DCLM HIGHER EVERYDAY 27 February 2022 — Sound the Trumpet
DCLM Higher Everyday 27 February 2022 Devotional by Pastor W. F. Kumuyi — Sound the Trumpet
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TOPIC: SOUND THE TRUMPET
TEXT: JEREMIAH 4:1-8
1 If thou wilt return, O Israel, saith the LORD, return unto me: and if thou wilt put away thine abominations out of my sight, then shalt thou not remove.
2 And thou shalt swear, The LORD liveth, in truth, in judgment, and in righteousness; and the nations shall bless themselves in him, and in him shall they glory.
4 Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, and take away the foreskins of your heart, ye men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem: lest my fury come forth like fire, and burn that none can quench it, because of the evil of your doings.
5 Declare ye in Judah, and publish in Jerusalem; and say, Blow ye the trumpet in the land: cry, gather together, and say, Assemble yourselves, and let us go into the defenced cities.
6 Set up the standard toward Zion: retire, stay not: for I will bring evil from the north, and a great destruction.
7 The lion is come up from his thicket, and the destroyer of the Gentiles is on his way; he is gone forth from his place to make thy land desolate; and thy cities shall be laid waste, without an inhabitant.
8 For this gird you with sackcloth, lament and howl: for the fierce anger of the LORD is not turned back from us.
MEMORY VERSE: “Declare ye in Judah, and publish in Jerusalem; and say, Blow ye the trumpet in the land: cry, gather together, and say, Assemble yourselves, and let us go into the defenced cities” (JEREMIAH 4:5).
MESSAGE:
Trumpets were used in the Bible days to call the people of God to assembly and to give warning signals in cases of enemy invasions. Thus, the sound of the trumpet was indicative of an emergency call for the good of the people, either to inform or to warn them.
In our contemporary time, the sound of the trumpet is made loud through the preaching of the gospel by anointed men of God. Thus, the sound of the trumpet (gospel message) is a wake-up call to sinners to repent and for believers to remain steadfast.
Every sinner is at risk of eternal destruction. It is therefore your duty, once you are born again, to sound the alarm; to point out to other youths who are still sinners, the eternal danger ahead of them. Preach the gospel; give out tracts and magazines to them. By all means, do all you can to save the unbelieving youths around you.Have you yielded your life to Jesus? If not, why not now? Tomorrow may be too late. Pray and ask Jesus into your heart right now.
QUOTE: Preach the gospel.
CHALLENGE: Many are perishing.
PRAYER: Oh Lord, help me to warn sinners around me.
1. Admit that you are a sinner. "For all [humans] have sinned, and comes short of the glory of God....[and] the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord" (Romans 3:23)
2. Repent now. "Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out ...[for] if we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness " (Acts 3:19, 1 John 1:9)
3. Believe that God loves you and Jesus died for you. "God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet Sinners, Christ died for us" (Romans 5:8)
4. Invite Jesus into your life through prayer of faith. Jesus says, "Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me" (Revelation 3:20)
