Sometimes we get glimpses of God in unexpected places in the Bible. Today, we finish our reading in the last few chapters of Amos, heavy with warnings of coming judgment and wrath, we are given a portrait of God. Just WHO is this God? For behold, he who forms the mountains and creates the wind, … More A portrait of God in Amos’ prophecy
December 11 Amos 7-9 (ESV) Warning Visions 7:1 This is what the Lord God showed me: behold, he was forming locusts when the latter growth was just beginning to sprout, and behold, it was the latter growth after the king’s mowings. 2 When they had finished eating the grass of the land, I said, “O Lord God, … More December 11 Amos 7-9
Seek the Lord and live… He who made the Pleiades and Orion, and turns deep darkness into the morning and darkens the day into night, who calls for the waters of the sea and pours them out on the surface of the earth, the Lord is his name; Amos 5:4,6,8 As we come to Amos … More Seek the Lord and live…
December 10 Amos 5-6 (ESV) Seek the Lord and Live 5:1 Hear this word that I take up over you in lamentation, O house of Israel: 2 “Fallen, no more to rise, is the virgin Israel; forsaken on her land, with none to raise her up.” 3 For thus says the Lord God: “The city that went out … More December 10 Amos 5-6
Today we come to Amos 3-4 in our Bible reading plan. Here is John Piper, in a sermon from Amos 4:4-13, “Prepare to Meet Your God” In verses 6–11 Amos is done with irony. He reminds the people that God has shouted the truth of his reality to them in five striking ways that they … More 5 Times Blocked
December 9 Amos 3-4 (ESV) Israel’s Guilt and Punishment 3:1 Hear this word that the Lord has spoken against you, O people of Israel, against the whole family that I brought up out of the land of Egypt: 2 “You only have I known of all the families of the earth; therefore I will punish you for … More December 9 Amos 3-4
Today we come to Amos 1-2 in our Bible reading plan. “Behold, I am pressed under you, as a cart is pressed that is full of sheaves.” (Amos 2:13, KJV) “Behold, I will press you down in your place, as a cart full of sheaves presses down. (Amos 2:13, ESV) As I read commentaries on … More Crushing load
December 8 Amos 1-2 (ESV) 1:1 The words of Amos, who was among the shepherds [1] of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel, two years [2] before the earthquake. Judgment on Israel’s Neighbors 2 And he said: “The … More December 8 Amos 1-2
Sometimes we get glimpses of God in unexpected places in the Bible. Today, we finish our reading in the last few chapters of Amos, heavy with warnings of coming judgment and wrath, we are given a portrait of God. Just WHO is this God? For behold, he who forms the mountains and creates the wind, … More A portrait of God in Amos’ prophecy
Seek the Lord and live… He who made the Pleiades and Orion, and turns deep darkness into the morning and darkens the day into night, who calls for the waters of the sea and pours them out on the surface of the earth, the Lord is his name; Amos 5:4,6,8 Charles H Spurgeon, in a … More Seek the Lord and live…
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