We find Amos, who was a simple shepherd and tree farmer, now called by God to speak to Israel; he was told to stop telling the truth. Amos 7:16 (NIV84): “ ‘Do not prophesy against Israel, and stop preaching against the house of Isaac.’ The problem...
I was reading through Amos this morning and was struck by the roll call of the nations being held to account. Truly, God is the judge of the whole earth. As we get to the end of the book, though justice is being levelled, there is an appeal to repent and turn back to...
“Stand firm in your faith.” “Do not fear what they fear.” Reading in Isaiah this morning, there is so much going on. Two more powerful nations plot to overtake Judah. God tells Isaiah what is going to happen. Some of the great Messianic...
In fact, He can’t bear us “worshipping” or “praying” to Him, all the while living in sin and unrepentant. The prophet Isaiah writes these words from God. He is comparing Israel to Sodom and Gomorrah and referring to His people as...
The danger of God’s blessing is that we start to think it is us and not Him. We can cross lines we are not to cross and would never consider, but now that we are full of ourselves… We see this with King Uzziah. 2 Chronicles 26:4–5 (NIV84): 4 He did...
Jonah knew God was merciful, which is why he didn’t want to go to Nineveh – they might repent and receive mercy from God. This great and terrible city had done much to hurt others and was full of wickedness, yet when Jonah came with a message from God,...
