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Amos (Part 5 Major Lessons from the Minor Prophets)
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Fairbanks Campus
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Amos 1:1 NLT
This message was given to Amos, a shepherd from the town of Tekoa in Judah. He received this message in visions two years before the earthquake, when Uzziah was king of Judah and Jeroboam II, the son of Jehoash, was king of Israel.
This message was given to Amos, a shepherd from the town of Tekoa in Judah. He received this message in visions two years before the earthquake, when Uzziah was king of Judah and Jeroboam II, the son of Jehoash, was king of Israel.
Outline of Amos
1. Seven Judgments And One Big Surprise (Amos 1:1-2:16)
Amos 1:3
“For three sins of Damascus, even for four, I will not relent. Because she threshed Gilead with sledges having iron teeth,
Amos 1:6
“For three sins of Gaza, even for four, I will not relent. Because she took captive whole communities and sold them to Edom,
Amos 1:9
“For three sins of Tyre, even for four, I will not relent. Because she sold whole communities of captives to Edom, disregarding a treaty of brotherhood,
Amos 1:11
“For three sins of Edom, even for four, I will not relent. Because he pursued his brother with a sword and slaughtered the women of the land because his anger raged continually and his fury flamed unchecked,
Amos 1:13
“For three sins of Ammon, even for four, I will not relent. Because he ripped open the pregnant women of Gilead in order to extend his borders,
Amos 2:1
“For three sins of Moab, even for four, I will not relent. Because he burned to ashes the bones of Edom’s king,
Amos 2:4-5
“For three sins of Judah, even for four, I will not relent. Because they have rejected the law of the Lord and have not kept his decrees, because they have been led astray by false gods, the gods their ancestors followed, I will send fire on Judah that will consume the fortresses of Jerusalem.”
Amos 2:6
“For three sins of Israel, even for four, I will not relent. They sell the innocent for silver and the needy for a pair of sandals. They trample on the heads of the poor as on the dust of the ground and deny justice to the oppressed. Father and son use the same girl and so profane my holy name.
1. Seven Judgments And One Big Surprise (Amos 1:1-2:16)
Amos 1:3
“For three sins of Damascus, even for four, I will not relent. Because she threshed Gilead with sledges having iron teeth,
Amos 1:6
“For three sins of Gaza, even for four, I will not relent. Because she took captive whole communities and sold them to Edom,
Amos 1:9
“For three sins of Tyre, even for four, I will not relent. Because she sold whole communities of captives to Edom, disregarding a treaty of brotherhood,
Amos 1:11
“For three sins of Edom, even for four, I will not relent. Because he pursued his brother with a sword and slaughtered the women of the land because his anger raged continually and his fury flamed unchecked,
Amos 1:13
“For three sins of Ammon, even for four, I will not relent. Because he ripped open the pregnant women of Gilead in order to extend his borders,
Amos 2:1
“For three sins of Moab, even for four, I will not relent. Because he burned to ashes the bones of Edom’s king,
Amos 2:4-5
“For three sins of Judah, even for four, I will not relent. Because they have rejected the law of the Lord and have not kept his decrees, because they have been led astray by false gods, the gods their ancestors followed, I will send fire on Judah that will consume the fortresses of Jerusalem.”
Amos 2:6
“For three sins of Israel, even for four, I will not relent. They sell the innocent for silver and the needy for a pair of sandals. They trample on the heads of the poor as on the dust of the ground and deny justice to the oppressed. Father and son use the same girl and so profane my holy name.
2. Two Sermons No One Wanted To Hear (Amos 3:1-6:14)
First Sermon: Chapters 3 & 4
Amos 3:1-2 NLT
Listen to this message that the LORD has spoken against you, O people of Israel-against the entire family I rescued from Egypt: "From among all the families on the earth, I have been intimate with you alone. That is why I must punish you for all your sins."
First Sermon: Chapters 3 & 4
Amos 3:1-2 NLT
Listen to this message that the LORD has spoken against you, O people of Israel-against the entire family I rescued from Egypt: "From among all the families on the earth, I have been intimate with you alone. That is why I must punish you for all your sins."
Second Sermon: Chapter 5 & 6
Amos 5:1 NLT
Listen, you people of Israel! Listen to this funeral song I am singing:
Amos 5:10 NLT
How you hate honest judges! How you despise people who tell the truth!
Amos 5:11
You trample the poor, stealing their grain through taxes and unfair rent. Therefore, though you build beautiful stone houses, you will never live in them. Though you plant lush vineyards, you will never drink wine from them.
Amos 5:12
For I know the vast number of your sins and the depth of your rebellions. You oppress good people by taking bribes and deprive the poor of justice in the courts.
