Presents
Pamphlet 1363 Amos kc 8-1
Christians in this generation MUST learn the difference between the holy and the profane.
Presents
Pamphlet 1363 Amos kc 8-1
Christians in this generation MUST learn the difference between the holy and the profane.
We are studying the exciting book of the prophet Amos, who was among the herdman of Tekoa (which means trumpet), and whose words concern the 10 tribes of the house of Israel two years before the great earthquake in the days of Uzziah, which prophetically means in the days before the earthquake when Jesus Christ returns. Zech. 14:5 "And ye shall flee to the valley of the mountains; for the valley of the mountains shall reach unto Azal: yea, ye shall flee, like as ye fled from before the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah: and the LORD my God shall come, and all the saints with thee."
In today's study we are going to learn the same lesson we learned in Hosea (whose name means "salvation"), which is that God does not pleasure in sacrifices and offerings and religious ceremony, etc. What He wants is for His children to love Him ("agape" not just "phileo") and to Seek Him through His Word whereby they can be knowledgeable and know the difference between the holy and the profane, even Christ and antichrist, and be able to discern between the clean and the unclean, and be able to "judge according to His judgments" both civilly and ecclesiastically.
Remember in our last study we learned that God wants us to Seek Him and NOT Bethel, i.e. seek and hunger and thirst after His Word, not merely go to church and follow the traditions of men.Hosea 6:6
For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.
We now continue in the 5th chapter of Amos:
Man's ways and his traditions are simply evil for they lead to spiritual famine and social/moral pestilences and ultimately captivity and death. Christians in this generation MUST learn the difference between the holy and the profane, the good and the evil, and learn how to judge righteously (verse 15) according to His judgments, else they shall fall before antichrist and be shamed when the Lord returns, for then they will have to be taught discipline in the Millennium and face the Great White Throne Judgment at the end of this earth age.Amos 5:14
Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live: and so the LORD, the God of hosts, shall be with you, as ye have spoken.
You see, during the Millennium the Zadok, God's elect who shall execute the rod of iron of the King of kings and Lord of lords, will not only teach our people the difference between the holy and the profane and cause them to discern between them...
Ezekiel 44:23
And they shall teach my people the difference between the holy and profane, and cause them to discern between the unclean and the clean....but they shall also establish righteous judgment in the gates of the cities according to that which is good, HIS WORD!
[24] And in controversy they shall stand in judgment; and they shall judge it according to my judgments: and they shall keep my laws and my statutes in all mine assemblies; and they shall hallow my sabbaths.
To study the Bible is the noblest of all pursuits; to understand it, the highest of all goals.
We pray that with the guidance of the Holy Spirit, you accomplish both.
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