Ministry Passages 21: Amos

Question 0

Amos 4:1

Answer 0

Social injustice = oppressing the poor

Question 1

Amos 3:6b

Answer 1

GOD SOVEREIGN OVER CALAMITY

If a calamity occurs in a city has not the Lord done it?

Question 2

Amos 5:10-12

Answer 2

Social injustice = oppressing honest judges, taking bribes

Question 3

Amos 5:24

Answer 3

Social injustice is inseparable from righteous living

Question 4

Amos 8:11-12

Answer 4

A FAMINE FOR THE WORD

“Behold, days are coming,” declares the Lord God, “when I will send a famine on the land, not a famine for bread or a thirst for water, but rather for hearing the words of the Lord. 12And people will stagger from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east; they will go to and fro to seek the word of the Lord, but they will not find it.”

Question 5

Amos 9:8

Answer 5

NOT TOTALLY DESTROY ISRAEL

“The eyes of the Lord God are on the sinful kingdom, and I will destroy it from the face of the earth; nevertheless, I will not totally destroy the house of Jacob,” declares the Lord.

Question 6

Amos 9:11-15

Answer 6

FUTURE HOPE OF RESTORATION

“14I will restore the captivity of my people Israel, and they will rebuild the ruined cities and live in them, they will also plant vineyards and drink their wine, and make gardens and eat their fruit. 15I will also plant them on their land, and they will not again be rooted out from their land which I have given them,” says the Lord your God