Joel 4
JOEL 1:13–20 A CALL TO REPENTANCE
13 DRESS YOURSELVES IN BURLAP AND WEEP, YOU PRIESTS! WAIL, YOU WHO SERVE BEFORE THE ALTAR! COME, SPEND THE NIGHT IN BURLAP, YOU MINISTERS OF MY GOD. FOR THERE IS NO GRAIN OR WINE TO OFFER AT THE TEMPLE OF YOUR GOD. 14 ANNOUNCE A TIME OF FASTING; CALL THE PEOPLE TOGETHER FOR A SOLEMN MEETING. BRING THE LEADERS AND ALL THE PEOPLE OF THE LAND INTO THE TEMPLE OF THE LORD YOUR GOD, AND CRY OUT TO HIM THERE. 15 THE DAY OF THE LORD IS NEAR, THE DAY WHEN DESTRUCTION COMES FROM THE ALMIGHTY. HOW TERRIBLE THAT DAY WILL BE! 16 OUR FOOD DISAPPEARS BEFORE OUR VERY EYES. NO JOYFUL CELEBRATIONS ARE HELD IN THE HOUSE OF OUR GOD. 17 THE SEEDS DIE IN THE PARCHED GROUND, AND THE GRAIN CROPS FAIL. THE BARNS STAND EMPTY, AND GRANARIES ARE ABANDONED. 18 HOW THE ANIMALS MOAN WITH HUNGER! THE HERDS OF CATTLE WANDER ABOUT CONFUSED, BECAUSE THEY HAVE NO PASTURE. THE FLOCKS OF SHEEP AND GOATS BLEAT IN MISERY. 19 LORD, HELP US! THE FIRE HAS CONSUMED THE WILDERNESS PASTURES, AND FLAMES HAVE BURNED UP ALL THE TREES. 20 EVEN THE WILD ANIMALS CRY OUT TO YOU BECAUSE THE STREAMS HAVE DRIED UP, AND FIRE HAS CONSUMED THE WILDERNESS PASTURES.
I. THE MINISTERS MUST LEAD IN REPENTANCE
JOEL 1:13: DRESS YOURSELVES IN BURLAP AND WEEP, YOU PRIESTS! WAIL, YOU WHO SERVE BEFORE THE ALTAR! COME, SPEND THE NIGHT IN BURLAP, YOU MINISTERS OF MY GOD. FOR THERE IS NO GRAIN OR WINE TO OFFER AT THE TEMPLE OF YOUR GOD.
JAMES 4:8–10: “COME CLOSE TO GOD, AND GOD WILL COME CLOSE TO YOU. WASH YOUR HANDS, YOU SINNERS; PURIFY YOUR HEARTS, FOR YOUR LOYALTY IS DIVIDED BETWEEN GOD AND THE WORLD. 9 LET THERE BE TEARS FOR WHAT YOU HAVE DONE. LET THERE BE SORROW AND DEEP GRIEF. LET THERE BE SADNESS INSTEAD OF LAUGHTER, AND GLOOM INSTEAD OF JOY. 10 HUMBLE YOURSELVES BEFORE THE LORD, AND HE WILL LIFT YOU UP IN HONOR...
2 CHRONICLES 7:14: “THEN IF MY PEOPLE WHO ARE CALLED BY MY NAME WILL HUMBLE THEMSELVES AND PRAY AND SEEK MY FACE AND TURN FROM THEIR WICKED WAYS, I WILL HEAR FROM HEAVEN AND WILL FORGIVE THEIR SINS AND RESTORE THEIR LAND..
II. THE PEOPLE MUST Repent
JOEL 1:14–16: “ANNOUNCE A TIME OF FASTING; CALL THE PEOPLE TOGETHER FOR A SOLEMN MEETING. BRING THE LEADERS AND ALL THE PEOPLE OF THE LAND INTO THE TEMPLE OF THE LORD YOUR GOD, AND CRY OUT TO HIM THERE. 15 THE DAY OF THE LORD IS NEAR, THE DAY WHEN DESTRUCTION COMES FROM THE ALMIGHTY. HOW TERRIBLE THAT DAY WILL BE! 16 OUR FOOD DISAPPEARS BEFORE OUR VERY EYES. NO JOYFUL CELEBRATIONS ARE HELD IN THE HOUSE OF OUR GOD.
1. DON’T SCATTER—GATHER.
2. DON’T FEAST—FAST
3. DON’T IGNORE—CRY OUT!
JOEL 1:15 “15 THE DAY OF THE LORD IS NEAR, THE DAY WHEN DESTRUCTION COMES FROM THE ALMIGHTY. HOW TERRIBLE THAT DAY WILL BE!”
JOEL 1:16 “OUR FOOD DISAPPEARS BEFORE OUR VERY EYES. NO JOYFUL CELEBRATIONS ARE HELD IN THE HOUSE OF OUR GOD.
