Homerton Baptist Church
Evening Service (260222)

      • Amos 1:1–2ESV

  • Hymn 258 - Great is thy faithfulness, O God my Father

      • John 7:25–31ESV

      • Ruth 2:14–23ESV

  • Hymn 136 - Give to our God immortal praise

      • Amos 1:1–2ESV

  • Order of Service

    Welcome

    Prayer

    Hymn - GREAT IS THY FAITHFULNESS (258) - THE BOOK OF PSALMS FOR SINGING 1975; REVISED HELEN OTTE 1985

    Notices

    Prayer Meeting - 7:30pm Wed
    Friday 7pm - Online
    Sunday Morning 11am & 6pm
    Tithes & Offerings - £

    Main Prayer

    Hymn - GIVE TO OUR GOD IMMORTAL PRAISE (136) - ISAAC WATTS 1674-1748

    Reading

    Amos 1:1–2:3 ESV
    The words of Amos, who was among the shepherds of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel, two years before the earthquake. And he said: “The Lord roars from Zion and utters his voice from Jerusalem; the pastures of the shepherds mourn, and the top of Carmel withers.” Thus says the Lord: “For three transgressions of Damascus, and for four, I will not revoke the punishment, because they have threshed Gilead with threshing sledges of iron. So I will send a fire upon the house of Hazael, and it shall devour the strongholds of Ben-hadad. I will break the gate-bar of Damascus, and cut off the inhabitants from the Valley of Aven, and him who holds the scepter from Beth-eden; and the people of Syria shall go into exile to Kir,” says the Lord. Thus says the Lord: “For three transgressions of Gaza, and for four, I will not revoke the punishment, because they carried into exile a whole people to deliver them up to Edom. So I will send a fire upon the wall of Gaza, and it shall devour her strongholds. I will cut off the inhabitants from Ashdod, and him who holds the scepter from Ashkelon; I will turn my hand against Ekron, and the remnant of the Philistines shall perish,” says the Lord God. Thus says the Lord: “For three transgressions of Tyre, and for four, I will not revoke the punishment, because they delivered up a whole people to Edom, and did not remember the covenant of brotherhood. So I will send a fire upon the wall of Tyre, and it shall devour her strongholds.” Thus says the Lord: “For three transgressions of Edom, and for four, I will not revoke the punishment, because he pursued his brother with the sword and cast off all pity, and his anger tore perpetually, and he kept his wrath forever. So I will send a fire upon Teman, and it shall devour the strongholds of Bozrah.” Thus says the Lord: “For three transgressions of the Ammonites, and for four, I will not revoke the punishment, because they have ripped open pregnant women in Gilead, that they might enlarge their border. So I will kindle a fire in the wall of Rabbah, and it shall devour her strongholds, with shouting on the day of battle, with a tempest in the day of the whirlwind; and their king shall go into exile, he and his princes together,” says the Lord. Thus says the Lord: “For three transgressions of Moab, and for four, I will not revoke the punishment, because he burned to lime the bones of the king of Edom. So I will send a fire upon Moab, and it shall devour the strongholds of Kerioth, and Moab shall die amid uproar, amid shouting and the sound of the trumpet; I will cut off the ruler from its midst, and will kill all its princes with him,” says the Lord.

    Sermon

    Amos 1:1 ESV
    The words of Amos, who was among the shepherds of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel, two years before the earthquake.
    “Words of Amos”
    What follows makes it clear that his message was divinely revealed
    “Word of the Lord”
    “Thus says the Lord”
    everything is the Word of the Lord - says, vision-reports, doxologies and even the account of conflict between the prophet and the priest (Amos 7:10-17)
    Amos had the credentials of a true prophet - he had the “word of the Lord” for Israel
    Proper credentials for God’s spokespersons have always been more than formal training, ordination and an official title
    These things do not qualify one to speak for God
    The titles services notice to all readers of the Amos materials that they were venturing into the word of the Lord
    Amos addresses Israel as the covenant people
    become a breakaway kingdom, from Judah, 200 years prior (1 Kings 12:16-17)
    Their rebellion had not canceled their covenant with God
    Amos 1:2 ESV
    And he said: “The Lord roars from Zion and utters his voice from Jerusalem; the pastures of the shepherds mourn, and the top of Carmel withers.”
    every message based on the Bible has its origin with the covenant God and its inteded audience is the people of God
    Only people in covenant with God are attuned to hear the message of God
    Sheep know their Shepherd’s voice
    “The Lord roars from Zion”
    As a Lion
    NIV thunders as an approaching storm (Job 37:4)
    Unlike a storm, God’s roar causes plants to wither
    God is creator and sovereign over all the earth
    The nations are subject to God’s standards of conduct

