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Joel 2:12-14
But, what is true
repentance?
Rend Your Hearts
Many have the idea that true repentance is
being sorry for one‟s sin.
Rend Your Hearts
Many have the idea that true repentance is
being sorry for one‟s sin.
One must be sorry for his sins.
Rend Your Hearts
Many have the idea that true repentance is
being sorry for one‟s sin.
One must be sorry for his sins.› “Godly grief produces a repentance that leads
to salvation without regret, whereas worldly grief produces death” (2 Cor 7:10, ESV).
Rend Your Hearts
Many have the idea that true repentance is
being sorry for one‟s sin.
One must be sorry for his sins.› “Godly grief produces a repentance that leads
to salvation without regret, whereas worldly grief produces death” (2 Cor 7:10, ESV).
› Godly sorrow is sorrow that God‟s will has been
violated, not that one has been caught.
Rend Your Hearts
Many have the idea that true repentance is
being sorry for one‟s sin.
One must be sorry for his sins.
True repentance begins with godly sorrow &
ends with a change of behavior.
Rend Your Hearts
Many have the idea that true repentance is
being sorry for one‟s sin.
One must be sorry for his sins.
True repentance begins with godly sorrow &
ends with a change of behavior.› “Bear fruit in keeping with repentance” (Mt 3:8,
ESV).
Rend Your Hearts
Many have the idea that true repentance is
being sorry for one‟s sin.
One must be sorry for his sins.
True repentance begins with godly sorrow &
ends with a change of behavior.› “Bear fruit in keeping with repentance” (Mt 3:8,
ESV).
› The fruit of repentance is a changed life, a life
which no longer lives in sin.
Joel 2:12-14
vv 12-13a
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“„Yet even now,‟ declares the LORD, „return
to me with all your heart, with fasting, with
weeping, and with mourning; and rend your
hearts and not your garments.‟”
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Joel depicts a horrible plague of locusts that
has come upon the Israelites.
Rend Your Hearts
Joel depicts a horrible plague of locusts that
has come upon the Israelites.› “What the cutting locust left, the swarming locust
has eaten. What the swarming locust left, the
hopping locust has eaten, and what the hopping locust left, the destroying locust has
eaten” (1:4, ESV).
Rend Your Hearts
Joel depicts a horrible plague of locusts that
has come upon the Israelites.› “What the cutting locust left, the swarming locust
has eaten. What the swarming locust left, the
hopping locust has eaten, and what the hopping locust left, the destroying locust has
eaten” (1:4, ESV).
› “It has laid waste my vine and splintered my fig tree; it has stripped off their bark and thrown it
down; their branches are made white” (1:7, ESV).
Rend Your Hearts
Joel depicts a horrible plague of locusts that
has come upon the Israelites.› “What the cutting locust left, the swarming locust
has eaten. What the swarming locust left, the
hopping locust has eaten, and what the hopping locust left, the destroying locust has
eaten” (1:4, ESV).
› “It has laid waste my vine and splintered my fig tree; it has stripped off their bark and thrown it
down; their branches are made white” (1:7, ESV).
The call to repent here comes from a great
catastrophe.
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The Lord encourages the Israelites to return
to him “now.”
Rend Your Hearts
The Lord encourages the Israelites to return
to him “now.”› The Israelites couldn‟t wait for repentance.
Rend Your Hearts
The Lord encourages the Israelites to return
to him “now.”› The Israelites couldn‟t wait for repentance.
God‟s punishment was on them & they needed
to act quickly.
Rend Your Hearts
The Lord encourages the Israelites to return
to him “now.”› The Israelites couldn‟t wait for repentance.
God‟s punishment was on them & they needed
to act quickly.› We, too, cannot wait to repent.
Rend Your Hearts
The Lord encourages the Israelites to return
to him “now.”› The Israelites couldn‟t wait for repentance.
God‟s punishment was on them & they needed
to act quickly.› We, too, cannot wait to repent. Joshua: “Choose this day whom you will serve”
(Josh 24:15, ESV).
Rend Your Hearts
The Lord encourages the Israelites to return
to him “now.”› The Israelites couldn‟t wait for repentance.
