Introduction: The book of Amos contains the prophecy of Amos, a shepherd and sycamore fig farmer, concerning the coming judgment of God upon Israel and neighboring nations.
Amos 1:1 — A prophet, to whom God shows coming things, to be shared prior to their occurrence with both commoners and kings, may be a common man, from a common place, with a common occupation.
God uses ordinary people in extraordinary ways.
Amos 1:2 — Like the lion who roars to paralyze his prey with fear, the roar of God's judgment is more fearful than the ferocious roar of wild beast to shepherds or a flash of lightning upon the top of Mount Carmel.
Many believe in a meowing god who purrs at sin rather than the God of the Bible whose petrifying judgment roars out against it.
Amos 3:7 — God will do nothing until He informs His prophets, who He has called to inform His people. Although people may ignore God's prophets, the prophets leave the people without excuse, having forewarned them of all that is to befall them.
Amos 5:7 — When justice is twisted into the bitter gall of injustice right is buried by wrong in the earth.
"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere." (Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.)
Amos 5:10-13 — When justice and truth are held to be revolting and the land is rife with corruption, the prudent are rendered silent by the risk of suffering persecution for speaking out in protest.
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