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  GOD, THAT COMFORTETH THOSE THAT ARE CAST DOWN
  by C.H. Spurgeon
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Summary: God is the ultimate source of comfort, and His word has the
power to bring great joy and consolation to those who are cast down.

Topics: "Hope in Despair", "Divine Comfort"
Scripture References: 2 Corinthians 1:3

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C.H. Spurgeon emphasizes that true comfort comes from God alone,
especially for those who are feeling cast down and distressed. He
illustrates how human attempts to comfort can often fall short, likening
the afflicted to a deaf adder who cannot hear sweet words of
encouragement. However, when God intervenes, He lifts the mourner's
spirits and fills them with hope and joy. Spurgeon encourages Christians
to seek solace in God's promises, as they are the true source of healing
and joy, rather than relying on earthly comforts that may disappoint.
Ultimately, he reassures believers that God is the ultimate Comforter
who can transform their despair into delight.

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And who comforteth like Him? Go to some poor, melancholy, distressed
child of God; tell him sweet promises, and whisper in his ear choice
words of comfort; he is like the deaf adder, he listens not to the voice
of the charmer, charm he never so wisely. He is drinking gall and
wormwood, and comfort him as you may, it will be only a note or two of
mournful resignation that you will get from him; you will bring forth no
psalms of praise, no hallelujahs, no joyful sonnets. But let God come to
His child, let Him lift up his countenance, and the mourner's eyes
glisten with hope. Do you not hear him sing--

"'Tis paradise, if thou art here; If thou depart, 'tis hell?"

You could not have cheered him: but the Lord has done it; "He is the God
of all comfort." There is no balm in Gilead, but there is balm in God.
There is no physician among the creatures, but the Creator is Jehovah-
rophi. It is marvellous how one sweet word of God will make whole songs
for Christians. One word of God is like a piece of gold, and the
Christian is the goldbeater, and can hammer that promise out for whole
weeks. So, then, poor Christian, thou needest not sit down in despair.
Go to the Comforter, and ask Him to give thee consolation. Thou art a
poor dry well. You have heard it said, that when a pump is dry, you must
pour water down it first of all, and then you will get water, and so,
Christian, when thou art dry, go to God, ask Him to shed abroad His joy
in thy heart, and then thy joy shall be full. Do not go to earthly
acquaintances, for you will find them Job's comforters after all; but go
first and foremost to thy "God, that comforteth those that are cast
down," and you will soon say, "In the multitude of my thoughts within me
Thy comforts delight my soul."

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Source: https://sermonindex.net/speakers/ch-spurgeon/god-that-comforteth-those-that-are-cast-down/
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