January 31, 2009 7:43 AM
Sam wrote:
Ok, here we go....an unfamiliar chapter. I flipped open to Amos--a book I've read a few times but never studied, never really looked into for it's content very much. I chose chapter 6 of Amos. This chapter is a prophecy against 'the House of Israel' two years before some earthquake (1:1). Amos is saying how bad the Israelites have come. How prideful, rich and arrogant they have became. In 6:1, Amos, speaking from/for God, says "Woe to you who are complacent..." In verses 4 through 6 he tells of their laziness and debauchery. He tells of God's anger in verse 8 through 10.
Aren't we, as a society of Christians, much the same way. We feel comfortable knowing Jesus has died for us, so we do things we hadn't ought. We hoard riches instead of giving to the poor (remember in Galatians where Paul was told ONE important thing, 'don't forget the poor'? Do we sometimes forget the anger of God? Of course we do, otherwise we wouldn't take a chance on the manner sins in which we indulge (or have become accustomed to).
It is hard for me to imagine God's thoughts about mankind. Does He still 'abhor the pride' of not only the world, but of His own 'people', the Christians?
Verse 13 describes people's pride in saying they did things by themselves without God....this angers Him. We need to make sure we don't do the same. We need to make sure we recognized that EVERYTHING that is good, comes from God, and need to be thankful for it.
We saw 'Slumdog Millionaire' last night. A great movie. Jamal Malik went through a lot of hardships in his life, but from those hardships he never became prideful after beating each one. Instead, he LEARNED from them, enabling him to be rewarded by doing well on the supposedly Indian version of 'Who Wants To Be a Millionaire?' In the show we saw plenty of prideful, lazy, rich people. Fortunately, we saw them get their rightful punishment from God. What is our inheritance? Punishment or reward? Reply to this
January 31, 2009 9:18 AM
rik wrote:
I had one of my children pick a number 1-66, 22 was chosen. the 22nd book is song of Solomon, the I ask for number 1-8 for chapters and the number 2 was chosen. so I am reading SOS 2. (a casting of lots if you will). well I read it and I definitely do not have the same kind of relationship with my wife. she does not speak highly of me like the beloved speaks of her lover. and I do not consistently search her out as the writer describes. It as if you must go hunting for her every day. when one hunts, his senses have to be alert, his eye ever watchful, he must be able to pay attention to the details. that is how to catch the wild animals. I think a wife's love is like that also. If we are not being alert and watchful we miss important signs that they leave around. I am going to pray for the alertness and attention to detail needed to catch my love. then maybe she will be impressed with her lover. Reply to this
February 2, 2009 8:10 AM
Dustin wrote:
I read song of songs. Completely unfamiliar with this one. Still kind of feel that way after reading it. But i do think that its funny that Rik read the same thing i did with out talking about it with each other. Reply to this
Ok, here we go....an unfamiliar chapter. I flipped open to Amos--a book I've read a few times but never studied, never really looked into for it's content very much. I chose chapter 6 of Amos.
This chapter is a prophecy against 'the House of Israel' two years before some earthquake (1:1). Amos is saying how bad the Israelites have come. How prideful, rich and arrogant they have became.
In 6:1, Amos, speaking from/for God, says "Woe to you who are complacent..." In verses 4 through 6 he tells of their laziness and debauchery. He tells of God's anger in verse 8 through 10.
Aren't we, as a society of Christians, much the same way. We feel comfortable knowing Jesus has died for us, so we do things we hadn't ought. We hoard riches instead of giving to the poor (remember in Galatians where Paul was told ONE important thing, 'don't forget the poor'? Do we sometimes forget the anger of God? Of course we do, otherwise we wouldn't take a chance on the manner sins in which we indulge (or have become accustomed to).
It is hard for me to imagine God's thoughts about mankind. Does He still 'abhor the pride' of not only the world, but of His own 'people', the Christians?
Verse 13 describes people's pride in saying they did things by themselves without God....this angers Him. We need to make sure we don't do the same. We need to make sure we recognized that EVERYTHING that is good, comes from God, and need to be thankful for it.
We saw 'Slumdog Millionaire' last night. A great movie. Jamal Malik went through a lot of hardships in his life, but from those hardships he never became prideful after beating each one. Instead, he LEARNED from them, enabling him to be rewarded by doing well on the supposedly Indian version of 'Who Wants To Be a Millionaire?' In the show we saw plenty of prideful, lazy, rich people. Fortunately, we saw them get their rightful punishment from God. What is our inheritance? Punishment or reward?
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I had one of my children pick a number 1-66, 22 was chosen. the 22nd book is song of Solomon, the I ask for number 1-8 for chapters and the number 2 was chosen. so I am reading SOS 2. (a casting of lots if you will). well I read it and I definitely do not have the same kind of relationship with my wife. she does not speak highly of me like the beloved speaks of her lover. and I do not consistently search her out as the writer describes. It as if you must go hunting for her every day. when one hunts, his senses have to be alert, his eye ever watchful, he must be able to pay attention to the details. that is how to catch the wild animals. I think a wife's love is like that also. If we are not being alert and watchful we miss important signs that they leave around. I am going to pray for the alertness and attention to detail needed to catch my love. then maybe she will be impressed with her lover.
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2-22 happens to be my birthday, I just noticed this. kinda cool!
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I read song of songs. Completely unfamiliar with this one. Still kind of feel that way after reading it. But i do think that its funny that Rik read the same thing i did with out talking about it with each other.
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