Source: http://ift.tt/2zpQjSO Today: [Amos 4] God Champions the Cause of the Impoverished. In this chapter Amos by the word of the Lord reproves the northern kingdom for its abusive policies toward the poor. In our own United States there is much ado about the plight of the poor yet genuine relief seems never to actually […]
READ MORE Source: http://ift.tt/2hLNlAy Today: [Amos 3] How Does God Punish? Does God destroy, devastate and rain calamity down upon us when we are disobedient? Does God create “designer hells” for us to go through in order to accomplish His will in our lives? Does God ever hate us? Or does He love us so much at […]
READ MORE Morning Light – Amos 2 Today: [Amos 2] What Brings Downturn? In this chapter, the prophet brings God’s word concerning Moab, Judah and Israel. In each of these nation’s case they were reproved for taking actions that in the situation at hand may have seemed unavoidable. Yet for all the justifications for why certain disobediences […]
READ MORE Morning Light – Amos 1 Today: [Amos 1] Introduction to Amos. The prophet Amos was a contemporary of Isaiah. Unlike the aristocratic Isaiah who lived a privileged life, Amos was a humble herdsman, but God spoke through him to kings and to nations regarding the heart of God and the hand of God moving in […]
READ MORE Morning Light – Joel 3 Today: [Joel 3] The Final Adjudication of Mankind. After the outpouring of the Spirit of God described in chapter 2, Joel prophesies the ultimate adjudication of the nations of men by those that God has ordained to sit and judge the timeline of man at the conclusion of humanity. Eternity […]
READ MORE Morning Light – Joel 02 Today: [Joel 2] Blow the Trumpet for a Great Outpouring. In Joel 2 the prophet declares the coming of an army greater than anything man could ever muster. It is not the army of the enemy, but the army of God that lays hold of and experiences fullness in God […]
READ MORE Morning Light – Joel 01 Today: [Joel 1] When Gnawing Problems Overwhelm Us. We come to the study of Joel as being written at a time of great natural disaster. Plagues of insects had overrun the nation and the prophet calls the people to awaken out of the stupor of worry and fear to once […]
READ MORE Morning Light – Hosea 14</a Today: [Hosea 14] God’s Final Appeal to Israel. In this last chapter of the book of Hosea the Father cries out with deep compassion to a backslidden people. The term “backslide” is one that has lost its meaning which is discussed in our study as we read the declaration […]
READ MORE Morning Light – Hosea 13 Today: [Hosea 13] Does God Collude with His Last Enemy. In 1 Cor. 15:26 we read that the last enemy to be overcome is death. In Hosea 13 the Father declares that the rebellious northern kingdom will suffer and die not because it is His will, but because they have […]
READ MORE Morning Light – Hosea 12 Today: [Hosea 12] Correction Under Pressure. In chapter 12 of Hosea the prophet brings stern correction against the deceitful ways of the people of God. This is interesting timing because the entire nation of Samaria is under maximum pressure by the invading Assyrians. Looking at ourselves we can ask the […]
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