Friday, June 12, 2015
Amos 5:1-6 KJV
1 Hear ye this word which I take up against you, [even] a lamentation, O house of Israel. 2 The virgin of Israel is fallen; she shall no more rise: she is forsaken upon her land; [there is] none to raise her up. 3 For thus saith the Lord GOD; The city that went out [by] a thousand shall leave an hundred, and that which went forth [by] an hundred shall leave ten, to the house of Israel. 4 For thus saith the LORD unto the house of Israel, Seek ye me, and ye shall live: 5 But seek not Bethel, nor enter into Gilgal, and pass not to Beersheba: for Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, and Bethel shall come to nought. 6 Seek the LORD, and ye shall live; lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and devour [it], and [there be] none to quench [it] in Bethel.
OBSERVATION QUESTIONS
1) What does the Lord implore His people to hear? (v1)
2) What will become of the Lord's people? (v.2-3)
3) How will the Lord's people continue to live? (v.4)
4) What does the Lord warn His people against? (v.5)
5) What does the Lord reiterate that His people do and why? (v.6)
APPLICATION QUESTIONS
6) What, if anything, are you doing that has distanced you from the Lord?
7) How will you return to Him?
LIFE LESSONS
8) The Lord judges His people in righteousness, but He will relent when we turn from wickedness to seek His will for our lives and do it.
Saturday, September 6, 2014
Jeremiah 12:14-17
14 Thus saith the LORD against all mine evil neighbours, that touch the inheritance which I have caused my people Israel to inherit; Behold, I will pluck them out of their land, and pluck out the house of Judah from among them.
15 And it shall come to pass, after that I have plucked them out I will return, and have compassion on them, and will bring them again, every man to his heritage, and every man to his land.
16 And it shall come to pass, if they will diligently learn the ways of my people, to swear by my name, The LORD liveth; as they taught my people to swear by Baal; then shall they be built in the midst of my people.
17 But if they will not obey, I will utterly pluck up and destroy that nation, saith the LORD.
OBSERVATION QUESTIONS
1) What is the Word of the Lord to the enemies of Israel? (v.14-15)
2) What does the Lord promise to those who learn the ways of His people? (v.16)
3) What does the Lord say will happen to the nation(s) that do(es) not obey Him? (v.17)
APPLICATION QUESTIONS
4) What are believers witnessing this day concerning the enemies of Israel?
5) What will happen to those who oppose His people?
6) How does this comfort you, as a child of God?
PRINCIPLES
7) God avenges His own!
8) God is not willing that anyone perish, but that all repent.
9) God will be the final judge of every human being on this earth.