HEBREWS 10:25: “AND LET US NOT NEGLECT OUR MEETING TOGETHER, AS SOME PEOPLE DO, BUT ENCOURAGE ONE ANOTHER, ESPECIALLY NOW THAT THE DAY OF HIS RETURN IS DRAWING NEAR.
MATTHEW 5:4: “GOD BLESSES THOSE WHO MOURN, FOR THEY WILL BE COMFORTED.
4. THE LAND GROANS FOR REPENTENCE
JOEL 1:17–20: “THE SEEDS DIE IN THE PARCHED GROUND, AND THE GRAIN CROPS FAIL.
THE BARNS STAND EMPTY, AND GRANARIES ARE ABANDONED. 18 HOW THE ANIMALS MOAN WITH HUNGER! THE HERDS OF CATTLE WANDER ABOUT CONFUSED, BECAUSE THEY HAVE NO PASTURE. THE FLOCKS OF SHEEP AND GOATS BLEAT IN MISERY. 19 LORD, HELP US! THE FIRE HAS CONSUMED THE WILDERNESS PASTURES, AND FLAMES HAVE BURNED UP ALL THE TREES. 20 EVEN THE WILD ANIMALS CRY OUT TO YOU BECAUSE THE STREAMS HAVE DRIED UP, AND FIRE HAS CONSUMED THE WILDERNESS PASTURES.
ROMANS 8:22: “FOR WE KNOW THAT ALL CREATION HAS BEEN GROANING AS IN THE PAINS OF CHILDBIRTH RIGHT UP TO THE PRESENT TIME.
JOEL 1:19 LORD, HELP US! THE FIRE HAS CONSUMED THE WILDERNESS PASTURES, AND FLAMES HAVE BURNED UP ALL THE TREES.
PSALM 42:1: “AS THE DEER LONGS FOR STREAMS OF WATER, SO I LONG FOR YOU, O GOD.
ROMANS 8:19: “FOR ALL CREATION IS WAITING EAGERLY FOR THAT FUTURE DAY WHEN GOD WILL REVEAL WHO HIS CHILDREN REALLY ARE..”
5. THE TURNING POINT: JOEL’S PERSONAL CRY
JOEL 1:19–20: LORD, HELP US! THE FIRE HAS CONSUMED THE WILDERNESS PASTURES, AND FLAMES HAVE BURNED UP ALL THE TREES. 20 EVEN THE WILD ANIMALS CRY OUT TO YOU BECAUSE THE STREAMS HAVE DRIED UP, AND FIRE HAS CONSUMED THE WILDERNESS PASTURES.
13 DRESS YOURSELVES IN BURLAP AND WEEP, YOU PRIESTS! WAIL, YOU WHO SERVE BEFORE THE ALTAR! COME, SPEND THE NIGHT IN BURLAP, YOU MINISTERS OF MY GOD. FOR THERE IS NO GRAIN OR WINE TO OFFER AT THE TEMPLE OF YOUR GOD. 14 ANNOUNCE A TIME OF FASTING; CALL THE PEOPLE TOGETHER FOR A SOLEMN MEETING. BRING THE LEADERS AND ALL THE PEOPLE OF THE LAND INTO THE TEMPLE OF THE LORD YOUR GOD, AND CRY OUT TO HIM THERE. 15 THE DAY OF THE LORD IS NEAR, THE DAY WHEN DESTRUCTION COMES FROM THE ALMIGHTY. HOW TERRIBLE THAT DAY WILL BE! 16 OUR FOOD DISAPPEARS BEFORE OUR VERY EYES. NO JOYFUL CELEBRATIONS ARE HELD IN THE HOUSE OF OUR GOD. 17 THE SEEDS DIE IN THE PARCHED GROUND, AND THE GRAIN CROPS FAIL. THE BARNS STAND EMPTY, AND GRANARIES ARE ABANDONED. 18 HOW THE ANIMALS MOAN WITH HUNGER! THE HERDS OF CATTLE WANDER ABOUT CONFUSED, BECAUSE THEY HAVE NO PASTURE. THE FLOCKS OF SHEEP AND GOATS BLEAT IN MISERY. 19 LORD, HELP US! THE FIRE HAS CONSUMED THE WILDERNESS PASTURES, AND FLAMES HAVE BURNED UP ALL THE TREES. 20 EVEN THE WILD ANIMALS CRY OUT TO YOU BECAUSE THE STREAMS HAVE DRIED UP, AND FIRE HAS CONSUMED THE WILDERNESS PASTURES.
I. THE MINISTERS MUST LEAD IN REPENTANCE
JOEL 1:13: DRESS YOURSELVES IN BURLAP AND WEEP, YOU PRIESTS! WAIL, YOU WHO SERVE BEFORE THE ALTAR! COME, SPEND THE NIGHT IN BURLAP, YOU MINISTERS OF MY GOD. FOR THERE IS NO GRAIN OR WINE TO OFFER AT THE TEMPLE OF YOUR GOD.
