Prepare for Judgment 7-15-18
Joel 3:9 Proclaim ye this among the Gentiles; Prepare war, wake up the mighty men, let all the men of war draw near; let them come up: Joel 3:10 Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruninghooks into spears: let the weak say, I am strong. Joel 3:11 Assemble yourselves, and come, all ye heathen, and gather yourselves together round about: thither cause thy mighty ones to come down, O LORD. Joel 3:12 Let the heathen be wakened, and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat: for there will I sit to judge all the heathen round about. Joel 3:13 Put ye in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe: come, get you down; for the press is full, the fats overflow; for their wickedness is great. Joel 3:14 Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision: for the day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision. Joel 3:15 The sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their shining. Joel 3:16 The LORD also shall roar out of Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth shall shake: but the LORD will be the hope of his people, and the strength of the children of Israel. Life is made up from a series of decisions What you choose is what you get, God will not override your will Wrong decisions bring wrong results, bad judgment Right decisions bring right results, good judgment Every action is based on a decision or judgment The goal here is to practice this until our judgement is His Then on Judgment day we agree Ps 9:16 The LORD is known by the judgment which he executeth: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah.
We are known by our decisions‌ Jesus said: John 5:30 I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is just; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me. Right decisions come from a renewed mind Prov 3:31 Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways. Your choice 1Cor 2:2 For I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified. Remember, the ultimate goal is to make current decisions that are the judgments of Father So that judgment day we will be one with His Judgments, thus judged righteous It is a decision, a choice we make daily Deut 30:19 I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live: Deut 30:20 That thou mayest love the LORD thy God, and that thou mayest obey his voice, and that thou mayest cleave unto him: for he is thy life, and the length of thy days: that thou mayest dwell in the land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them. There are a couple of things to consider in decision making Decide in the dictionary means to conclude by giving victory to one side Decisions can be reversible or irreversible, you need to know before you decide Double mindedness is instability Rom 4:20 He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God;
Rom 4:21 And being fully persuaded that, what he had promised, he was able also to perform. Rom 4:22 And therefore it was imputed to him for righteousness. Because Abraham judged (made the decision) God was right, it was accounted to Him as being right! This is the goal in all things both now and future When you agree with the Lord, one mind, one judgment, nothing is impossible John 15:7 If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you. 1John 5:14 And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us: 1John 5:15 And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him. Matt 18:19 Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven. Where we go wrong is when we make decisions that are not in line with Him Rom 14:5 One man esteemeth one day above another: another esteemeth every day alike. Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind. Rom 14:6 He that regardeth the day, regardeth it unto the Lord; and he that regardeth not the day, to the Lord he doth not regard it. He that eateth, eateth to the Lord, for he giveth God thanks; and he that eateth not, to the Lord he eateth not, and giveth God thanks. Rom 14:7 For none of us liveth to himself, and no man dieth to himself. Rom 14:8 For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord's. Rom 14:9 For to this end Christ both died, and rose, and revived, that he might be Lord both of the dead and living.
Rom 14:10 But why dost thou judge thy brother? or why dost thou set at nought thy brother? for we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ. Rom 14:11 For it is written, As I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God. Rom 14:12 So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God. The decision is yours, be fully persuaded, meditate the Word, judge Him faithful Josh 24:15 And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD. The Hebrew word for decision in Joel is charuwts It is used as ‘gold’ mining for, diligent, sharp threshing instrument Prov 8:10 Receive my instruction, and not silver; and knowledge rather than choice gold. Gold is charuwts or decision Prov 8:19 My fruit is better than gold, yea, than fine gold; and my revenue than choice silver. Same here Prov 10:4 He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich. Diligent here is charuwts Prov 12:24 The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute. The idea is to exercise your will in a Godly righteous manner making sure your decisions are His