Woe To The Settled
Let us muse today from Amos 6:1-2 were Amos mentions another woe from God. The word woe is a warning word. The first was a woe to the simple. Today we find a woe to the settled. The text in verse one says they were at ease in Zion. They…
Antidote To Being Simple
Let us muse today from Amos 5:21-24 and the antidote for being simple. We noticed on yesterday Amos gave a woe of warning to the simple who just without thought wished for the day of the Lord. In our text he gives the antidotes to help…
Woe To The Simple
Let us begin to muse from Amos 5:18-6:14 and a section I have entitled the woes of God. The word woe is a word of warning to stop one in their tracks and cause their attention to be turned toward the Lord. The first woe is mentioned in the…
Seek Good
Let us in muse today from Amos 5:7-15 and how to avoid God's judgment. We have looked already had hear the word and seek the Lord as ways to avoid this judgment. I want today to look at a third way that is found in 14a when Amos says, seek…
Three Reasons To Seek The Lord
Let us in muse today from Amos 5:5-6 and three reasons he gives for why we should seek the Lord. The first is mentioned in 5:4 and it is there is no other way to have life. Our Lord says seek me in order to have life the way of darkness is…
Seek The Lord
Let us muse today from Amos 5:4-6 and a section I've entitled how to avoid God's judgement. One thing we have already seen from Amos was to hear God's word. The second we find in our text is to seek the Lord. Isaiah said to seek the Lord…
How To Avoid God’s Judgement
Let us begin to muse today from Amos 5: 1-15 in a section I have entitled how to avoid God's judgment. This text is a funeral dirge over the nation where many have died in God's judgment, but our Lord weaves three great lessons on how to…
Sin Of Obstinacy
Let us muse today from Amos 4:6-13 and sins we overlook. The sin I desire to look at today is obstinacy. The word means stubborn and stiff neck. On five different occasions the Lord says, you have not yet returned to me.(4:6, 8, 9, 10,…
Sin Of Hypocrisy
Let us muse from Amos 4:4-5 and sins we over look. The sin we desire to look at today is hypocrisy. Bethel and Gilgal were famous places to Israel. Bethel was were Abraham and Jacob built altars and called on the Lord. Gilgal was the first…
All Is Vain Unless The Holy One Come Down
Let me take a day off from musing in Amos. I do not often blog about services, but I must say a word about Monday night this week in Weedowee, AL. I am preaching from Psalms 23 and David's diary. I was in verse 3 preaching on the path of restoration…