Berean Bible Church October 29, 2014 Barry L. Gray Amos

Amos 1 5 I will also break the gate bar of Damascus, And cut off the inhabitant from the Valley of Aven, And the one who holds the scepter from Beth Eden. The people of Syria shall go captive to Kir,” Says the L ORD. 8 I will cut off the inhabitant from Ashdod, And the one who holds the scepter from Ashkelon; I will turn My hand against Ekron, And the remnant of the Philistines shall perish,” Says the Lord G OD. 10 But I will send a fire upon the wall of Tyre, Which shall devour its palaces.” 12 But I will send a fire upon Teman, Which shall devour the palaces of Bozrah.” 15 Their king shall go into captivity, He and his princes together,” Says the L ORD.

Sins of Israel / USA Empty Ritualism Oppression of the poor Idolatry Deceit Self-righteousness Arrogance Greed Materialism Callousness

Amos 3 1 Hear this word that the L ORD has spoken against you, O children of Israel, against the whole family which I brought up from the land of Egypt, saying: 2 “You only have I known of all the families of the earth; Therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.” 3 Can two walk together, unless they are agreed?

Amos 4 1 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 wine, let us drink!” 2 The Lord G OD has sworn by His holiness: “Behold, the days shall come upon you When He will take you away with fishhooks, And your posterity with fishhooks. 3 You will go out through broken walls, Each one straight ahead of her, And you will be cast into Harmon,” Says the L ORD.

Amos 4 4 “Come to Bethel and transgress, At Gilgal multiply transgression; Bring your sacrifices every morning, Your tithes every three days. 5 Offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving with leaven, Proclaim and announce the freewill offerings; For this you love, You children of Israel!” Says the Lord G OD.

Amos 4 10 “I sent among you a plague after the manner of Egypt; Your young men I killed with a sword, Along with your captive horses; I made the stench of your camps come up into your nostrils; Yet you have not returned to Me,” Says the L ORD. 11 “I overthrew some of you, As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, And you were like a firebrand plucked from the burning; Yet you have not returned to Me,” Says the L ORD. 12 “Therefore thus will I do to you, O Israel; Because I will do this to you, Prepare to meet your God, O Israel!”

Amos 4 13 For behold, He who forms mountains, And creates the wind, Who declares to man what his [c] thought is, And makes the morning darkness, Who treads the high places of the earth— The L ORD God of hosts is His name.c

Amos 5 10 They hate the one who rebukes in the gate, And they abhor the one who speaks uprightly.

Amos 5 14 Seek good and not evil, That you may live; So the L ORD God of hosts will be with you, As you have spoken. 15 Hate evil, love good; Establish justice in the gate. It may be that the L ORD God of hosts Will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.

Amos 5 16 Therefore the L ORD God of hosts, the Lord, says this: “There shall be wailing in all streets, And they shall say in all the highways, ‘Alas! Alas!’ They shall call the farmer to mourning, And skillful lamenters to wailing. 17 In all vineyards there shall be wailing, For I will pass through you,” Says the L ORD.

Amos 7 10 Then Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, “Amos has conspired against you in the midst of the house of Israel. The land is not able to bear all his words. 11 For thus Amos has said: ‘Jeroboam shall die by the sword, And Israel shall surely be led away captive From their own land.’” 12 Then Amaziah said to Amos: “Go, you seer! Flee to the land of Judah. There eat bread, And there prophesy.

Amos 7 13 But never again prophesy at Bethel, For it is the king’s sanctuary, And it is the royal residence.” 14 Then Amos answered, and said to Amaziah: “I was no prophet, Nor was I a son of a prophet, But I was a sheep breeder And a tender of sycamore fruit. 15 Then the L ORD took me as I followed the flock, And the L ORD said to me, ‘Go, prophesy to My people Israel.’ 16 Now therefore, hear the word of the L ORD : You say, ‘Do not prophesy against Israel, And do not spout against the house of Isaac.’ 17 “Therefore thus says the L ORD : ‘Your wife shall be a harlot in the city; Your sons and daughters shall fall by the sword; Your land shall be divided by survey line; You shall die in a defiled land; And Israel shall surely be led away captive From his own land.’”

Amos 8 11 “Behold, the days are coming,” says the Lord G OD, “That I will send a famine on the land, Not a famine of bread, Nor a thirst for water, But of hearing the words of the L ORD. 12 They shall wander from sea to sea, And from north to east; They shall run to and fro, seeking the word of the L ORD, But shall not find it.

Amos 9 11 “On that day I will raise up The tabernacle of David, which has fallen down, And repair its damages; I will raise up its ruins, And rebuild it as in the days of old 12 That they may possess the remnant of Edom, And all the Gentiles who are called by My name,” Says the L ORD who does this thing. 13 “Behold, the days are coming,” says the L ORD, “When the plowman shall overtake the reaper, And the treader of grapes him who sows seed; The mountains shall drip with sweet wine, And all the hills shall flow with it. 14 I will bring back the captives of My people Israel; They shall build the waste cities and inhabit them; They shall plant vineyards and drink wine from them; They shall also make gardens and eat fruit from them. 15 I will plant them in their land, And no longer shall they be pulled up From the land I have given them,” Says the L ORD your God.

Luke 12:48 48 ….. For everyone to whom much is given, from him much will be required; and to whom much has been committed, of him they will ask the more.

Proverbs 14:34 34 Righteousness exalts a nation, But sin is a reproach to any people.