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Today's Bible Translation

Bible translation used in today's episode: Ch. 5-7 NET; Ch. 8-9 NASB

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Jørn Rune Reinertsen

Podcast Introduction

It’s Prophecy Friday, and we’ll complete the book of  Amos by reading chapters 5-9. I’m calling this episode “Seek God Wholeheartedly.“

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Summary

In Amos 5 we see the importance of seeking a genuine relationship with God. We need to wholeheartedly pursue God and not engage in superficial religious practices. God desires true devotion and despises empty rituals. Let’s examine our lives and eliminate anything that hinders our relationship with God. Let’s make God the ruler of our lives.

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Transcript corrected by Sister Denise

Steve Webb 0:00If you look for me wholeheartedly, you will find me.

Steve Webb 0:10This is the Lifespring! One Year Bible coming to you from Riverside, California, and podcasting since 2004, I'm your OG Godcaster, Steve Webb. How are you today? The website is at lifespringmedia.com, and we'll have contact information at the end of today's show. It's Prophecy Friday today. We'll complete the book of Amos by reading chapters 5 through 9. Before we read, let's pray. Our heavenly Father, Lord, how, we love you. And we thank you for your Word. We thank you for our time together and we pray, God, that you would touch our hearts today and that you would teach us. We pray this in Jesus' name. Amen. All right, are you ready? Let's begin.

Steve Webb 0:55Amos, chapter 5. Listen to this funeral song I am ready to sing about you, family of Israel: “The virgin Israel has fallen down and will not get up again. She is abandoned on her own land with no one to help her get up.” The sovereign Lord says this: “The city that marches out with a thousand soldiers will have only a hundred left; the town that marches out with a hundred soldiers will have only ten left for the family of Israel.” The Lord says this to the family of Israel: “Seek me so you can live! Do not seek Bethel! Do not visit Gilgal! Do not journey down to Beer Sheba! For the people of Gilgal will certainly be carried into exile; and Bethel will become a place where disaster abounds.” Seek the Lord so you can live! Otherwise he will break out like fire against Joseph’s family; the fire will consume and no one will be able to quench it and save Bethel. The Israelites turn justice into bitterness; they throw what is fair and right to the ground. (But there is one who made the constellations Pleiades and Orion; he can turn the darkness into morning and daylight into night. He summons the water of the seas and pours it out on the earth’s surface. The Lord is his name! He flashes destruction down upon the strong so that destruction overwhelms the fortified places.) The Israelites hate anyone who arbitrates at the city gate; they despise anyone who speaks honestly. Therefore, because you make the poor pay taxes on their crops and exact a grain tax from them, you will not live in the houses you built with chiseled stone, nor will you drink the wine from the fine vineyards you planted. Certainly I am aware of your many rebellious acts and your numerous sins. You torment the innocent, you take bribes, and you deny justice to the needy at the city gate. For this reason whoever is smart keeps quiet in such a time, for it is an evil time. Seek good and not evil so you can live!