God‟s punishment was on them & they needed
to act quickly.› We, too, cannot wait to repent. Joshua: “Choose this day whom you will serve”
(Josh 24:15, ESV).
“Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your
hearts as in the rebellion, on the day of testing in
the wilderness” (Heb 3:7-8, ESV).
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The Lord wants the Israelites to turn to him
with all their heart.
Rend Your Hearts
The Lord wants the Israelites to turn to him
with all their heart.› God will not accept half-hearted repentance.
Rend Your Hearts
The Lord wants the Israelites to turn to him
with all their heart.› God will not accept half-hearted repentance.
› God wants our entire lives to be under his
control.
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The Israelites were to turn to God with
fasting, weeping, & mourning.
Rend Your Hearts
The Israelites were to turn to God with
fasting, weeping, & mourning.› Fasting, weeping, & mourning were common
ways to show contrition in Joel‟s day.
Rend Your Hearts
The Israelites were to turn to God with
fasting, weeping, & mourning.› Fasting, weeping, & mourning were common
ways to show contrition in Joel‟s day.
› In times of crisis, the Israelites fasted.
Rend Your Hearts
The Israelites were to turn to God with
fasting, weeping, & mourning.› Fasting, weeping, & mourning were common
ways to show contrition in Joel‟s day.
› In times of crisis, the Israelites fasted. When Saul & Jonathan were killed, Israel fasted (2
Sm 1:12).
Rend Your Hearts
The Israelites were to turn to God with
fasting, weeping, & mourning.› Fasting, weeping, & mourning were common
ways to show contrition in Joel‟s day.
› In times of crisis, the Israelites fasted. When Saul & Jonathan were killed, Israel fasted (2
Sm 1:12).
When the son born to David & Bathsheba became
ill, David fasted & prayed (2 Sm 12:16).
Rend Your Hearts
The Israelites were to turn to God with
fasting, weeping, & mourning.› Fasting, weeping, & mourning were common
ways to show contrition in Joel‟s day.
› In times of crisis, the Israelites fasted.› The people were also to weep.
Rend Your Hearts
The Israelites were to turn to God with
fasting, weeping, & mourning.› Fasting, weeping, & mourning were common
ways to show contrition in Joel‟s day.
› In times of crisis, the Israelites fasted.› The people were also to weep; sin often brings
about weeping.
Rend Your Hearts
The Israelites were to turn to God with
fasting, weeping, & mourning.› Fasting, weeping, & mourning were common
ways to show contrition in Joel‟s day.
› In times of crisis, the Israelites fasted.› The people were also to weep; sin often brings
about weeping. Because Moab had sinned against God, God was
going to judge them & everyone wailed & melted
in tears (Is 15:3).
Rend Your Hearts
The Israelites were to turn to God with
fasting, weeping, & mourning.› Fasting, weeping, & mourning were common
ways to show contrition in Joel‟s day.
› In times of crisis, the Israelites fasted.› The people were also to weep; sin often brings
about weeping. Because Moab had sinned against God, God was
going to judge them & everyone wailed & melted
in tears (Is 15:3).
Because Israel had forgotten God, weeping &
weeping could be heard in the heights (Jer 3:21).
Rend Your Hearts
The Israelites were to turn to God with
fasting, weeping, & mourning.› Fasting, weeping, & mourning were common
ways to show contrition in Joel‟s day.
› In times of crisis, the Israelites fasted.› The people were also to weep; sin often brings
about weeping.
› The people were to mourn.
Rend Your Hearts
The Israelites were to turn to God with
fasting, weeping, & mourning.› Fasting, weeping, & mourning were common
ways to show contrition in Joel‟s day.
› In times of crisis, the Israelites fasted.› The people were also to weep; sin often brings
about weeping.
› The people were to mourn. The Heb term used here means to wail.
Rend Your Hearts
The Israelites were to turn to God with
fasting, weeping, & mourning.› Fasting, weeping, & mourning were common
ways to show contrition in Joel‟s day.
› In times of crisis, the Israelites fasted.› The people were also to weep; sin often brings
about weeping.
› The people were to mourn. The Heb term used here means to wail.
This term commonly referred to the type of activity
at a funeral.
Rend Your Hearts
The Israelites needed to rend their hearts,
not their garments.
