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God’s people should abandon their foolish presumptions, and pay attention to the warnings of his word.
Resources: ESV Study Bible; Amos Commentaries by John Calvin, James Montgomery Boice, J.A. Motyr, and Tokunboh Adeyemo; The Cost of Discipleship by Dietrich Bonhoeffer
When idolatry and injustice prevail in God’s people, he will judge with purifying judgment.
Resources: ESV Study Bible; Amos Commentaries by Tokunboh Adeyemo, Duane A. Garret, Billy K. Smith & Frank S. Page, James Montgomery Boice, & Gary V. Smith; The Cost of Discipleship by Dietrich Bonhoeffer; The Problem of Poverty by Abraham Kuyper
Because of God’s universal Lordship, he requires all peoples to conform to his ethical norms.
Resources: ESV Study Bible; Amos Commentaries by Tokunboh Adeyemo, Duane A. Garret, Billy K. Smith & Frank S. Page, James Montgomery Boice, J.A. Motyr, Gary V. Smith, & Abraham Heschel
The Lord shows that he cares about injustice by sending his people and his judgments.
Resources: ESV Study Bible; The African Study Bible; The African Bible Commentary; The Handbook on the Prophets by Robert Chisholm Jr.; Word Biblical Commentary: Hosea-Jonah by Douglas Stewart; Amos: A Handbook on the Hebrew Text by Duane A Garrett; Hermenia: Amos by Shalom M. Paul; Renewal as a Way of Life: A Guidebook for Spiritual Growth by Richard Lovelace