JAMES 4:8–10: “COME CLOSE TO GOD, AND GOD WILL COME CLOSE TO YOU. WASH YOUR HANDS, YOU SINNERS; PURIFY YOUR HEARTS, FOR YOUR LOYALTY IS DIVIDED BETWEEN GOD AND THE WORLD. 9 LET THERE BE TEARS FOR WHAT YOU HAVE DONE. LET THERE BE SORROW AND DEEP GRIEF. LET THERE BE SADNESS INSTEAD OF LAUGHTER, AND GLOOM INSTEAD OF JOY. 10 HUMBLE YOURSELVES BEFORE THE LORD, AND HE WILL LIFT YOU UP IN HONOR...
2 CHRONICLES 7:14: “THEN IF MY PEOPLE WHO ARE CALLED BY MY NAME WILL HUMBLE THEMSELVES AND PRAY AND SEEK MY FACE AND TURN FROM THEIR WICKED WAYS, I WILL HEAR FROM HEAVEN AND WILL FORGIVE THEIR SINS AND RESTORE THEIR LAND..
II. THE PEOPLE MUST Repent
JOEL 1:14–16: “ANNOUNCE A TIME OF FASTING; CALL THE PEOPLE TOGETHER FOR A SOLEMN MEETING. BRING THE LEADERS AND ALL THE PEOPLE OF THE LAND INTO THE TEMPLE OF THE LORD YOUR GOD, AND CRY OUT TO HIM THERE. 15 THE DAY OF THE LORD IS NEAR, THE DAY WHEN DESTRUCTION COMES FROM THE ALMIGHTY. HOW TERRIBLE THAT DAY WILL BE! 16 OUR FOOD DISAPPEARS BEFORE OUR VERY EYES. NO JOYFUL CELEBRATIONS ARE HELD IN THE HOUSE OF OUR GOD.
1. DON’T SCATTER—GATHER.
2. DON’T FEAST—FAST
3. DON’T IGNORE—CRY OUT!
JOEL 1:15 “15 THE DAY OF THE LORD IS NEAR, THE DAY WHEN DESTRUCTION COMES FROM THE ALMIGHTY. HOW TERRIBLE THAT DAY WILL BE!”
JOEL 1:16 “OUR FOOD DISAPPEARS BEFORE OUR VERY EYES. NO JOYFUL CELEBRATIONS ARE HELD IN THE HOUSE OF OUR GOD.
HEBREWS 10:25: “AND LET US NOT NEGLECT OUR MEETING TOGETHER, AS SOME PEOPLE DO, BUT ENCOURAGE ONE ANOTHER, ESPECIALLY NOW THAT THE DAY OF HIS RETURN IS DRAWING NEAR.
MATTHEW 5:4: “GOD BLESSES THOSE WHO MOURN, FOR THEY WILL BE COMFORTED.
4. THE LAND GROANS FOR REPENTENCE
JOEL 1:17–20: “THE SEEDS DIE IN THE PARCHED GROUND, AND THE GRAIN CROPS FAIL.
THE BARNS STAND EMPTY, AND GRANARIES ARE ABANDONED. 18 HOW THE ANIMALS MOAN WITH HUNGER! THE HERDS OF CATTLE WANDER ABOUT CONFUSED, BECAUSE THEY HAVE NO PASTURE. THE FLOCKS OF SHEEP AND GOATS BLEAT IN MISERY. 19 LORD, HELP US! THE FIRE HAS CONSUMED THE WILDERNESS PASTURES, AND FLAMES HAVE BURNED UP ALL THE TREES. 20 EVEN THE WILD ANIMALS CRY OUT TO YOU BECAUSE THE STREAMS HAVE DRIED UP, AND FIRE HAS CONSUMED THE WILDERNESS PASTURES.
ROMANS 8:22: “FOR WE KNOW THAT ALL CREATION HAS BEEN GROANING AS IN THE PAINS OF CHILDBIRTH RIGHT UP TO THE PRESENT TIME.
JOEL 1:19 LORD, HELP US! THE FIRE HAS CONSUMED THE WILDERNESS PASTURES, AND FLAMES HAVE BURNED UP ALL THE TREES.
PSALM 42:1: “AS THE DEER LONGS FOR STREAMS OF WATER, SO I LONG FOR YOU, O GOD.
ROMANS 8:19: “FOR ALL CREATION IS WAITING EAGERLY FOR THAT FUTURE DAY WHEN GOD WILL REVEAL WHO HIS CHILDREN REALLY ARE..”
5. THE TURNING POINT: JOEL’S PERSONAL CRY
JOEL 1:19–20: LORD, HELP US! THE FIRE HAS CONSUMED THE WILDERNESS PASTURES, AND FLAMES HAVE BURNED UP ALL THE TREES. 20 EVEN THE WILD ANIMALS CRY OUT TO YOU BECAUSE THE STREAMS HAVE DRIED UP, AND FIRE HAS CONSUMED THE WILDERNESS PASTURES.