1:3)

(III) THANKING GOD FOR HIS INVOLVEMENT

1. Two expressions of thanksgiving worth noting

“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ…” 2 Corinthians 1:3

“Now thanks be to God…” 2 Corinthians 2:14

2. Reasons for thanksgiving

a) God is leading us ( 2 Corinthians 2:14 )

b) God always leads us in triumph ( 2 Corinthians 2:14 )

c) God leads us in triumph in Christ ( 2 Corinthians 2:14 )

3. Results of God’s leading

a) There is fragrance of knowledge ( 2 Corinthians 2:14 )

b) This fragrance of knowledge is diffused through us ( 2 Corinthians 2:14 )