12 Then Amaziah said to Amos, “Get out, you seer! Go back to the land of Judah. Earn your bread there and do your prophesying there. 13 Don’t prophesy anymore at Bethel,because this is the king’s sanctuary and the temple of the kingdom.”
Amziah is a bit like a lot of media and people in our US culture. He tells Amos stop telling us about God, we don't like your message just get out of here.
It seems leaders and general media here in the US are a bit like Amziah too. Preaching tolerance to all sorts of behavior, except if the behavior includes praying or sharing God's word--then its shut up or you don't have the right to push that on people.
Shutting out God and worshiping other gods is a sure way to destruction for any country and we seem to be on that path.
Knut
We were just talking in our bible study last night about how God is really being slowly removed from everything here in the US......officially. I think you wrote about it a couple of weeks ago, and I think you're spot on. Its scary for the consequences that it will have in the long run. I think when you wrote about it the first time, I responded by saying it was our duty to stem the tide. But, I haven't done anything since then.
ReplyDeleteWe have been studying Nehemiah in a Sunday morning series, and his quest to rebuild the wall of Jerusalem. I think its very similar. Is anyone willing to step up and make a real difference.