Broadcast
Repent - Part 4
Joel 2:15-17
02/15/2024
15 Blow the trumpet in Zion; consecrate a fast; call
a solemn assembly;
16 gather the people. Consecrate the congregation;
assemble the elders; gather the children, even
nursing infants. Let the bridegroom leave his
room, and the bride her chamber.
17 Between the vestibule and the altar let the
priests, the ministers of the LORD, weep and say,
``Spare your people, O LORD, and make not your
heritage a reproach, a byword among the nations.
Why should they say among the peoples, `Where is
their God?''' (ESV)
Too many people believe if they simply go to church on
Christmas and Easter that they are pleasing God. Nothing can be
farther from the truth. All have sinned and fallen short of the
glory of God, all need to repent.
Easter is meaningless without the sure and certain knowledge
that we are the ones who caused Jesus to be nailed to the cross.
The good news of His death and resurrection for our redemption
cannot be understood unless we truly prepare by knowing of our
need for a Savior.
The prophet Joel wrote:
Blow the trumpet in Zion; consecrate a fast; call a
solemn assembly; gather the people. Consecrate the
congregation; assemble the elders; gather the children,
even nursing infants. Let the bridegroom leave his
room, and the bride her chamber.
Between the vestibule and the altar let the priests,
the ministers of the LORD, weep and say, ``Spare your
people, O LORD, and make not your heritage a reproach,
a byword among the nations. Why should they say among
the peoples, `Where is their God?'''
No one is exempt from appearing before the Lord in
repentance. The elders, the children, infants, those
celebrating, those mourning all are called upon to repent and
throw themselves on God's mercy. Know that the ministers of the
LORD are praying for your redemption, and are lifting up their
congregations to God for His grace.
May our Lord grant you the pure desire to come before Him in
repentance. Amen.