SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 9/8/2015
11:52 PM
My Worship Time Focus:
Introduction to Amos 4
Bible Reading & Meditation Reference: Amos 4:1
Message of the
verses: “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 now, that we may drink!"”
I want to give a reminder of what we wrote about when we
began to look at Amos chapter three as Dr. Wiersbe gave us an outline to follow
where he wrote “The first message (Amos 3:1) was one of explanation, in which Amos clarified four divine calls and
announced that Israel’s judgment was certain.
His second message (4:1-13) focused on accusation, in which the prophet denounced Israel’s sins. The final message (5:1-6:14) was a lamentation as the prophet felt the
anguish of his nations certain doom.” We
will be looking at the second message that of accusation as we go through the
fourth chapter of the book of Amos.
In his beginning
commentary on this section of Amos Dr. Wiersbe speaks of a time when he and a
friend of his who was also a Pastor went to listen to a famous Pastor from
another country. In his message the
Pastor listed some of the sins that were prevalent in our country during the
time period that he visited the U.S. My
speculation that he would have a lot longer list if he came today, but the
pastor friend of Dr. Wiersbe said that he did not like to hear this famous
pastor speak of the sins that were going on in our country. Now how do you think that the people of
Israel felt when Amos who was from Judah came to talk to them about the sins that
were going on in their land? My guess is
that they would not like it, but there was nothing wrong with Amos speaking to
the Northern Kingdom of Israel for after all they were brothers of those who
lived in Judah. But even that should not
matter for after all we all came from the loins of Adam and Eve and therefore
we are all relative to each other no matter how fare related we are. I know that some people will take issue with that
statement but there is only one race on planet earth and that race is the human
race which we are all a part of. I
challenge all to go to the “Answers in Genesis website to get more information on
this very important subject.
Dr. Wiersbe concludes his introductory commentary with
the following: “In this second message,
the Prophet Amos named three particular sins that were grieving the Lord and
ruining the kingdom of Israel: luxury
(4:1-3), hypocrisy (vv. 4-5), and obstinacy (vv. 6-13). They had the wrong values; their religious ‘revival’
was a sham; and they refused to listen to the warnings God had given them.” Similar sins are mentioned in Revelations
chapter eighteen as God was about to judge Babylon as we are learning from our
study in Revelation.
9/9/2015 12:10 AM
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