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More Than Just Words
Commentators stress that "calling on the name of the Lord" is not a magic formula but a deep act of worship. It involves genuine faith, trust, and a life of obedience based on who God truly is. As Albert Barnes notes, it implies right faith, right trust, right devotion, and right life.
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Joel
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Albert Barnes
On Joel 2:32
18th Century
Theologian
Whoever shall call upon the name of the Lord – To call upon the name of the Lord is to worship Him as He is, depending upon Him. Th…
Charles Ellicott
On Joel 2:32
19th Century
Bishop
Deliverance.— Or, perhaps better, those that escape. St. Paul quotes from this verse (Romans 10:13), transfer…
John Calvin
On Joel 2:32
16th Century
Theologian
We said yesterday that the Prophet denounced future calamities so that he might thus stimulate men, distressed by many evils, to seek God. We indee…
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John Gill
On Joel 2:32
17th Century
Pastor
And it shall come to pass, [that] whoever shall call on the
name of the Lord shall be delivered
Matthew Henry
On Joel 2:28–32
17th Century
Minister
The promise began to be fulfilled on the day of Pentecost, when the Holy Spirit was poured out, and it was continued in the converting grace and mi…