Title: Seek Me (Amos 5:4-8)
The era of Amos was politically stable during the days of Jeroboam II and King Uzziah of the northern kingdom of Israel.
It was a time of prosperity and economic prosperity.
However, they put their view of life on their luxury and enjoyment rather than grace through God, and they were more human than faith.
Values were placed on human greed.
The powerful ignored and despised the weak and the poor, and even took their possessions away.
The whole society was full of injustice, corruption, and corruption, and idolatry and pride were engulfed in its body.
It was.
It was not easy for Amos, who had to preach the word of God in such an environment, to undertake the ministry.
However, I did my best by witnessing without adding or subtracting the words that God gave me.
Amos first pointed out Israel's sin.
He also spoke clearly about the punishment that God inflicted.
(Amos 5:1) Hear these words of lamentation that I have spoken to you, O house of Israel.
(Amos 5:3) So saith the Lord GOD, Out of Israel there are only a hundred left in the cities that went out of a thousand.
He said that in a city where a hundred went out, there will be only ten left.
It is difficult to always live a spiritual life while we live, but in the midst of our busyness we pray and we
You must also have the courage to serve, and to be able to praise even in difficult circumstances.
This is the path to a full, mature, and full life.
Difficult environment is not a problem.
We must overcome it and have the wisdom and faith to open the way for a better future and blessings
How can we live a blessed life?
1. We must find a way to live.
Finding someone in a hurry is humanism.
Seeing the world when you are frustrated is secularism.
It is nihilism to become discouraged and give up when things are difficult.
Finding money when things get difficult is materialism.
Jesus Christ must be at the center of the Christian life
We must always and everywhere live God-centered and theocratic.
There is the answer to all problems in God, the forgiveness of sins and transgressions, the fullness of what is lacking, and the weakness
There is strength in one thing.
God is always pleased to be with us, so if we seek Him,
You can be filled with everything in life.
(Amos 5:4) The LORD said to the house of Israel, Seek me, and you will live.
(Amos 5:6) Seek the LORD, and you will live...
The way we live is not the strength of our knowledge, experience, years, or position, but the grace and blessing of God.
is that.
In it there is life, salvation, and the fulfillment of hope.
Worldly means and methods and self-greed seem wise at first, but later they become a snare.
You have to know that it will be a heavy burden.
(Amos 5:5) Do not seek Bethel, do not enter Gilgal, nor go to Beersheba.
shall be taken into captivity, and Bethel shall come to nothing.
You don't have to give yourself up for what will be futile.
There's no reason to risk your life on falling apart.
There is no one to sacrifice for what is destroyed.
We must live for a life that is always generating and alive.
It is our search for God and our return to God.
When we seek God, we find life and restore joy, satisfaction, and blessings.
2. You must find the answer to the problem.
Life is constantly entangled and faced with problems
I can't sleep in the midst of worry, anxiety, worry, fear, anxiety, agitation, and tension.
We cannot get out of the swamp of discouragement, discouragement and frustration, failure, inferiority, collapse, and emptiness.
There are many things to have, many things to enjoy, and many things to enjoy in life.
However, even if we have everything, enjoy it, and enjoy it, we cannot lead a satisfactory life.
It is because God is the source of the solution to all problems and the source of satisfaction.
God makes the shadow of death into the morning.
On the other hand, he turns the bright and bright day into a dark night.
Let the morning sun rise on the dark nights of our lives, sit on the top of the sky and spread the wings of pride
Even if they do, God pours them down with the teeth of a comb.
(Amos 5:8) He made the gravestones and samsengs; He made the shadow of death into morning, and the hundred days turned into dark night.
Seek the one who makes the waters of the sea, and pours it out upon the face of the earth; his name is the LORD.
Therefore, we should enter the maze of problems and find solutions to problems without going back and forth, chasing, gibberish, and gibberish.
I have to go find it.
God is the Creator of time, space, and matter.
God is the one who plans and guides the past, present, and future of life.
God is the Sovereign who moves the birth, life, and death of life.
Therefore, the answer to our life problems lies with God.
Coming to God, believing in God and obeying God's Word are the key to a prosperous future.
It's a shortcut.
We are celebrating Children's Day today.
This is what we need to teach our little ones.
It is to lead the way of life and to live a life in search of answers to problems.
It is believing in God.
3. You must find a happy life.
Israel made happiness through wealth and glory.
He took pleasure in oppressing and plundering the weak with power and power.
I thought that directing, commanding, and ruling someone was the taste of life.
But God never tolerated them.
God robs them of what they have, and destroys what they have built, and makes them strong.
You have awakened Em.
Drive me from light to darkness, avoid lions and meet bears, put your hands on the wall, and serpents
You made me bite you.
It seems to live but it is dead; It seems to exist but it is lost; It seems to be happy but it is unhappy.
did it.
(Amos 5:18) Woe to you who long for the day of the LORD, why do you long for the day of the LORD?
That day was darkness, not light
(Amos 5:19) It is like a man avoiding a lion and encountering a bear or entering a house and touching the wall
is like a snake bitten
This is not what we are looking for.
It seems lacking, but it has room, it seems weak, but it is bold, it seems alienated, but it is with you forever.
Happiness is living by the grace of God.
The subject of happiness is God.
To seek God is to find happiness.
Israel lost happiness while seeking its own lust.
Do we ever lose our happiness in our search for self-satisfaction?
Our happiness is not in complacency.
There is happiness in God's Word, answers to prayers, and God's grace.
So, we must come to God and open a happy life and a happy future.
The world we live in may become increasingly difficult, difficult, rough, and difficult.
But God's grace and peace are equally at work in us.
The way we live is God.
God is the answer to our life's problems, and the happiness and satisfaction of our lives are in God.
Find God.
Come before God.
Worship God in spirit and in truth.
Obey God's Word.
God fills us with what is most satisfying.
I pray that God's grace and peace abound.
Hallelujah.