Rend Your Hearts
The Israelites needed to rend their hearts,
not their garments.› One common feature of ancient mourning was
the tearing of garments.
Rend Your Hearts
The Israelites needed to rend their hearts,
not their garments.› One common feature of ancient mourning was
the tearing of garments.
› But, the people needed to tear their hearts, not their clothing.
Rend Your Hearts
The Israelites needed to rend their hearts,
not their garments.› One common feature of ancient mourning was
the tearing of garments.
› But, the people needed to tear their hearts, not their clothing. The rending of the heart symbolizes true contrition
& remorse.
Rend Your Hearts
The Israelites needed to rend their hearts,
not their garments.› One common feature of ancient mourning was
the tearing of garments.
› But, the people needed to tear their hearts, not their clothing. The rending of the heart symbolizes true contrition
& remorse.
God does not despise a broken & contrite heart (Ps
51:17).
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The people needed to return to the Lord
their God.
Rend Your Hearts
The people needed to return to the Lord
their God.› The fact that they are told to return to the Lord
demonstrates that they had a previous
relationship with God.
Rend Your Hearts
The people needed to return to the Lord
their God.› The fact that they are told to return to the Lord
demonstrates that they had a previous
relationship with God. BUT, THEY HAD LEFT GOD.
Rend Your Hearts
The people needed to return to the Lord
their God.› The fact that they are told to return to the Lord
demonstrates that they had a previous
relationship with God. BUT, THEY HAD LEFT GOD.› We, too, can leave God.
Rend Your Hearts
The people needed to return to the Lord
their God.› The fact that they are told to return to the Lord
demonstrates that they had a previous
relationship with God. BUT, THEY HAD LEFT GOD.› We, too, can leave God. “You are severed from Christ, you who would be
justified by the law; you have fallen away from
grace” (Gal 5:4, ESV).
Rend Your Hearts
The people needed to return to the Lord
their God.› The fact that they are told to return to the Lord
demonstrates that they had a previous
relationship with God. BUT, THEY HAD LEFT GOD.› We, too, can leave God. Gal 5:4.
Rend Your Hearts
The people needed to return to the Lord
their God.› The fact that they are told to return to the Lord
demonstrates that they had a previous
relationship with God. BUT, THEY HAD LEFT GOD.› We, too, can leave God. Gal 5:4.
“My righteous one shall live by faith, and if he
shrinks back, my soul has no pleasure in him” (Heb
10:38, ESV).
Rend Your Hearts
The people needed to return to the Lord
their God.› The fact that they are told to return to the Lord
demonstrates that they had a previous
relationship with God. BUT, THEY HAD LEFT GOD.› We, too, can leave God. Gal 5:4.
Heb 10:38.
The Ephesian church had left their first love (Rv 2:4).
Rend Your Hearts
God calls people to repentance.
Rend Your Hearts
God calls people to repentance.› “Repent . . . and turn again, that your sins may
be blotted out” (Acts 3:19, ESV).
Rend Your Hearts
God calls people to repentance.› “Repent . . . and turn again, that your sins may
be blotted out” (Acts 3:19, ESV).
› “The times of ignorance God overlooked, but
now he commands all people everywhere to repent” (Acts 17:30, ESV).
v 13b
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“Return to the Lord your God, for he is
gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and
abounding in steadfast love; and he relents
over disaster” (v 13b, ESV).
Rend Your Hearts
God is gracious & merciful.
Rend Your Hearts
God is gracious & merciful.› God shows great grace to those who are his.
Rend Your Hearts
God is gracious & merciful.› God shows great grace to those who are his. “The Lord God is a sun and shield; the Lord bestows
favor and honor. No good thing does he withhold
from those who walk uprightly” (Ps 84:11, ESV).
Rend Your Hearts
God is gracious & merciful.› God shows great grace to those who are his. “The Lord God is a sun and shield; the Lord bestows
favor and honor. No good thing does he withhold
from those who walk uprightly” (Ps 84:11, ESV).
“Where sin increased, grace abounded all the
more” (Rm 5:20, ESV).
Rend Your Hearts
God is gracious & merciful.› God shows great grace to those who are his. “The Lord God is a sun and shield; the Lord bestows
favor and honor. No good thing does he withhold
from those who walk uprightly” (Ps 84:11, ESV).
