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Amos 2:4-8June 7, 2015AMOS RAILS AGAINST INJUSTICEJudgment On Israel & Judah2JUDGMENT ON ISRAEL & JUDAHAmos 2:4-8 June 7th. GOD IS NOT FOOLEDAmos 5:14-27 June 14th. REBUKED FOR SELFISHNESSAmos 6:4-14 June 21st. GOD WILL NEVER FORGETAmos 8:1-10 June 28th.ONE IN THE BOND OF LOVE3AMOSMinistered Primarily To Israel (Northern) From 760BC To 750BCBorn & Raised In Judah Near Bethlehem at TekoaTekoa Was One Of The Cities Built By Rehoboam (Son of Solomon) To Protect JerusalemShepard And/Or Worked In Sycamore-fig GroveKings:Israel Jeroboam II 793BC-753BC Judah Uzziah 792BC 740BCDominant Empire Was AssyrianCapital NinevehJonah 800BC 750BC Preached To Nineveh

AMOSPolitical Situation In IsraelWith The Defeat Of Damascus, By Assyria, Jeroboam II Had Been Able To Restore The Traditional Borders Of Israel.Both Elisha & Jonah Had Spoken About This DevelopmentEnjoying Great Prosperity As A Result Of The SecurityWith Prosperity Came Religious Complacency & Idolatry People Had Begun To Gloat Over Their New-found Power & SecurityFelt They Had A Special Place Under Gods ProtectionLooked Forward To The Day Of The LordGods Darkness Would Engulf The Other Nations, Leaving Israel To Bask In Gods Light.Morally The People Were Decaying Because They Were Losing Their Dependence On Their GodThey Were Experiencing What British Poet Oliver Goldsmith said in 1770 Where Wealth Accumulates, Men Decay.

AMOSChapter 1:2-2:3Announces Judgement On Six (6) Gentile NationsSyriaPhilistiaTyreEdomAmmonMoabChapter 2:4-5Announces Judgement On JudahChapter 2:6-8Announces Judgement On Israel

Amos 2:6-8Amos 2:4-5I have lived, Sir, a long time, and the longer I live, the more convincing proofs I see of this truth that God governs in the affairs of men

Benjamin Franklin(Constitutional Convention)Amos 2:4-5 (ESV) 4Thus says the LORD: For three transgressions of Judah, and for four, I will not revoke the punishment, because they have rejected the law of the LORD, and have not kept his statutes, but their lies have led them astray, those after which their fathers walked. 5So I will send a fire upon Judah, and it shall devour the strongholds of Jerusalem.

Judgement On The Kingdom Of Judah10Amos 2:4-5 (ESV) 4Thus says the LORD: For three transgressions of Judah, and for four, I will not revoke the punishment, because they have rejected the law of the LORD, and have not kept his statutes, but their lies have led them astray, those after which their fathers walked. 5So I will send a fire upon Judah, and it shall devour the strongholds of Jerusalem. Judgement On The Kingdom Of Judah11Amos 2:6-8 (ESV) 6Thus says the LORD: For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not revoke the punishment, because they sell the righteous for silver, and the needy for a pair of sandals 7those who trample the head of the poor into the dust of the earth and turn aside the way of the afflicted; a man and his father go in to the same girl, so that my holy name is profaned; 8they lay themselves down beside every altar on garments taken in pledge, and in the house of their God they drink the wine of those who have been fined. Judgement On The Kingdom Of Israel

12Amos 2:6-8 (ESV) 6Thus says the LORD: For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not revoke the punishment, because they sell the righteous for silver, and the needy for a pair of sandals 7those who trample the head of the poor into the dust of the earth and turn aside the way of the afflicted; a man and his father go in to the same girl, so that my holy name is profaned; 8they lay themselves down beside every altar on garments taken in pledge, and in the house of their God they drink the wine of those who have been fined. Judgement On The Kingdom Of Israel13Amos 2:4-8June 7, 2015AMOS RAILS AGAINST INJUSTICEJudgment On Israel & Judah14DISCUSSIONAmos 2:4-8June 7, 2015AMOS RAILS AGAINST INJUSTICEJudgment On Israel & Judah16181920AMOSMinistered To Primarily Israel (Northern) From 760BC To 750BCBorn & Raised In Judah Near Bethlehem at TekoaTekoa Was One Of The Cities Built By Rehoboam (Son of Solomon) To Protect JerusalemShepard And/Or Worked In Sycamore-fig GroveKings:Israel Jeroboam II 793BC-753BC Judah Uzziah 792BC 740BCDominant Empire Was AssyrianCapital NinevehJonah 800BC 750BC Preached To NinevehPolitical Situation In IsraelWith The Defeat Of Damascus, By Assyria, Jeroboam II Had Been Able To Restore The Traditional Borders Of Israel.Both Elisha & Jonah Had Spoken About This DevelopmentEnjoying Great Prosperity As A Result Of The SecurityWith Prosperity Came Religious Complacency & Idolatry People Had Begun To Gloat Over Their New-found Power & SecurityFelt They Had A Special Place Under Gods ProtectionLooked Forward To The Day Of The LordGods Darkness Would Engulf The Other Nations, Leaving Israel To Bask In His Light.