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I. Defeating Disappointment Through HOPE (vv. 19-21)
A. The Helps That Overcome Disappointment (Rom. 8:28; Job 13:15-18)
1. The Supplication of the Saints
2. The Supply of the Spirit (cf. John 16:13-14)
B. The Hopes That Overcome Disappointment
1. Confidence in the Promises of God
2. Confidence in the Plan of God (cf. Acts. 20:24)
II. Defeating Disappointment Through the CHRIST-LIFE (vv. 20-21)
A. Christ Magnified in My Body
B. Christ Is Christianity. Christianity is a person, the Lord Jesus Christ.
1. Faith in Christ
2. Fellowship with Christ (cf. 1 John 1:3-4)
3. Following Christ
III. Defeating Disappointment Through JOY (vv. 22-26)
A. The Struggle Between the Two Choices.
B. The Gain of Living on in the Flesh
1. Spiritual Fruit
2. Spiritual Needs Met
3. Spiritual Growth
4. JOY of your faith shared!
C. The Gain of Dying in the Lord
1. Delivered from the Presence of Sin
2. Delivered into the Presence of the Savior
3. Delivered unto the Perfection of the Soul