Amos God's Roar for Justice and Mercy Series
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There is an old saying, "Out of the Frying Pan and Into the Fire. In this message on Amos 5:18-27, we will see that the Northern Kingdom of Israel was longing for the "Day of the LORD". They were convinced that God would deliver them from all their enemies on this great day. What they failed to realize was that they were on the wrong side of God's Day. It is a Great and Terrible Day, and they were on the terrible side of God's wrath. God has established a Day of Christ. It is a great day for the people of God, a day we can experience when we turn from our sin and find forgiveness and a satisfying of God's wrath. Don't get caught on the Terrible Side of human history.
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Amos God's Roar for Justice and Mercy Series
- 1. Amos God’s Roar for Justice and Mercy
- 2. Amos God’s Roar for Justice and Mercy Series Outline •In the Crosshairs •Redeemer’s Remorse •The Lion Roars •Prepare to Meet Your God •Seek the Lord and Live •Out of the frying pan •Living in the Big Easy •Plumb Line •Basket of Deplorables •Shaken and Rebuilt
- 3. Amos God’s Roar for Justice and Mercy First Point Be careful what you wish for!
- 4. Amos God’s Roar for Justice and Mercy Amos 5:18-20 What is the Day of the LORD?
- 5. Amos God’s Roar for Justice and Mercy Out of the frying pan and into the fire!
- 6. Amos God’s Roar for Justice and Mercy The Day of the Lord •A day of vindication and reward. •A day of cosmic disturbance. •A day of judgment and reckoning. •A day of decision.
- 7. Amos God’s Roar for Justice and Mercy The Day of Christ – Phil. 1:6 For I am confident of this very thing, that He who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Christ Jesus.
- 8. Amos God’s Roar for Justice and Mercy Second Point Be careful how and what you worship!
- 9. Amos God’s Roar for Justice and Mercy Amos 5:21-23 God despises lifeless liturgy
- 10. 1 Sam. 15:22 22 And Samuel said, “Has the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to listen than the fat of rams.
- 11. Isaiah 1 13Bring no more vain offerings; incense is an abomination to me. New moon and Sabbath and the calling of convocations— I cannot endure iniquity and solemn assembly…
- 12. Amos God’s Roar for Justice and Mercy Amos 5:25-27 God despises false religion
- 13. Sikkuth, Kiyyn and Molech 26 You shall take up Sikkuth your king, and Kiyyun your star-god—your images that you made for yourselves… (ESV) 26 But ye have borne the tabernacle of your Moloch and Chiun your images, the star of your god, which ye made to yourselves. (KJV)
- 14. Amos God’s Roar for Justice and Mercy Third Point Be careful what you live for!
- 15. Amos God’s Roar for Justice and Mercy But let justice roll down like waters, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream. Amos 5:24
- 16. Amos God’s Roar for Justice and Mercy Some practical steps… •Be aware of the injustices around you!
- 17. Amos God’s Roar for Justice and Mercy Some practical steps… •Be aware of the injustices around you! •Be motivated to do more than just feel bad!
- 18. Amos God’s Roar for Justice and Mercy Some practical steps… •Be aware of the injustices around you! •Be motivated to do more than just feel bad! •Be an “ever-flowing” stream, not just a drop in the bucket!
- 19. Amos God’s Roar for Justice and Mercy
Editor's Notes
- First Point Be careful what you wish for! Wishing I was on Medicare. Wishing away 8 years....wishing away 10% of my life. Wishing away relatively healthy and productive years.
- Amos 5:18-20 18 Woe to you who desire the day of the Lord! Why would you have the day of the Lord? It is darkness, and not light, 19 as if a man fled from a lion, and a bear met him, or went into the house and leaned his hand against the wall, and a serpent bit him. 20 Is not the day of the Lord darkness, and not light, and gloom with no brightness in it?
- Out of the frying pan and into the fire!
- The Day of the LORD is a day of vindication and reward! (Joel 3:18-20) 18 "And in that day the mountains shall drip sweet wine, and the hills shall flow with milk, and all the streambeds of Judah shall flow with water; and a fountain shall come forth from the house of the LORD and water the Valley of Shittim. 19 "Egypt shall become a desolation and Edom a desolate wilderness, for the violence done to the people of Judah, because they have shed innocent blood in their land. 20 But Judah shall be inhabited forever, and Jerusalem to all generations. The Day of the LORD is a day of cosmic disturbance! (Joel 2:30) 30 I will show wonders in the heavens and on the earth, blood and fire and billows of smoke. 31 The sun will be turned to darkness and the moon to blood before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD. The Day of the LORD is a day of judgment and reckoning (Isa. 13:6-7) 6 Wail, for the day of the LORD is near; as destruction from the Almighty it will come! 7 Therefore all hands will be feeble, and every human heart will melt. The Day of the Lord is a day of decision! (Joel 3:14) Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! For the day of the Lord is near in the valley of decision.
- Second Point Be careful how and what you worship!
- Amos 5:21-23 God despises lifeless liturgy 21 “I hate, I despise your feasts, and I take no delight in your solemn assemblies. 22 Even though you offer me your burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them; and the peace offerings of your fattened animals, I will not look upon them. 23 Take away from me the noise of your songs; to the melody of your harps I will not listen.
- 1 Sam. 15:22 22 And Samuel said, “Has the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to listen than the fat of rams.
- Isaiah 1 Bring no more vain offerings; incense is an abomination to me. New moon and Sabbath and the calling of convocations— I cannot endure iniquity and solemn assembly. 14 Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hates; they have become a burden to me; I am weary of bearing them. 15 When you spread out your hands, I will hide my eyes from you; even though you make many prayers, I will not listen; your hands are full of blood.
- Amos 5:25-27 God despises false religion 25 “Did you bring to me sacrifices and offerings during the forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel? 26 You shall take up Sikkuth your king, and Kiyyun your star-god—your images that you made for yourselves, 27 and I will send you into exile beyond Damascus,” says the Lord, whose name is the God of hosts.
- 26 You shall take up Sikkuth your king, and Kiyyun your star-god—your images that you made for yourselves… (ESV) 26 But ye have borne the tabernacle of your Moloch and Chiun your images, the star of your god, which ye made to yourselves. (KJV) Bottom line: Kiyyun was likely an Assyrian god Kaiwanuconnected with the planet Saturn. I lean towards the King James rendering of this verse, in which case Molech is a common name for the chief pagan deities. In Hebrew, the consonants are the same as those for “king” Amos uses the Assyrian names. But he references idols from Egypt, yet does not use the Egyptian names. This has stumped Bible scholars. I thought long and hard about this and came to the conclusion that he is establishing a long track record of false religion. He is basically saying, you carried pagan deities out of “Egypt and then you came into Canaan and worshipped Canaanite gods, and now some of you, out of your hope to avoid being conquered by Assyria, are worshipping Assyrian gods. The one thing you do not do is seek the true God of heaven!
- Third Point
- Amos 5:24 But let justice roll down like waters, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream. Isaiah 1 16 Wash yourselves; make yourselves clean; remove the evil of your deeds from before my eyes; cease to do evil, 17 learn to do good; seek justice, correct oppression; bring justice to the fatherless, plead the widow's cause.
- Some practical steps: Be aware of the injustices around you! Tell story of little boy and Chinese restaurant. “She’s not my grandma… she’s my aunt… My Daddy hurt me.”
- Be motivated to do more than just feel bad! The challenge of the evening news is that we see so much more than we can respond to. The temptation before us is to stop at feeling bad. The opportunity before us is to do SOMETHING.
- Be an “ever-flowing” stream, not just a drop in the bucket!