Meeting God (4 of 6)
Series: Amos: Let Justice Roll
Tim Badal
Amos 4:1-13
We have been looking at this obscure book in the Old Testament, nestled in the middle of the minor prophets and written 800 years before Christ. Yet this little book has timeless truths for us as the people of God living under the grace and mercy of Christ Jesus. It's a book full of doom and gloom, with wisdom and warnings to a group of people who said they were God's people and who said they wanted to follow Him, yet they had chosen greed over godliness and prosperity over the needs of the poor. They had idols made by human hands instead of worshiping the invisible God.
All of these willful decisions were made by people who professed to have a relationship with and an allegiance to God and who presumed upon His grace and provision. As a result, God was fuming with anger and told them judgment was coming. Nevertheless, we also see His grace and mercy in spite of the doom and gloom, because God chose a man named Amos to warn them.
Amos was from a place called Tekoa, about 12 miles south of Jerusalem. This man, who was a caretaker of sheep and fig trees, found himself called to tell the people of the impending judgment of God, which meant there was still time for them to repent and turn back to God. Would they listen?
Today we're in Amos 4, where God continued His stinging indictment against the people by addressing two groups. First, He spoke to the women of Israel, and second, He spoke to the worshipers in Israel. In both contexts we'll find some truths about ourselves that can be of benefit.
''Hear this word, you cows of Bashan, who are on the mountain of Samaria, who oppress the poor, who crush the needy, who say to your husbands, 'Bring, that we may drink!' 2 The Lord GOD has sworn by his holiness that, behold, the days are coming upon you, when they shall take you away with hooks, even the last of you with fishhooks. 3 And you shall go out through the breaches, eac ...
Series: Amos: Let Justice Roll
Tim Badal
Amos 4:1-13
We have been looking at this obscure book in the Old Testament, nestled in the middle of the minor prophets and written 800 years before Christ. Yet this little book has timeless truths for us as the people of God living under the grace and mercy of Christ Jesus. It's a book full of doom and gloom, with wisdom and warnings to a group of people who said they were God's people and who said they wanted to follow Him, yet they had chosen greed over godliness and prosperity over the needs of the poor. They had idols made by human hands instead of worshiping the invisible God.
All of these willful decisions were made by people who professed to have a relationship with and an allegiance to God and who presumed upon His grace and provision. As a result, God was fuming with anger and told them judgment was coming. Nevertheless, we also see His grace and mercy in spite of the doom and gloom, because God chose a man named Amos to warn them.
Amos was from a place called Tekoa, about 12 miles south of Jerusalem. This man, who was a caretaker of sheep and fig trees, found himself called to tell the people of the impending judgment of God, which meant there was still time for them to repent and turn back to God. Would they listen?
Today we're in Amos 4, where God continued His stinging indictment against the people by addressing two groups. First, He spoke to the women of Israel, and second, He spoke to the worshipers in Israel. In both contexts we'll find some truths about ourselves that can be of benefit.
''Hear this word, you cows of Bashan, who are on the mountain of Samaria, who oppress the poor, who crush the needy, who say to your husbands, 'Bring, that we may drink!' 2 The Lord GOD has sworn by his holiness that, behold, the days are coming upon you, when they shall take you away with hooks, even the last of you with fishhooks. 3 And you shall go out through the breaches, eac ...
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