CORRECTION

THE REJECTED PROPHET The role of a prophet is like a modern whistleblower; the informant gets punished while the guilty go free…for a season.  God makes corrections to the failures of man’s judgment.  Amos will tell the king that he is just a shepherd but God has made him much more than that. Amos 7

FALSE CONFIDENCE

COMFORTABLE IN FALSE SECURITY Israel separated from Judah and took the lead in backsliding and idolatry.  They had some strength but it was not from the Lord.  The illusion of strength gave them a sense of being safe when God had other plans for them. Amos 6 1 Woe to them that are at ease

EMPTY HOUSES

A DAY OF DARKNESS This is more than a warning.  God offers Israel a bleak future, perhaps even to our own time. Amos 5 1 Hear ye this word which I take up against you, even a lamentation, O house of Israel.  2 The virgin of Israel is fallen; she shall no more rise: she

HOW NOW FAT COW?

ARE WE IN THE RIGHT PLACE WITH GOD? God speaks through Amos to warn Israel again.  He calls them names and recounts many times that he has punished them with no change in their behavior.  If God’s chosen people have such a stubborn streak, can the gentiles be any better?  In Christ we must still

TRAPPED

DO WE REALLY KNOW THE LORD? The northern tribe of Israel is in trouble, but God also speaks to Judah as “the whole family”.  Judah was to remain true longer, but God knows they would stray in the future if not now.  But Israel is definitely in trouble as God is planning to punish them