Sermons

Amos 2:4. "Thus says the Lord, for three transgressions of Judah and for four, I will not turn away its punishment." Now, let's stop to think about what kind of response this would have elicited from his listeners. He was up in Israel when he was speaking, probably at Bethel. Amos 7 suggests that. …

Amos was a man who was not afraid to say, "Hear the word of the Lord." He's been expressing a threefold woe over the people of Israel, sort of a lament, a funeral dirge, in Amos 5:16-27. "Woe to you who desire the day of the Lord," Amos 5:18. And then in Amos 6:1-2, "Woe to you who are at ease in …

"Woe to you who put far off the day of doom. Who cause the seat of violence to come near. Who lie on beds of ivory, stretch out on your couches, eat lambs from the flock and calves from the midst of the stall, who chant to the sound of stringed instruments and invent for yourselves musical …

Amos 3-6, he preached three sermons. He was looking within the hearts of the people, and he closes with a funeral dirge telling us that Samaria, Israel is going to fall. Now beginning at Amos 7 through the end of the book, Amos 9, the prophet looks ahead and he shares five visions. First he sees …

There is a vast difference between practicing religion and walking with the Lord. In fact, when you read history, you discover that many people who truly walked with the Lord were rejected by those who were religious. Certainly this was true of the prophets. Isaiah, Jeremiah were persecuted by …

It is not polite to interrupt a message, especially when God's prophet is sharing what God has told him to preach. Amaziah had been preaching about the visions God gave him, Amos 7. The vision of the locust and of the fire and of the plumb line. And the priest Amaziah could not take it any longer …

The Lord God gave to the prophet Amos five special visions of the divine judgment that was going to come on the northern kingdom, the nation of Israel. Amos 7:1-3, Amos saw the locusts coming to devour the land, and Amos cried out and said, "Oh God, don't do this. Oh that Jacob may stand, for he is …

The name Jeremiah means the Lord will lift up. And yet the prophet Jeremiah was probably the most cast down of all the Old Testament prophets. In fact, we call him the weeping prophet. Now, he had a good reason for weeping. The people of Judah were headed for destruction. Jeremiah ministered for …

Among the many gifts that God has given to His church is the Bible, the Word of God. It is the Word of God, the inspired Word of God, the inerrant Word of God. In His high priestly prayer, our Lord Jesus said, "I have given them the words that You have given to Me." The psalmist said that the Word …

Well, do you recall the early days of your Christian life when you first discovered the richness of the Bible? I certainly do. I just wanted to read my Bible and study my Bible, and I began to learn Bible verses. The folks who were guiding me in my young Christian life told me to memorize the word …