Joel Foreword

Sermon on Joel 2:12-14

"TURN TO GOD" Intro: Text begins with therefore, but therefore is never a beginning. Joel has been prophesying of the great day of the Lord when the mighty Northern Army invades the land. I. "TURN TO ME." A. When should a person turn to God. 1. If you are wise, you will turn right now. 2. Anytime is a good time. a. We have so much to gain. b. I have never yet met the man who ...

Sermon on Joel 2:12

I. THE COMING DESOLATION OF THE LAND IS DESCRIBED IN CHAPTER ONE. A. The land is to be wasted and withered. B. This is just the foreshadowing of the future day of the Lord and the battle of Armageddon. II. GOD'S CALL FOR REPENTENCE, THE ONLY HOPE FOR THE FUTURE. A. Turn unto God with all your heart. 1. A couple Sundays ago we spoke on the problem of a divided heart. a. So many...

Sermon on Joel 2:25

"RESTORATION" I. RESTORED FROM THE TERRIBLE EFFECTS OF SIN. A. In Chapter 1, God promises to send desolation into the land. 1. Whatever the palmerworm left the locust would eat - cankerworm, Caterpillar. B. The devouring of these insects was a picture of the effects of sin. 1. Slowly eat away at your life until nothing left. 2. Gradual destruction. 3. The years spent in sin a...

Sermon on Joel 2:28

"THE PROMISE OF THE FATHER" I. THE PROMISE: "I WILL POUR OUT MY SPIRIT UPON ALL FLESH." A. To think, the Spirit of God upon a man. 1. I have seen men when spirit of fear. 2. I have seen spirit of happiness. 3. Spirit of sadness and depression. 4. Comprehend what this says the Spirit of God would come upon mortal man. B. "All flesh" in Old Testament times on certain selected i...