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REND YOUR HEARTS AND NOT YOUR GARMENTS
  • JOEL 2:13
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DO NOT REND YOUR GARMENTS
  • THE TEARING OF THE GARMENTS SHOWED A TIME OF SORROW AND/OR REPENTANCE.
  • ONE COULD OUTWARDLY APPEAR RELIGIOUS AND NOT BE RELIGIOUSLY RIGHT.
  • MATT. 15:8,9; MATT. 23:5-7; 1 TIM. 1;6,7
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REND YOUR HEARTS
  • GOD WANTS THE INWARD MAN DEDICATED TO HIM.
  • JOEL 2:12,13 – GOD WANTED THEIR WHOLE HEART TURNED TO HIM.
  • THE HEART MUST BE TURNED TO GOD (ACTS 1:24; MATT. 22:37-39; EPH. 3:17; HEB. 10:22; JAS. 3:14; 4:8; 1 PET. 3:15; 1 THESS. 2:4)
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HAVE WE RENT OUR HEARTS BEFORE GOD?
  • DO WE LOVE GOD MORE THAN OUR FRIENDS?  IF SO, THEN WHY ARE WE CONCERNED WHAT OUR FRIENDS THINK?
  • DO WE LOVE GOD MORE THAN OUR FAMILIES?  IF SO, THEN WHY DO OUR FAMILIES INTERFERE WITH OUR SERVICE TO GOD?
  • DO WE LOVE GOD MORE THAN OUR JOBS?  IF SO, THEN WHY WILL WE BE MORE DEDICATED TO OUR JOBS THAN TO GOD?
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HAVE WE RENT OUR HEARTS BEFORE GOD?
  • DO WE LOVE GOD MORE THAN OUR RECREATION?  IF SO, THEN WHY DO WE GO FISHING OR TO BALL GAMES INSTEAD OF THE WORSHIP SERVICES AND BIBLE CLASSES?
  • DO “CHURCH THINGS” BOTHER US?  IF NOT, THEN WHY DO WE FEEL THE CHURCH IS ASKING TOO MUCH OF US?
  • IF WHAT I AM DOING IS A HINDRANCE TO OTHERS, WILL I STOP IT?  IF SO, THEN WHY ARE WE DO WE DEFEND OUR “RIGHTS” SO?