I Will Pour Out My Spirit (Joel) Introduction: Things that hurt which help us get better
1. A splinter hurts when taken out but that's what we need. 2. Jesus died for us, but now we can live forever for him. 3. Elijah prayed that it would not rain for 3.5 years (1Ki 17).
Literary Outline of Joel
--- THE PRESENT: Devastation, God fights against his people ---
1. The Lord brings devastation through a locust invasion (1:2-13) 2. Call on the Lord, for the Day of the LORD is at hand! (1:14-2:2a) 3. The sky grows dark as He brings the locusts to Jerusalem-God's people are judged, nature destroyed (2:2b-11)
4. TURNING POINT: The Lord calls His people to repent and find grace (2:12-17)
--- THE FUTURE: Restoration, God fights for his people ---
5. The Lord brings restoration from the locust invasion (2:18-27) 6. Call on the Lord, for the great and awesome Day of the LORD comes! (2:28-32) 7. The sky grows dark as He brings the nations to Jerusalem-God's people are vindicated, nature restored (3)
Application: God's goodness in sending us trials. "Before I was afflicted, I went astray; but now I keep Your word" (Ps 119:67).
"Now all these things happened to them as examples, and they were written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the ages have come" (1Cor 10:11).
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