Amos 5:14-15
Do what is good and run from evil so that you may live! Then the LORD God of Heaven's Armies will be your helper, just as you have claimed. Hate evil and love what is good; turn your courts into true halls of justice. Perhaps even yet the LORD God of Heaven's Armies will have mercy on the remnant of his people.
Amos 5:23-24 NLT
Away with your noisy hymns of praise! I will not listen to the music of your harps. Instead, I want to see a mighty flood of justice, an endless river of righteous living.
Amos 5:1 NLT
Listen, you people of Israel! Listen to this funeral song I am singing:
Amos 5:10 NLT
How you hate honest judges! How you despise people who tell the truth!
Amos 5:11
You trample the poor, stealing their grain through taxes and unfair rent. Therefore, though you build beautiful stone houses, you will never live in them. Though you plant lush vineyards, you will never drink wine from them.
Amos 5:12
For I know the vast number of your sins and the depth of your rebellions. You oppress good people by taking bribes and deprive the poor of justice in the courts.
Amos 5:14-15
Do what is good and run from evil so that you may live! Then the LORD God of Heaven's Armies will be your helper, just as you have claimed. Hate evil and love what is good; turn your courts into true halls of justice. Perhaps even yet the LORD God of Heaven's Armies will have mercy on the remnant of his people.
Amos 5:23-24 NLT
Away with your noisy hymns of praise! I will not listen to the music of your harps. Instead, I want to see a mighty flood of justice, an endless river of righteous living.
3. Five Word-Pictures No One Wanted To See (Amos 7:1–9:10)
Word Picture #1: Locust Invasion (7:1)
Word Picture #2: Fire (7:4)
Word Picture #3: Plumbline (7:7)
Word Picture #4: Basket of Ripe Fruit (8:1)
Word Picture #5: The Altar (9:1)
Word Picture #1: Locust Invasion (7:1)
Word Picture #2: Fire (7:4)
Word Picture #3: Plumbline (7:7)
Word Picture #4: Basket of Ripe Fruit (8:1)
Word Picture #5: The Altar (9:1)
3 Major Lessons To Take Home
1. If I’m not right with others, I can’t be right with God.
Matthew 22:36-40
“Teacher, which is the most important commandment in the law of Moses?”
Jesus replied, “‘You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your mind.’This is the first and greatest commandment. A second is equally important: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ The entire law and all the demands of the prophets are based on these two commandments.”
Romans 12:18
If it is possible, as much as depends on you, live peaceably with all men.
1. If I’m not right with others, I can’t be right with God.
Matthew 22:36-40
“Teacher, which is the most important commandment in the law of Moses?”
Jesus replied, “‘You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your mind.’This is the first and greatest commandment. A second is equally important: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ The entire law and all the demands of the prophets are based on these two commandments.”
Romans 12:18
If it is possible, as much as depends on you, live peaceably with all men.
2. Social justice matters.
Leviticus 23:22
“When you harvest the crops of your land, do not harvest the grain along the edges of your fields, and do not pick up what the harvesters drop. Leave it for the poor and the foreigners living among you. I am the Lord your God.”
Proverbs 14:31
Those who oppress the poor insult their Maker, but helping the poor honors him.
Proverbs 21:13
Those who shut their ears to the cries of the poor will be ignored in their own time of need.
Proverbs 29:7
The godly care about the rights of the poor; the wicked don't care at all.
Leviticus 23:22
“When you harvest the crops of your land, do not harvest the grain along the edges of your fields, and do not pick up what the harvesters drop. Leave it for the poor and the foreigners living among you. I am the Lord your God.”
Proverbs 14:31
Those who oppress the poor insult their Maker, but helping the poor honors him.
Proverbs 21:13
Those who shut their ears to the cries of the poor will be ignored in their own time of need.
Proverbs 29:7
The godly care about the rights of the poor; the wicked don't care at all.
3. God will mess up our present to guarantee our future.
Amos 9:11
"In that day I will restore the fallen house of David. I will repair its damaged walls. From the ruins I will rebuild it and restore its former glory.
Amos 9:14-15 NLT
I will bring my exiled people of Israel back from distant lands, and they will rebuild their ruined cities and live in them again. They will plant vineyards and gardens; they will eat their crops and drink their wine. I will firmly plant them there in their own land. They will never again be uprooted from the land I have given them," says the LORD your God.
Amos 9:11
"In that day I will restore the fallen house of David. I will repair its damaged walls. From the ruins I will rebuild it and restore its former glory.
Amos 9:14-15 NLT
I will bring my exiled people of Israel back from distant lands, and they will rebuild their ruined cities and live in them again. They will plant vineyards and gardens; they will eat their crops and drink their wine. I will firmly plant them there in their own land. They will never again be uprooted from the land I have given them," says the LORD your God.