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182. Witnesses against Guilty Israel 1. Today's Passage: Amos 3:1-15 Get to know your bible. It will become a good friend. Or find the passage NASB version on Bible Gateway here. You can search for other versions there as well. Versions even in foreign languages. Or, for your convenience I have typed the verses below from the New Living Testament (NLT). (An Aside: Amos, an older contemporary of Hosea and Isaiah, around 750BC. Amos is the first biblical prophetic book written.) 1. Listen to this message that the LORD has spoken against you, O people of Israel and Judah⏤against the entire family I rescued from Egypt. 2."From among all the families on the earth, I have been intimate with you alone. That is why I must punish you for all your sins." 3. Can two people walk together without agreeing on the direction? 4. Does a lion ever roar in a thicket without first finding a victim? Does a young lion growl in its den without first catching its prey? 5. Does a bird ever get caught in a trap that has no bait? Does a trap spring shut when there's nothing to catch? 6. When the ram's horn blows a warning, shouldn't the people be alarmed? Does disaster come to a city unless the LORD has planned it? 7. Indeed, the Sovereign LORD never does anything until he reveals his plans to his servants and prophets. 8. The lion has roared ⏤so who isn't frightened? The Sovereign LORD has spoken ⏤ so who can refuse to proclaim his message? 9, Announce this to the leaders of Philistia and to the great ones of Egypt; "Take your seats now on the hills around Samaria, and witness the chaos and oppression in Israel." 10. "My people have forgotten how to do right," says the LORD. "Their fortresses are filled with wealth taken by theft and violence. 11. Therefore," says the Sovereign LORD, "an enemy is coming! He will surround them and shatter their defenses. Then he will plunder all their fortresses." 12. This is what the LORD says: "A shepherd who tries to rescue a sheep from a lion's mouth will recover only two legs or a piece of an ear. So it will be for the Israelites in Samaria lying on luxurious beds, and for the people of Damascus reclining on couches. 13. "Now listen to this and announce it throughout all Israel," says the LORD, the LORD GOD of Heaven's Armies. 14. "On the very day I punish Israel for its sins, I will destroy the pagan altars at Bethel. The horns of the altar will be cut off and fall to the ground 15. And I will destroy the beautiful homes of the wealthy⏤ their winter mansion and their summer houses, too⏤ All their places filled with ivory." says the LORD. Amos 3:1-15 NLT 2. 14th strategy. Instructions Given
3. Thank you LORD for these warnings from Amos. Thank you for reminding us that putting any idol before you will lead to destruction. We desire to learn from Israel's mistakes. We desire to learn from our own. Prepare our hearts today to be present with You. Prepare our day to see Your hand and hear Your voice. In your name we pray Jehoshua Amen. 4. Please leave your name and your last initial in the comments below. We are here to glorify God. Thank you for being here. And I'll be back here again tomorrow. I hope that you will be too. :) ~Robyn Be blessed in this day, Robyn and Biff RR&BC,LLC©2016 Problems? Please contact Biff at rrandbc@readthebiblewithrobyncox.com Want fewer emails? Or, to unsubscribe? Feel free at anytime. Simply write Fewer Emails or Unsubscribe on the subject line of an email: rrandbc@readthebiblewithrobyncox.com RR&BC, LLC©2016 All writing is protected under copyright laws. NO COPYING ALLOWED on private membership page. Scripture quotations marked NLT are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation,copyright©1996,2004.Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved
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robyn c
7/24/2017 12:30:36 am
What a hard passage - again - I say HARD.
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Cheryl C
7/24/2017 08:40:36 am
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Biff C
7/24/2017 10:53:55 am
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