How Shall We be Jugdged?

Thursday, August 27, 2015
Joel 3:9-16 NIV 

9 Proclaim this among the nations: Prepare for war! Rouse the warriors! Let all the fighting men draw near and attack. 10 Beat your plowshares into swords and your pruning hooks into spears. Let the weakling say, "I am strong!" 11 Come quickly, all you nations from every side, and assemble there. Bring down your warriors, LORD! 12 "Let the nations be roused; let them advance into the Valley of Jehoshaphat, for there I will sit to judge all the nations on every side. 13 Swing the sickle, for the harvest is ripe. Come, trample the grapes, for the winepress is full and the vats overflow-- so great is their wickedness!" 14 Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! For the day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision. 15 The sun and moon will be darkened, and the stars no longer shine. 16 The LORD will roar from Zion and thunder from Jerusalem; the earth and the heavens will tremble. But the LORD will be a refuge for his people, a stronghold for the people of Israel.

OBSERVATION QUESTIONS
1) After proclaiming judgment against the nations, what else does the Lord proclaim against the enemy nations and for His people? Why?

APPLICATION QUESTIONS
2) Do you believe that the Lord will fight for the people of the United States? If not, why not? If so, why?

LIFE LESSONS
3) The Lord will fight for those who are obedient to His will and His ways, no matter where they live or worship Him.