Judgment is Surely Coming

Friday, June 5, 2015
Amos 4:1-6 KJV 

1 Hear this word, ye kine of Bashan, that [are] in the mountain of Samaria, which oppress the poor, which crush the needy, which say to their masters, Bring, and let us drink. 2 The Lord GOD hath sworn by his holiness, that, lo, the days shall come upon you, that he will take you away with hooks, and your posterity with fishhooks. 3 And ye shall go out at the breaches, every [cow at that which is] before her; and ye shall cast [them] into the palace, saith the LORD. 4 Come to Bethel, and transgress; at Gilgal multiply transgression; and bring your sacrifices every morning, [and] your tithes after three years: 5 And offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving with leaven, and proclaim [and] publish the free offerings: for this liketh you, O ye children of Israel, saith the Lord GOD. 6 And I also have given you cleanness of teeth in all your cities, and want of bread in all your places: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD.

OBSERVATION QUESTIONS
1) Who is to hear the word of the Lord in this passage and what are the hearers to bring? (v.1)
2) What has the Lord God sworn? (v.2-3)
3) What does the Lord God encourage His rebellious children to continue to doing? (v.4-5)
4) What had the Lord allowed His people to go through and how did they respond to Him? (v.6)

APPLICATION QUESTIONS
5) Have you and/or the members of your church family oppressed the poor and needy or otherwise been disobedient to the Lord?
6) Has this nation oppressed the poor and needy or otherwise been disobedient to the Lord?

LIFE LESSONS
7) The Lord God will judge us as individuals, as a church family, and/or as a nation when we do not place Him first in our lives.