Part 6: Seek God and Live
Amos is a hard book to read (and preach), but there is also grace in this message. In chapter 9, God promised to restore the people to the land someday. God sent Amos to Israel to persuade His people to repent, for their own good. He still wants repentance from His people today. If we listen and obey, we can experience revival.
If we are the Temple where redemption happens, what is our plan to draw people to Him? The answer is to relearn an ancient, almost forgotten practice: Hospitality. In a time when loneliness is an epidemic, when few people know their neighbors, something as simple as a meal together can be the starting place for something beautiful to happen.
When our bond with God was severed by our sin, He didn’t give up on us. He made a second Eden, a place for us to meet with Him and be redeemed. That place was the Temple, and the events that happened there teach us about a God who is mighty to save, the cost of our sin, and His plans for us.
