PANEL 3: Write "But a famine for." at the top of the third blue panel.PANEL 1: Draw green stalks and yellow corn.Materials needed: 12" x 18" red construction paper, 9" x 12" light blue construction paper, 3" x 6" yellow construction paper, markers, crayons, scissors, glue. Christ would be coming and good things would come. There are many "Messianic" prophecies in the Old Testament and Amos has a few of these prophecies concerning Christ written in his book.For that remnant, there would be good things to come. There would always be a remnant of God's people who loved and served Him with their whole heart. Amos also said that God would not completely destroy Israel.Still, the people did not listen to Amos. They would wander from sea to sea, from north to east, and run to and fro, but they would not find the Word of God. Israel would thirst after God's Word like they would thirst after water. There would be a time when God would not speak to the people. The drought would be a drought of God's Word. The famine would be a famine of God's Word. There would be a drought coming, but it would not be a drought of water. God told the people that a famine was coming, but it would not be a famine of food. God said to seek Him and they would live, but they did not heed Amos' warnings. Finally, Amos told Israel to prepare to meet their God because captivity was around the corner, but the people had forgotten God for too long and did not care.Amos said that God had stopped the rains which resulted in famines because He wanted the people to repent, but the people would not. He told them to stop treating the poor people badly, to stop doing the things that pleased only themselves, and to return to the LORD. There are three sermons that are written down in his book where he told Israel to turn back to God and stop serving idols. He listed many wicked things that the people did and told them what the consequences of their sin would be. In Amos' book,the LORD gave judgments against cities and nations like Damascus, Gaza, Tyrus, Edom, Ammon, Moab, Judah, and Israel.Amos was a prophet of God, but he was also a herdsman and a farmer, too.Amos lived during the same time as Isaiah. Where major prophets like Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel and Daniel wrote many, many chapters in their books, Amos only wrote nine. Remember a minor prophet was not a less important prophet, he just wrote less. Amos, too, was a minor prophet like Hosea and Joel. SPECIAL SONG: On Jordan's Stormy Banks I Stand (see June - Songs We Sing In Bible Class #6 on this blog. PRAYER: Pray that we will love God and obey God our whole lives because God wants us to love and to serve Him. Write "James" on small slips of paper and hand out at the end of class to take home to memorize. MEMORY VERSE: Amos 4:12 ".prepare to meet thy God, O Israel."īOOK TO REMEMBER: James.
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