Amos was not a “prophet,” 7:14, 15 Ordinary Extraordinary.

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Amos was not a “prophet,” 7:14, 15 *Ordinary *Extraordinary

God calls on us to rebuke the world, Eph. 5:11 *Ordinary, Jn. 12:37 *Extraordinary, 1 Pt. 4:4

Uzziah reigned in Judah, 2 Kgs. 15:1-7; 2 Chron. 26 *Mostly good *Built kingdom ·Military ·Prosperity *Trespassed in arrogance

Jeroboam II reigned in Israel, 2 Kgs. 14:23-28 *Sins of Jeroboam *Built kingdom ·Military ·Prosperity

Judgment From Zion, 1:2-:2:16

Israel committed many crimes, 3-6 *Punishment, 3:2 *Israel conquered, 3:11 *Severe punishment, 3:12-15 *Moral corruption, 4:1-3 *Unheeded warnings, 4:6-13 *Seek the Lord, 5:2, 4-6

Israel committed many crimes, 3-6 *Injustice, 5:7 *Captivity, 5:11 *Seek the Lord, 5:14, 15 *No escape, 5:18, 19 *Vain worship, 5:21 *Captivity, 5:27 *Materialistic, 6:1, 4-7 *Complete destruction, 6:14

Amos received five visions, 7-9 *Locust: spared, 7:1-3 *Fire: spared, 7:4-6 *Plumb line, 7:7-9 ·Resistance, 7:10-13 ·Rebuttal, 7:14-17 *Ripe fruit, 8:1, 2 *Altar, 9:1 ·No escape, 9:2-4 ·Total destruction, 9:8-10

God speaks for a reason, 3:4-8 *His will, Eph. 1:11; Heb. 6:18 *Live wrong: hell, 1 Cor. 6:9, 10 *Life right: heaven, Rom. 6:23

Wicked men hate those who tell the truth, 5:10 *Enemy, Gal. 4:16 *Some give in, Lk. 22:54-62 *Some stand up, Acts 4:18-21, 31

Wicked men hate those who tell the truth, 5:10 *What do we hate? ·Truth on baptism? ·Truth on anger? ·Truth on immodesty? ·Truth on attendance?

Vain worship is not accepted, 5:21-24 *Sincere & dedicated, but vain, Mt. 15:7-9 *Spirit & truth, Jn. 4:24 *Modern examples ·Instrumental music ·Plays ·Mechanical

Spiritual matters must be placed above material ones, 6:1-7 *Material blessings, Acts 14:17 *Different men, Gen. 13:2; Lk. 12:16-21 *Priorities, Mt. 6:19-21, 33 ·Work over church ·Recreation over study ·Television over prayer

There is a plumb line of the Lord, 7:7-9 *Standard, Eph. 4:5; Jn. 8:32 *Out of line, 2 Jn. 9 *Measured, Jn. 12:48

Amos was not a “prophet,” 7:14, 15 *Ordinary *Extraordinary

God calls on us to rebuke the world, Eph. 5:11 *Ordinary, Jn. 12:37 *Extraordinary, 1 Pt. 4:4