V1-41 Must Nations Obey God?
What invitation does God extend in Joel 2:12-13? Is this invitation given to individuals, the nation, or both? How might Jeremiah 18:7-10 apply to our nation today? What hope does 2 Chronicles 7:14 offer to a nation in decline? These are just some of the questions to consider in this week's edition of the Walking Talking Bible Project.
Bible Passages
The following Scripture quotations from The Berean Standard Bible (BSB) are provided for your convenience. Please feel free to use the Bible and translation of your choice.
Memory Passage: Psalm 103:8
Psalm 103:8
8 The LORD is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion.
Connection Passage #1: Joel 2:12–13
Joel 2:12–13
12 “Yet even now,” declares the LORD, “return to Me with all your heart, with fasting, weeping, and mourning.”
13 So rend your hearts and not your garments, and return to the LORD your God. For He is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion. And He relents from sending disaster.
Connection Passage #2: Jeremiah 18:7–10
Jeremiah 18:7–10
7 At any time I might announce that a nation or kingdom will be uprooted, torn down, and destroyed.
8 But if that nation I warned turns from its evil, then I will relent of the disaster I had planned to bring.
9 And if at another time I announce that I will build up and establish a nation or kingdom,
10 and if it does evil in My sight and does not listen to My voice, then I will relent of the good I had intended for it.
Connection Passage #3: 2 Chronicles 7:14
2 Chronicles 7:14
14 and if My people who are called by My name humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, forgive their sin, and heal their land.
Connection Passage #4: Zephaniah 2:3
Zephaniah 2:3
3 Seek the LORD, all you humble of the earth who carry out His justice. Seek righteousness; seek humility. Perhaps you will be sheltered on the day of the LORD’s anger.
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All Scripture quotations, unless otherwise indicated, are taken from The Berean Standard Bible (BSB).