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June 7
Lesson 1
GOD PASSES JUDGMENT

DEVOTIONAL READING: Psalm 75
BACKGROUND SCRIPTURE: Amos 2:4–16


AMOS 2:4–8

4 Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Judah, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have despised the law of the LORD, and have not kept his commandments, and their lies caused them to err, after the which their fathers have walked:
5 But I will send a fire upon Judah, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem.
6 Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they sold the righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of shoes;
7 That pant after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and turn aside the way of the meek: and a man and his father will go in unto the same maid, to profane my holy name:
8 And they lay themselves down upon clothes laid to pledge by every altar, and they drink the wine of the condemned in the house of their god.


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KEY VERSE
Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Judah, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have despised the law of the LORD, and have not kept his commandments, and their lies caused them to err, after the which their fathers have walked.
____Amos 2:4





GOD’S PROPHETS DEMAND JUSTICE

Unit 1: Amos Rails Against Injustice
LESSONS 1–4


LESSON AIMS

After participating in this lesson, each learner will be able to:
1. List the sins of Israel and Judah that the Lord condemned through His prophet Amos.
2. Write a modern parallel for each sin listed in the text.
3. Write a prayer of confession for at least one of the sins identified as a parallel to the sins of Israel and Judah.


LESSON OUTLINE

Introduction
      A.      A Line in the Sand
      B.      Lesson Background: God’s People
      C.      Lesson Background: God’s Prophecies
          I.      Indicting Judah (AMOS 2:4, 5)
      A.      Introductory Formula (v. 4a)
      B.      Iniquities Indicated (v. 4b)
      “Functional Saviors”?
      C.      Incendiary Promise (v. 5)
          II.      Indicting Israel (AMOS 2:6–8)
      A.      Introductory Formula (v. 6a)
      B.      Iniquities Indicated (v. 6b–8)
      What’s at the Root?
Conclusion
      A.      What You Deserve!
      B.      Prayer
      C.      Thought to Remember


HOW TO SAY IT

Antiochus
An-tie-oh-kus.
Bethel
Beth-ul.
Canaanite
Kay-nun-ite.
Gomorrah
Guh-more-uh.
Jeroboam
Jair-uh-boe-um.
Nebuchadnezzar
Neb-yuh-kud-nez-er.
Nineveh
Nin-uh-vuh.
Philistia
Fuh-liss-tee-uh.
Phoenicia
Fuh-nish-uh.
Rehoboam
Ree-huh-boe-um.
Sodom
Sod-um.
Tekoa
Tih-ko-uh.
Uzziah
Uh-zye-uh.


Pelfrey, Lloyd M. et al. “God Passes Judgment.” The KJV Standard Lesson Commentary, 2014–2015. Ed. Ronald L. Nickelson and Jonathan Underwood. Vol. 62. Cincinnati, OH: Standard Publishing, 2014. 349. Print.




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