…the Old Testament as the family trade of Abraham, Jacob, Moses, Amos and David. The Bible itself tells us this, so it needs no outside support. It also shows shepherds sleeping with the flock, counting animals and…
…to know a person means to enter into relationship with them, as in Amos 3:2 and Jeremiah 1:5. The objects of the verb here are people, not their decisions. Faithful Christians differ here, and Romans 9 to 11 is Paul's…
…the Old Testament as the family trade of Abraham, Jacob, Moses, Amos and David. The Bible itself tells us this, so it needs no outside support. It also shows shepherds sleeping with the flock, counting animals and…
Amos 7:14-15 Then Amos answered Amaziah, "I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet's son; but I was a herdsman, and a farmer of sycamore figs; and Yahweh took me from following the flock, and Yahweh said to me, 'Go,…
…said about the future, and how their words find their answer in Christ. Amos 3:7-8 The Lord does nothing without revealing His secret to His servants the prophets, and when He speaks, the prophet cannot but speak. This…
…prophets use this phrase for a day when God steps into history openly. Amos 5:18 warns Israel not to long for it lightly, because it is darkness and not light for those unprepared. In the New Testament the same phrase…
…heard testimony, examined Scripture through James's citation of Amos, and reached a decision they described as seeming good 'to the Holy Ghost, and to us.' The Spirit's guidance came through a deliberative process…
…letters, Peter's, James, Jude and Revelation identify their writers. Amos tells us he was among the shepherds of Tekoa, Amos 1:1, and Nehemiah writes in the first person. Some books are anonymous, and Scripture does not…
2 Timothy 3:16 · Wisdom, Faith, Discipleship
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