Teaching Outline

GPNAZ Teaching Outline – May 25, 2025
More Wisdom for 2025 – Amos – Living Different in the World
The Word of the Lord: Amos 9;11-12

JUDGEMENT AGAINST THE NATIONS- chapters 1-2
Amos begins his MESSAGE of DOOM - Amos 1:2
 
Before the Pronounced Judgment of Each Region, 

• we see the REPEATED CONDEMNATION…

 
Amos wants his HEARERS to understand that they are being CONDEMNED by God, and not him. This is God’s JUDGMENT!

• Secondly, the phrase: “For three sins, even for four…” meant that the WICKEDNESS of the nations was OVERFLOWING.

 
JUDGMENT AGAINST ISRAEL - Israel is JUDGED for two reasons: chapters 3-6

• SOCIAL CORRUPTION - their mistreatment of the poor. Amos 8:4-6

God wants us to CARE for those less FORTUNATE than ourselves.

• RELIGIOUS CORRUPTION

 
So, God says, “I DESPISE your WORSHIP.”
 
As a RESULT of their SOCIAL and RELIGIOUS CORRUPTION,
God wanted Israel to know, “Your day is coming!”
 
VISIONS OF THE FUTURE- chapters 7-9

• Amos sees a series of VISIONS depicting God’s JUDGMENT upon Israel.

 

• But it is also true that God is a JUST GOD, and that one day all the WICKED and those who refuse to OBEY will be PUNISHED.

 
MESSAGE of Amos - 9:11-12

The TENT (tabernacle) of David will be ERECTED once more under the MESSIAH. Not the PHYSICAL tabernacle, the SPIRITUAL one—the CHURCH of Jesus Christ.

Through the Church of Jesus Christ, the Kingdom of Israel is RESTORED.