Prepare to Meet Your God: Amos 4
Introduction
A. New Series: Ways to Meet God, Preparation, Judgment, Afterlife
B. Background of Amos
1. Date – Reign of Jeroboam II (c.786-746 BC)
2. Prophet Amos – Shepherd from Tekoa (Amos 1:1; Amos 7:14-15)
3. Audience: Primary – North; Secondary – South
4. Setting: Bethel, Prosperity, Idolatry, Injustice & Oppression
C. Amos 4:4-13
1. Sarcasm (Amos 4:4-5)
2. Warning Judgments Go Unheeded (Amos 4:6-11): Famine, Drought, Agricultural Disaster, Disease, and War – all limited in scope.
3. Worst is Yet to Come. Prepare to Meet Your God! (Amos 4:12-13)
I. Why They Will Meet God – Sins of Israel.
Idolatry (Amos 4:4-5); Oppression (Amos 2:6-7; Amos 3:9-15; Amos 8:3-7); Injustice (Amos 5:7, 12, 21-24); Materialism (Amos 3:15; Amos 4:1; Amos 5:11); Apathy (Amos 6:1-7)
II. How They Will Meet God – In Judgment
Destruction of Shrines (Amos 3:14; Amos 7:9); Wealth (Amos 3:11, 15; Amos 5:11); and Life (Amos 5:1-3; Amos 8:1-3); Exile (Amos 5:27; Amos 6:7, 14); Famine of the Word (Amos 8:11-12)
III. How They Will Make Preparation – Seek God
A. For Most, They Cannot – Jerboam II, Amaziah (Amos 8:2; Amos 7:9, 14-17; Amos 9:1-6)
B. For the Remnant – Seek God (Amos 5:4-5, 14-15).
IV. Hope for the Future (Amos 9:10-15) – God’s Reign
God’s Reign, Restoration, Prosperity, Return from Exile
Applications
A. We are Guilty of the Same Sins: Idolatry, Oppression, Injustice, Materialism, Apathy
B. We will all Meet God as Judge (Hebrews 9:27)
C. We must Prepare to Meet our God.
D. Have You Prepared?
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