4 The Word of Comfort

 

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The Word of Comfort

John 1 is the text of the day

It is Jesus who by the Holy Spirit in you, who is the comfort of the word.

Always read the entire section as the verse refers to

John 1. 1-5.
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through him, and without him nothing was made that was made. In him was life, and the life was the light of men. And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness comprehended it not.

Why read the Bible? Because. It is what we think about that we are. That is, what we fill our heads with goes down into the mind and works in our subconscious. If we want to live according to the Word of God, we must be filled with the Word. If we want to have a mind that is according to God's will, we must ponder/meditate on the Word of God. We do this by reading the words of the Bible. If we want, we can. It is about our will and our choices. What we choose, we become.

Everything that was written before was written because we can learn from it. So that we can keep our hope with perseverance and the comfort the Scriptures give.

Romans 15:4
When we read the Bible, we learn that Paul often comes with a word of exhortation, a word of guidance, or an encouragement. Here in the section, Romans 15:4-9. He reminds the congregation of helpfulness, unity, and the hope in Jesus Christ. The hope in Christ! To hope is basically a rather strange concept. It is not something that you can just touch and feel. But it is an important concept of life, for us.

Someone has said. When a person stops hoping, they actually stop living. To hope is a kind of expectation. Something to look forward to. In our little scripture section, hope is spoken of in several shades. Keep hope. It was Paul's strong command that everyone keep hope. If you first lose hope, for the work, the future, everything would come to a standstill. Paul tells us. Keep hope through the words of scripture.

Be patient in hope. Jesus Christ is our hope. How easy it is for us.

amen