country come to town. i. god gives us many chances to repent, then judgment
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COUNTRY COME TO TOWN
I. GOD GIVES US MANY CHANCES TO REPENT,
THEN JUDGMENT.
Amos 4:4-5 “Go to Bethel and sin; go to Gilgal and sin yet more. Bring your
sacrifices every morning, your tithes every three years. Burn leavened
bread as a thank offering
and brag about your freewill offerings-- boast about them, you Israelites, for this is what you love to
do," declares the Sovereign Lord.”
Amos 5:21-23-“"I hate, I despise your religious feasts; I cannot stand
your assemblies. Even though you bring me
burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept
them. Though you bring choice fellowship
offerings, I will have no regard for them. Away with the noise of your
songs! I will not listen to the music of your harps.”
II. JUDGE YOUR LIFE BY GOD’S PLUMBLINE
BEFORE IT’S TOO LATE.
Amos 7:7-9-“This is what he showed me: The Lord was standing by a wall that had been built true to plumb, with a plumb
line in his hand. And the Lord asked me, ‘What do
you see, Amos?’ ‘A plumb line,’ I replied. Then the Lord said, ‘Look, I am setting a
plumb line among my people Israel; I will spare
them no longer. The
high places of Isaac will be destroyed and the sanctuaries of Israel
will be ruined; with my sword I will rise against
the house of Jeroboam.’”
Would He find a lack of love for the
unfortunate?
Would he find greed in our heart that causes us to spend all that we have
only on ourselves and not on anything that He wants
us to be involved with?
Would he find impure thoughts or actions in
our sexual lives?
Would He find that we put many other things in top
priority over what His desires are for our lives?
Would he find a passion to follow His
call on our lives?
Would He find a passion to seek Him?
Would He find a passion to do good?
Would He find sincere worship?
What would God find if He came to you in judgment today?
III. LISTEN TO GOD’S WORD TO LEARN WHAT
TO DO.
God does not deserve to be ignored and forgotten by you.
Seek God that you may live!
Amos 5:4-“This is what the Lord says to the
house of Israel: ‘Seek me and live’”.
Seek good and not evil so that you may live. 5:14-“ Seek good, not evil, that you may live. Then the Lord God Almighty will be with you, just as you
say he is.”
Look forward to the Lord’s Restoration in
your life! Amos 9:14-15 “I will bring
back my exiled people Israel; they will rebuild
the ruined cities and live
in them. They will plant vineyards and drink their
wine; they will make gardens and eat their
fruit. I will plant Israel in
their own land, never again to be uprooted
from the land I have given them."