PREPARE TO MEET YOUR GOD

Key Verse: Amos 4:12

"Therefore this is what I will do to you, Israel, and because I will do this to you, prepare to meet your God, O Israel."

Read Amos 1:1-2. The Scripture says that Uzziah had leprosy until the day he died. (2Ch 26:21) How did he contract this disease? (2Ch 26:16) What does the Bible say about the way for sinners to come to God for life (not for disaster)? (John 3:18; Acts 4:12; Luke 5:12)

Skim through Amos Chapters 1-9 and think about all the nations under God's wrath. Amos 9:8 reads, "Surely the eyes of the Sovereign LORD are on the sinful kingdom. I will destroy it from the face of the earth--yet I will not totally destroy the house of Jacob," declares the LORD." What does "the house of Jacob" refer to? (2:10; 3:1; Gen 27:9)

Amos 9:8 says that the Lord will "not" totally destroy the house of Jacob. Why? (4:12; 5:4; 2Ti 2:19) 

Read 9:11-15. What does "tent" [as in David's fallen tent] refer to? What do the following words have in common: reaper; plowman; planter; grapes; new wine; vineyards; gardens; and fruit? What is the present status of the prophecy described in v. 11? (Acts 15:16)

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