Complementary New Testament Passage:
Luke 23:44-49
Sermon Outline:
- Locusts and Fire: God Relents from Destruction
- The Plumb Line: The People will be divided
- Summer Fruit: The Judge who will not forget sin
Family Discussion Questions:
- What visions did Amos see?
- What happened when Amos saw the locusts and fire and then he prayed?
- What is a plumb line used for?
- Some people will be saved and others will not. How many people are guilty?
- How does a person become forgiven?
- How will a forgiven person live?
- When God forgives a Christian, does He just ignore their sin?
- What does this passage teach us about how prayer fits with God’s unchangeable will?
- What does this difference between Amaziah and Amos teach us about what repentance looks like?
- What are reasons used in our day to silence preachers and those who would share God’s Word?
- What in this text points to the cross of Christ? How does that explain how the Lord will not forget our sins and yet that our sins will be forgotten?
- How should the coming “famine” of God’s Word call us to urgency?
- What should the different illustrations of judgement shape our emotions?
