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I'm thinking today of Joel 2.1. It says,

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Blow a trumpet in Zion and sound an alarm on my holy mountain.

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Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble for the day of the Lord is coming.

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Surely it is near.

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Here is notice that will make a person scared.

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God is going to do in response to the unfaithfulness he sees among the people.

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It isn't going to be pleasant for a lot of folks.

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This is why sinners should mourn and repent.

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Don't laugh at the things that we don't do wrong.

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Don't take them lightly.

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Let's take them seriously and change and do what's right the best we can.

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God sees. He sees and will judge sin.

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Jesus is coming again and ultimately,

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what will happen on that day will really be determined by

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what a person has done with Jesus Christ, God's son.

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Did you believe on the one whom he has sent?

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Let's assume for a moment that you did believe on the one whom he has sent.

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Then what are you doing about what you believe?

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To say you believe, to mentally ascend to something and do nothing about it is really not,

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that's not believing at all.

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And so I would encourage you then to believe in the Lord Jesus Christ whom God has sent

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and then to live according to what you believe because

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there will be those who hear the trumpet and tremble.

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It will be afraid for the day of the Lord is coming.

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And surely it is near.