    Judgement Upon Damascus

    Amos 1:3–5 ESV
    Thus says the Lord: “For three transgressions of Damascus, and for four, I will not revoke the punishment, because they have threshed Gilead with threshing sledges of iron. So I will send a fire upon the house of Hazael, and it shall devour the strongholds of Ben-hadad. I will break the gate-bar of Damascus, and cut off the inhabitants from the Valley of Aven, and him who holds the scepter from Beth-eden; and the people of Syria shall go into exile to Kir,” says the Lord.
    Damascus was the captial of Aram
    They had been Israel’s most frequent and most powerful enemy
    Messengers who speak for God
    their authority is in God
    they must live in such intimate relationship with God as to know his mind and heart
    they must be faithful to deliver God’s message clearly
    they must be concerned to be true to God, rather than be popular with the people
    “transgressions” - Sin, Rebllion, crimes [evil doing]
    Three sins - complete & 4th overflowing
    Four cities (capital followed by three principle cities)
    Damascus, Ben-Hadad, Aven, Beth-Eden
    Aram’s extreme cruelty and inhuman treatment of the Gileadites had been shamlessly brutal
    “They have threshed Gilead with threshing sledges of iron”
    The Assyrians actually carried out the threatened punishment of Aram
    Fire was an expression of divine wrath and was an occational tool of warfare in Old Testament times

    Judgement Upon Philistia

    Amos 1:6–8 ESV
    Thus says the Lord: “For three transgressions of Gaza, and for four, I will not revoke the punishment, because they carried into exile a whole people to deliver them up to Edom. So I will send a fire upon the wall of Gaza, and it shall devour her strongholds. I will cut off the inhabitants from Ashdod, and him who holds the scepter from Ashkelon; I will turn my hand against Ekron, and the remnant of the Philistines shall perish,” says the Lord God.
    The sin of Gaza was to capture, sale & deportation of whole communities of people
    including women and children
    including people who were at peace with Gaza
    The people were faithless (breach of covenant)
    Four cities - Gaza, Ashdod, Ashkelon, Ekron
    The remnanty of Philistines will perish
    Ultimately remnant taken to Babylon and their existence ends in history

    Judgement Upon Phoenicia

    Amos 1:9–10 ESV
    Thus says the Lord: “For three transgressions of Tyre, and for four, I will not revoke the punishment, because they delivered up a whole people to Edom, and did not remember the covenant of brotherhood. So I will send a fire upon the wall of Tyre, and it shall devour her strongholds.”
    Tyre
    wealth and prosperity - hub of a vast trading empire
    They too sold those they had a covenant with into slavery
    Assyrians inflicted a 7 month siege against Tyre
    sold 30,000 into slavery
    The Saracens finally destroyed it in AD 1291

    Judgement Upon Edom

    Amos 1:11–12 ESV
    Thus says the Lord: “For three transgressions of Edom, and for four, I will not revoke the punishment, because he pursued his brother with the sword and cast off all pity, and his anger tore perpetually, and he kept his wrath forever. So I will send a fire upon Teman, and it shall devour the strongholds of Bozrah.”
    Edom, Teman, Bozrah
    Bought the slaves
    Attacked those they had treaties with - annihilating them (ethnic cleansing)

    Judgement Upon Ammon

    Amos 1:13–15 ESV
    Thus says the Lord: “For three transgressions of the Ammonites, and for four, I will not revoke the punishment, because they have ripped open pregnant women in Gilead, that they might enlarge their border. So I will kindle a fire in the wall of Rabbah, and it shall devour her strongholds, with shouting on the day of battle, with a tempest in the day of the whirlwind; and their king shall go into exile, he and his princes together,” says the Lord.
    Ammonites
    ripped open pregnant women
    Purely motivated by materialistic gain

    Judgement Upon Moab

    Amos 2:1–3 ESV
    Thus says the Lord: “For three transgressions of Moab, and for four, I will not revoke the punishment, because he burned to lime the bones of the king of Edom. So I will send a fire upon Moab, and it shall devour the strongholds of Kerioth, and Moab shall die amid uproar, amid shouting and the sound of the trumpet; I will cut off the ruler from its midst, and will kill all its princes with him,” says the Lord.
    Moab was the brother nation to Ammon
    Desecration of the Edomite kings’ remains
    probably burned to death
    Summary
    God is a Holy God
    God’s Wrath against Sin of unbelieving nations who disregard His laws is absolute

    Hymn - HOLY, HOLY, HOLY, LORD GOD ALMIGHTY (159) - REGINALD HEBER 1783-1826

    Q&A

    Hymn - THEREFORE THE REDEEMED OF THE LORD (MP 685) - Ruth Lake

    Closing Prayer

    Doxology

      • Amos 1:1–2:3ESV

      • Amos 1:1ESV

      • Amos 1:2ESV

      • Amos 1:3–5ESV

      • Amos 1:6–8ESV

      • Amos 1:9–10ESV

      • Amos 1:11–12ESV

      • Amos 1:13–15ESV

      • Amos 2:1–3ESV

  • Hymn 159 - HOLY, HOLY, HOLY, LORD GOD ALMIGHTY
  • MP685 - Therefore the redeemed of the Lord
  • Doxology 1145 Chorus

      • 1 Corinthians 16:23–24NKJV

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