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*WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY *
AMOS 7:7-7:9 (NIV, NIRV, TNIV, KJV)
WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY?
\\ \\ THERE ARE MANY TIMES IN OUR LIVES WHEN WE MAKE DECISIONS AND CHOICES.
WE CHOOSE WHAT KIND OF FRIENDS WE'RE GOING TO HANG AROUND WITH.
WE CHOOSE THE TYPE OF FOOD WE ARE GOING TO EAT.
WE MAKE DECISIONS ABOUT DAYCARE AND SCHOOLS
AND JOBS.
WE CHOOSE WHAT TO WEAR WHEN WE GET UP IN THE MORNING
AND WE CHOOSE
WHAT OUR ATTITUDE IS AT ANY MOMENT IN OUR LIVES.
WE CHOOSE WHETHER WE'RE GOING TO DO DRUGS,
STAY UP LATE,
HURT OTHER PEOPLE,
OR EVEN HURT OURSELVES.
WE CHOOSE WHETHER TO MAKE A MESS
OR MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
WE CHOOSE WHETHER TO BE A FOLLOWER
OR A LEADER.
WE CHOOSE TO BE ONE WHO TEARS DOWN WITH GOSSIP
OR THE ONE WHO BUILDS UP WITH ENCOURAGEMENT.
WE CHOOSE TO BE A HINDRANCE
OR TO BE A HELP. \\ \\
EVERY DAY OF OUR LIVES,
WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO CHOOSE HOW WE'RE GOING TO RESPOND.
AT WORK, AT HOME AND EVEN AT CHURCH.
*BUT AS BELIEVERS IN CHRIST; WE HAVE HELP!!!*
WE HAVE GOD'S GUIDANCE
TO HELP US CHOOSE.
THE QUESTION IS...
ARE WE GOING TO CHOOSE GOD'S WISDOM OR NOT
*THE MAN OF TODAY IS AMOS.*
AMOS WAS A SHEPHERD FROM TEKOA.
/(HOW MANY KNOW WHERE TEKOA IS?)/
TEKOA WAS A HARSH WILDERNESS AREA SOUTH OF JUDAH.
AMOS WAS CALLED BY GOD TO SPEAK GOD’S PROPHETIC WORD TO THE PEOPLE OF NORTHERN ISRAEL.
/(NORTHERN ISRAEL AND SOUTHERN JUDAH WERE A LONG WAY FROM EACH OTHER)/
/(AND AMOS WAS A LONG WAY FROM THE SOCIAL POSITION OF THE PEOPLE HE WAS SENT TO PROPHESY TO.)/
SHEPHERDS WERE VERY LOW ON THE SOCIAL LADDER.
THEY WERE LOOKED ON WITH DISDANE.
AMOS WAS A LOWER CLASS BLUE-COLLAR WORKER
BEING SENT TO A WHITE-COLLAR SOCIETY.
HE KNEW WHAT IT WAS TO HAVE DIRT UNDER HIS FINGERNAILS.
HE KNEW WHAT IT WAS TO BE SWEATY AND DIRTY,
AND SMELLY.
/(YOU DO KNOW THAT SHEEP DON'T SMELL VERY GOOD.
DON'T YOU)/
AND AMOS LIVED WITH THE SHEEP.
AND HE KNEW THAT GOING INTO NORTHERN ISRAEL WAS GOING TO BE A BIG CHALLENGE.
THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL HAD STRAYED
A LONG WAY FROM GOD.
THE PEOPLE WERE LIVING UNDER THE RULE OF KING JEROBOAM.
THE BIBLE TELLS US IN *2 KINGS 14:24* THAT JEROBOAM
*“DID WHAT WAS EVIL IN THE SIGHT OF THE LORD…” *
*/TALK ABOUT JEROBOAM AND REHOBOAM AND SOLOMON./*
JEROBOAM WAS OUT TO BUILD HIS KINGDOM
AND HE WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL AT IT.
UNDER HIS 41-YEAR REIGN, NORTHERN ISRAEL EXPANDED
AND BROUGHT MAJOR PROSPERITY TO ISRAEL,
ESPECIALLY TO THE MAJOR CITIES.
A NEW CLASS OF WEALTHY PEOPLE
CAME INTO BEING
THERE WAS A BOOM IN AGRICULTURE
AND TRADE THAT TOOK PLACE.
BUT, AS IS OFTEN THE CASE,
AS THE RICH GOT RICHER, THE POOR GOT POORER.
THERE WERE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC ABUSES,
THERE WAS BAAL WORSHIP,
AND THIS PROVOKED GOD
TO BRING SHARP JUDGMENT ON HIS PEOPLE IN ISRAEL.
ALTHOUGH THE COUNTRY WAS FINANCIALLY PROSPEROUS,
THE COUNTRY WAS SPIRITUALLY BANKRUPT.
SOUND FAMILIAR?
\\ THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE BOOK OF AMOS,
GOD SHOWS AMOS ALL THE ILLS OF HIS PEOPLE.
GOD REVEALS THE JUDGMENT THAT'S GOING TO COME
ON THE PEOPLE WHO DO NOT TURN FROM THEIR SIN.
IN CHAPTER 5, GOD SAYS TO THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL,
*“SEEK ME AND LIVE; DO NOT SEEK BETHEL…FOR BETHEL WILL BE REDUCED TO NOTHING”.*
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NOW IN THE PAST BETHEL HAD BEEN A PLACE TO WORSHIP GOD.
ABRAHAM BUILT AN ALTER TO WORSHIP GOD AT BETHEL.
JACOB HAD BUILT AN ALTER TO WORSHIP GOD AT BETHEL.
* *
*BUT NOW...*
BAAL WORSHIP WAS PROMINENT IN BETHEL
THIS WAS WHERE JEROBOAM
HAD PLACED ONE OF THE GOLDEN CALFS.
THUS CAUSING ISRAEL TO SIN.
YOU SEE, JEROBOAM DIDN'T WANT THE PEOPLE GOING DOWN TO JUDAH TO WORSHIP,
SO HE PUT A GOLDEN CALF IN DAN,
THE NORTHERN MOST TOWN IN ISRAEL.
AND HE PUT ANOTHER GOLDEN CALF IN THE SOUTHERN MOST TOWN OF BETHEL.
BY DOING THIS JEROBOAM ESTABLISHED A RELIGION
THAT WOULD APPEASE HIS PEOPLE
AND EFFECTIVELY KEEP ISRAEL FROM REUNITING WITH JUDAH.
AND SO BAAL WORSHIP BECAME POPULAR THROUGHOUT ALL OF ISRAEL.
IT ALLOWED FOR PERVERSE ACTS TO BE PERFORMED.
IT DIDN'T CALL FOR THE PEOPLE TO BE ACCOUNTABLE
TO ANYONE BUT THEMSELVES.
IT WAS ACCEPTING OF EVERYTHING,
AND IT LACKED CONVICTION;
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