Amos

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Amos Backwoods Prophet

• Amos 710-17
• 755 B.C. 30 yrs. Before Assyrian captivity (721
  B.C.)

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Problems He Faced

• Get attention talk about others 13-25
• Moral deterioration, 26,7
• Material prosperity, 315 63-6
• Apostasy, 521-24
• Pride and arrogance, 61

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How Did He Handle It?

• Revealed Gods message, 13,6,9,11,13 21,4,6
• Challenged them to hear, 31 41 51 716
  (Rev. 27,11,17,29 36,13,22)
• Penalty for not hearing, 811,12 (Amos
  exemplified, 712-17 cp. 1 Tim. 416 2 Tim.
  41-5)

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What Was His Message?

• Proper treatment of fellow man, 26-8
  84-6 (justice, 524 Mt. 712)
• Against abuse of wealth, 41-3,12 (1
  Tim. 617-19)
• Against procrastination, 63-8 518-21

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His Conclusion, 911-15

• Davids throne ended for Israel at division of
  kingdom
• It ended for Judah with captivity,
  Jer.2224-30
• Christ on Davids throne, Lk. 132,33 Acts
  229-31 1513-17 Rev. 321