1. Miserable Comforters
Job 2:1-13

2. Introduction All need comfort at times Some are miserable comforters
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?

3. 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

4. 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)

5. 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)

6. 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)

7. 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)

8. 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

9. Conclusion No comfort like God’s Are you a child of God?
Relying on miserable comforters?