Bible Memory verse
Exodus 34:6-7
…description of God, echoed across the Old Testament. Mercy and justice are both his. Psalms 103:8 Joel 2:13 Numbers 14:18 Lord, you are merciful and you are just. Let me hold both without shrinking either.
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Bible verses (2)
Bible Memory verse
Romans 2:4
…Delay in judgment is an invitation, not an indication that God has stopped caring. 2 Peter 3:9 Joel 2:13 Luke 13:3-5 Kind Father, your patience is not permission. Lead me by kindness back to you today.
Bible studies (3)
Devotional
Merciful and Just in the Same Breath
…the Old Testament, in Numbers 14:18, Psalm 86:15, Psalm 103:8, Joel 2:13 and Jonah 4:2, almost always quoted at a moment when someone is either pleading for mercy or, in Jonah's case, resenting that God gave it. It…
Devotional
New Heart, New Spirit
…when Peter tells the crowd this is what was spoken through the prophet Joel and, in substance, what Ezekiel had also foretold (Acts 2:16-18).
Devotional
Tongues of Fire
…toward those same nations. Peter's sermon that follows quotes Joel 2:28-32 directly, identifying this event as the fulfillment of what God had said He would do, pouring out His Spirit on all flesh. Acts 2:17 keeps…
Bible topics (4)
Book of the Bible
The Book of Joel
Joel has 3 chapters.
Biblical concept
Day of the LORD
…good is the day of the LORD to you? It will be darkness, and not light. Joel 2:31 The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the coming of the great and awesome day of the LORD. 1…
Word and phrase
Repentance
…18:30-32 Repent, and turn yourselves from all your transgressions. OT Joel 2:12-13 Turn to me with all your heart, with fasting, with weeping, and with mourning. NT Mark 1:15 Repent, and believe in the gospel. NT Luke…
Biblical concept
The Holy Spirit
…the waters at creation, the first mention of the Spirit in Scripture. Joel 2:28 The promise that God would pour out his Spirit on all flesh, quoted by Peter as being fulfilled at Pentecost. John 14:26 Jesus names the…
Questions and answers (7)
Bible question
How do I get saved?
…God raised him, and call on him. He roots this in Deuteronomy and Joel, not in a new invention of his own. Acts 16:30-31 and brought them out and said, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?” They said, “Believe in the Lord…
Bible question
Is Jesus God?
…45:23 is applied to Jesus. Isaiah 44:6 stands behind Revelation 1:17. Joel 2:32, whoever calls on the name of Yahweh will be saved, is applied to calling on Jesus in Romans 10:13. He is the maker, not part of the made…
Bible question
What is repentance in the Bible?
…produces, which is why the question is never how deeply a person felt. Joel 2:12-13 “Yet even now,” says Yahweh, “turn to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning.” Tear your heart,…
Bible question
What is the Gospel?
…formula. The first Gospel sermon is mostly Old Testament Acts 2 quotes Joel and David at length. Peter presents Jesus as the fulfilment of a story already in progress, not as a new religion. The Gospel is preached first…
Bible question
What must I do to be saved?
…sermon is built almost entirely from the Hebrew Scriptures, quoting Joel and the Psalms, because his hearers already believed the Scriptures and needed to be shown that Jesus fulfilled them. Mark's Gospel was written…
Bible question
Who is God?
…or echoed in Numbers 14:18, Nehemiah 9:17, Psalm 86:15, Psalm 103:8, Joel 2:13 and Jonah 4:2, which is one of the clearest examples in the Bible of Scripture interpreting Scripture across many generations. Exodus 34:5…
Bible question
Who is the Holy Spirit?
…31:3, coming on judges and kings, and promised for all God's people in Joel 2:28-29. Jesus is not introducing someone new; he is promising a nearer and permanent presence. Counselor translates the Greek paraklētos,…
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