Sunday September 8, 2013

Amos' Vision of the Plumbline Amos 7:7   Thus he shewed me: and, behold, the Lord stood upon

a wall made by a plumbline, with a plumbline in his hand.

The Literal Meaning of the Amos' Vision

Amos 7:7    Thus he shewed me: and, behold, the Lord

stood upon a wall made by a plumbline, with a plumbline

in his hand.

Matthew 7:26-27 1 Corinthians 3:13-17 Genesis 11:4-8 Nehemiah 4:3-6 Lamentations 3:37

The Implication of Amos' Vision for Israel

Amos7:8    ...Then said the Lord, Behold, I will set a plumbline in the midst of my people Israel: I will not

again pass by them any more:

Hosea 11:1-4; 7-9 Deuteronomy 7:6; 30:15 Joshua 24:20 Amos 7:7-9; 3:2 Jeremiah 3:2 Isaiah 5

The Application of Amos' Vision to the Church

For the time is come that judgement must begin in the house of

God. 1 Peter 4:17-18 Luke 12:47-48 John 15:1-6 James 1:21-25 Romans 2:11-17 Luke 13:6-9