SERMONS ON AMOS
Our sermon ideas on Amos will help you preach a powerful message on the piety and meaning behind social justice. Preach on topics including caring for the poor and the hurting, true relationship with God, and the consequences of sin and unrepentance. Prepare your messages on God's Word in Amos with sermon outlines or an entire sermon series.
Introduction to Amos (1 of 9)
by Ernest Easley
Take your Bible and turn please to the book of Amos. Though Amos is considered a ''minor prophet'' is influence and impact is anything but minor. In fact . being a ''minor prophet'' does not refer to the significance of his message . but rather the length of his message. The message Amos thundered out in his day. is the same message God's prophets need to thunder out in this today: Repent or Ruin! Sin is either forgiven or judged. Sin is either pardoned in Christ or punished in Hell. And how I pray that God will raise up some prophets from this generation like Amos! Men of conviction! Men of courage! Men of commitment! Men that....
The Book of Amos
by Jesse Hendley
THE BOOK OF AMOS is a very wonderful book! Amos is a man who reminds us what God is really like. We are living in days when people need to know what God is really like. Amos was one of the great prophets of God and he, together with Hosea, prophesied about the same time. They were contemporaneous. The one speaks of the love of God; the other speaks of the righteousness of God. These two men reveal to us these two tremendous facts about God. God is love, but God is also righteous and holy. Usually our mistakes come from emphasizing one or the other of these two facts about God. But they must be...
Amos: God's Favorite Music (11 of 20)
by Roger Thomas
Introduction: My title may prompt some of you to ask, ''Does God have a favorite kind of music?'' The answer of course is not really. He loves both kinds-country and western! Seriously, I do want to use the occasion of our study of Amos to think a bit about music and how it fits into our understanding of worship in the church. As we will see in a moment, Amos does have something very important to add to that discussion. But before we get to Amos, let's think about music and the church. A handful of observations: 1. God made music. He created a world that is capable of music and he created humans with a capacity for making....
The Not so Famous Amos (4 of 17)
by Larry Osborne
1. Social justice still matters to God as shown by the 300 verses on it in the Bible. Proverbs contains a lot of practical advice on how to relate to the poor. What advice do you find in each of the following passages and what are some of the ''benefits'' we'll experience when we follow that advice? Proverbs 14:20-21 Proverbs 19:17 Proverbs 28:27 Proverbs 31:8-9 2. We heard this weekend how God expected the Israelites to take care of the physical needs of their own people. During his ministry, Jesus was concerned not only with the physical needs of people but also their spiritual needs as well. Read Matthew 9:1-8 to see how Jesus...
Prophecy of Amos (1 of 3)
by David Cawston
In the latter years of Jeroboam's reign, Amos proclaimed the word of God to the northern kingdom, Israel. He came to Symaria from the small village of Tekoa located some five miles south of Bethlehem. To earn his livelihood, he pastured sheep and dressed sycamore trees. While among the shepherds of Tekoa, Amos received a call from God to be a prophet. This call was so crystal clear that when the high priest took issue with Amos in Bethel, Amos refused to be silenced. Chapter 7:10-17. The message of Amos reflected the luxury and ease of Israel during Jeraboam's reign. Trade with Phoenicia, tolls on caravan traffic...
Now Hear This! (2 of 3)
by Jerry Vines
You need to buckle up and get ready for this tonight. This is strong stuff from the book of Amos. Turn back to Amos 1:1 to let me begin. It says, ''The words of Amos who was among the herdsmen of Tekoa which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah.''I have called this study and this preacher Amos, Country Preacher Come to Town. We have seen how the Lord called Amos from down in the south. He was a shepherd and also a pincher of the sycamore trees. The Lord just reached down and saved him and sent him up north to the sophisticated, cosmopolitan, cultured area of the north. This rustic country...
Now Send Us Out
by Kenneth C. Kroohs
May the words of my mouth and the meditations of all our hearts be always acceptable to you - our strength and our redeemer. Amen Every week, near the beginning of our service we say a prayer that we call the weekly "collect". It is spelled like - collect but pronounced "collect". The intention of this prayer is to pull together, or collect the primary scriptural themes for the week. I know that some people in our society don't think a prayer should ever be read. All prayers should be "heart prayers" inspired by the Holy Spirit at that moment. I certainly agree with and love such heart prayers but I also enjoy hearing how the Holy Spirit has inspired other people. What they found in the Scripture and how it....
Has God Rigged All of History to Save Israel? (44 of 54)
by Stan Coffey
AUTHORSHIP: Amos is the author. He is one of the minor prophets. The term, minor prophets, does not mean that these prophets are not as important as others or that their message is less significant. The word, minor prophet, refers to the length of the material not to the significance of the material. The name Amos means ''burdened.'' It is clear that Amos was not a ''professional prophet.'' (Ch. 17:14). BACKGROUND: Amos came from a little village called Tekoa. This was a little village about six miles southeast of Bethlehem located in the wilderness of Judea. DATE: Amos 7:9 indicates that he wrote his prophecy at a time when...
When Confronted by a Lion, a Bear, and a Serpent
by Daniel Rodgers
1. The background for this story has to do with Israel's sin and subsequent judgment and captivity by the Assyrians. They thought the ''Day of The Lord'' would be their deliverance. Instead, it was just the opposite-it was God's time of judgment. Additionally, it was also a prophetic statement, speaking of a future event-a future ''Day of the Lord, when God's judgment would come to Israel during the Tribulation period, when the Jews will run to the mountaintops in an attempt to save themselves (Matthew 24). a. God said in (vs. 18), ''Woe unto you that desire the day of the Lord! to what end is it for you? the day of the Lord is...
Let Justice Roll down like Waters
by Tony Nester
What happens when an outsider comes to town and criticizes the people who run the town? You know the answer - he or she gets attacked. It's the same with schools, businesses, hospitals, and yes, also with churches. We don't like newcomers criticizing policies, procedures, and traditions that we've put in place. If someone is so bold as to come in from the outside and tell us we're wrong about things we're likely to do what we can to silence our critic, or ostracize them, or drive them out of town. No one likes to be criticized and that's especially true when the critic is from out of town. It helps to remember this whenever we read...
