country come to town. i. god gives us many chances to repent, then judgment

COUNTRY COME TO TOWN

I. GOD GIVES US MANY CHANCES TO REPENT,

THEN JUDGMENT.

Amos 4:4-5 “Go to Bethel and sin; go to Gilgal and sin yet more. Bring your

sacrifices every morning, your tithes every three years. Burn leavened

bread as a thank offering

and brag about your freewill offerings-- boast about them, you Israelites, for this is what you love to

do," declares the Sovereign Lord.”

Amos 5:21-23-“"I hate, I despise your religious feasts; I cannot stand

your assemblies. Even though you bring me

burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept

them. Though you bring choice fellowship

offerings, I will have no regard for them. Away with the noise of your

songs! I will not listen to the music of your harps.”

II. JUDGE YOUR LIFE BY GOD’S PLUMBLINE

BEFORE IT’S TOO LATE.

Amos 7:7-9-“This is what he showed me: The Lord was standing by a wall that had been built true to plumb, with a plumb

line in his hand. And the Lord asked me, ‘What do

you see, Amos?’ ‘A plumb line,’ I replied. Then the Lord said, ‘Look, I am setting a

plumb line among my people Israel; I will spare

them no longer. The

high places of Isaac will be destroyed and the sanctuaries of Israel

will be ruined; with my sword I will rise against

the house of Jeroboam.’”

Would He find a lack of love for the

unfortunate?

Would he find greed in our heart that causes us to spend all that we have

only on ourselves and not on anything that He wants

us to be involved with?

Would he find impure thoughts or actions in

our sexual lives?

Would He find that we put many other things in top

priority over what His desires are for our lives?

Would he find a passion to follow His

call on our lives?

Would He find a passion to seek Him?

Would He find a passion to do good?

Would He find sincere worship?

What would God find if He came to you in judgment today?

III. LISTEN TO GOD’S WORD TO LEARN WHAT

TO DO.

God does not deserve to be ignored and forgotten by you.

Seek God that you may live!

Amos 5:4-“This is what the Lord says to the

house of Israel: ‘Seek me and live’”.

Seek good and not evil so that you may live. 5:14-“ Seek good, not evil, that you may live. Then the Lord God Almighty will be with you, just as you

say he is.”

Look forward to the Lord’s Restoration in

your life! Amos 9:14-15 “I will bring

back my exiled people Israel; they will rebuild

the ruined cities and live

in them. They will plant vineyards and drink their

wine; they will make gardens and eat their

fruit. I will plant Israel in

their own land, never again to be uprooted

from the land I have given them."