There are many
Christians who believe that God is passive
In the affairs of men.
And the UNBELIEVER does
not believe God exists.
To them Amos speaks
When
disaster comes to a city, has not the Lord caused it? (Amos 3:6)
Surely
the Sovereign Lord does nothing
Without
revealing his plan to his servants the prophets. (Amos 3:7)
The
lion has roared—who will not fear?
The
Sovereign Lord has spoken--who can but prophesy? (Amos 3:8)
'I
gave you empty stomachs in every city
And
lack of bread in every town,
Yet
you have not returned to me, declares the Lord.
I
also withheld rain from you
When
the harvest was still three months away.
I
sent rain on one town, but withheld it from another.
One
field had rain; another had none and dried up.
People
staggered from town to town for water
But
did not get enough to drink,
Yet
you have not returned to me,' declared the Lord.
'Many
times I struck your gardens and vineyards,
I
struck them with blight and mildew.
Locusts
devoured your fig and olive trees,
Yet
you have not returned to me,' declares the Lord.
'I
sent plagues among you as I did to Egypt.
I
killed your young men with the sword,
Along
with your captured horses.
I
filled your nostrils with the stench of your camps,
Yet
you have not returned to me,' declares the Lord.
'I
overthrew some of you as I overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.
You
were like a burning stick snatched from the fire,
Yet
you have not returned to me,' declares the Lord.
Therefore
this is what I will do to you, Israel,
And
because I will do this to you, prepare to meet your God, O Israel.'
He
who forms the mountains, creates the wind,
And
reveals his thought to man,
He
who turns dawn to darkness,
And
treads the high places of the earth--
The
Lord God Almighty is his name. (Amos 4:6-13)
Seek
me and live...
Seek
the Lord and live,
Or
he will sweep through the house of Joseph like a fire;
It
will devour, and Bethel will have no one to quench it.
You
who turn justice into bitterness
And
cast righteousness to the ground
(He
who made the Pleiades and Orion, who turns blackness into dawn
And
darkens day into night,
Who
calls for the waters of the sea
And
pours them out over the face of the land--
The
Lord is his name--
He
flashes destruction on the stronghold
And
brings the fortified city to ruin),
You
hate the one who reproves in court
And
despise him who tells the truth.
You
trample on the poor and force him to give you grain.
Therefore,
though you have built stone mansions,
You
will not live in them;
Though
you have planted lush vineyards, you will not drink their wine.
For
I know how many are your offenses and how great your sins.
You
oppress the righteous and take bribes
And
you deprive the poor of justice in the courts.
Therefore
the prudent man keeps quiet in such times,
For
the times are EVIL.
Seek
good, not EVIL, that you may live.
Then
the Lord God Almighty will be with you, just as you say he is.
Hate
EVIL, love good; maintain justice in the courts. (Amos 5:4-15)
The
days are coming,' declares the Sovereign Lord,
When
I will send a famine through the land--
Not
a famine of food or a thirst for water,
But
a famine of hearing the words of the Lord.
Men
will stagger from sea to sea and wander from north to east,
Searching
for the word of the Lord, but they will not find it.
(Amos
8:11-12)
'In
that day I will restore David's fallen tent.
I
will repair its broken places, restore its ruins,
And
build it as it used to be,
So
that they may possess the remnant of Edom
And
all the nations that bear my name,'
Declares
the Lord, who will do these things. (Amos 9:11-12)
I pray that
Christians understand the true nature of the God we serve;
That God is not a
passive God.
He is Love, but He is
not PASSIVE.
He does everything He
can to bring a nation back to Himself
Without violating their
free will, including bringing DISASTER.
Today,
the world is raging against God, rushing toward oblivion. (Psalm 2)
America
is being ground to powder because of her SIN against God.
Save
yourself from this Corrupt Generation! (Acts 2:40)
As
God has written, so shall it be! Hallelujah! Maranatha!
Father,
Your Kingdom come, Your will be done, on earth as in Heaven!
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