“Where sin increased, grace abounded all the
more” (Rm 5:20, ESV).
“The grace of our Lord overflowed for [Paul] with
the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus” (1 Tm
1:14, ESV).
Rend Your Hearts
God is gracious & merciful.› God shows great grace to those who are his.› God also demonstrates great mercy to his
children.
Rend Your Hearts
God is gracious & merciful.› God shows great grace to those who are his.› God also demonstrates great mercy to his
children. The Hebrew root behind “merciful” is related to the
word for “womb.”
Rend Your Hearts
God is gracious & merciful.› God shows great grace to those who are his.› God also demonstrates great mercy to his
children. The Hebrew root behind “merciful” is related to the
word for “womb.” The idea seems to be motherly
love.
Rend Your Hearts
God is gracious & merciful.› God shows great grace to those who are his.› God also demonstrates great mercy to his
children. The Hebrew root behind “merciful” is related to the
word for “womb.” The idea seems to be motherly
love.
“For you, O LORD, are good and forgiving,
abounding in steadfast love to all who call upon
you” (Ps 86:5, ESV).
Rend Your Hearts
God is gracious & merciful.› God shows great grace to those who are his.› God also demonstrates great mercy to his
children. The Hebrew root behind “merciful” is related to the
word for “womb.” The idea seems to be motherly
love.
“For you, O LORD, are good and forgiving,
abounding in steadfast love to all who call upon
you” (Ps 86:5, ESV).
“Your steadfast love is great above the heavens;
your faithfulness reaches to the clouds” (Ps 108:4,
ESV).
Rend Your Hearts
God is slow to anger.
Rend Your Hearts
God is slow to anger.
God shows great kindness.
Rend Your Hearts
God is slow to anger.
God shows great kindness.› In Hebrew, “great kindness” refers to God‟s love.
Rend Your Hearts
God is slow to anger.
God shows great kindness.› In Hebrew, “great kindness” refers to God‟s love.
› Our God is a God of love.
Rend Your Hearts
God is slow to anger.
God shows great kindness.› In Hebrew, “great kindness” refers to God‟s love.
› Our God is a God of love. “So we have come to know and to believe the
love that God has for us. God is love, and whoever
abides in love abides in God, and God abides in
him” (1 Jn 4:16, ESV).
Rend Your Hearts
God is slow to anger.
God shows great kindness.› In Hebrew, “great kindness” refers to God‟s love.
› Our God is a God of love. “So we have come to know and to believe the
love that God has for us. God is love, and whoever
abides in love abides in God, and God abides in
him” (1 Jn 4:16, ESV).
“See what kind of love the Father has given to us,
that we should be called children of God; and so
we are” (1 Jn 3:1, ESV).
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The Lord relents from doing harm.
Rend Your Hearts
The Lord relents from doing harm.› When the Israelites made the golden calf, God
planned on destroying them, but he relented
after Moses‟ intercession (Ex 32).
Rend Your Hearts
The Lord relents from doing harm.› When the Israelites made the golden calf, God
planned on destroying them, but he relented
after Moses‟ intercession (Ex 32).
› When Nineveh repented, the Lord relented of the disaster he planned on bringing upon them.
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“Who knows whether he will not turn and
relent, and leave a blessing behind him,
a grain offering and a drink offering for the
LORD your God?” (v 14, ESV).
Rend Your Hearts
“Who knows whether he will not turn and
relent, and leave a blessing behind him,
a grain offering and a drink offering for the
LORD your God?” (v 14, ESV).› The locusts had so destroyed the fields in
Palestine that there wasn‟t anything left to offer
God (1:9).
Rend Your Hearts
“Who knows whether he will not turn and
relent, and leave a blessing behind him,
a grain offering and a drink offering for the
LORD your God?” (v 14, ESV).› The locusts had so destroyed the fields in
Palestine that there wasn‟t anything left to offer
God (1:9).
› The leaving behind of a grain & drink offering
would demonstrate that the plague was over.
Rend Your Hearts
Just as God would bless the Israelites if they
returned to him, he will bless us if we return
to him.
Why not turn to
him now?