Read Amos Chapter 6
1. What is the point of Amos 6:1-2?
2. Where was Calneh? Hamath? Gath?
3. The sin that God is addressing in these first two verses of Amos is the sin of complacency. They were trusting in their military strength, their fortresses on Mt Zion (Judah) and Mt Samaria (Israel). Their focus was on how they were in comparison to the other nations around them. They showed no concern for where they stood with God. Record the dictionary definition of complacency you find here.
4. What additional insight do you gain about complacency from the following verses?
Psalm 20:7
Isaiah 31:1
Revelation 3:14-17
5. What is God accusing them of in Amos 6:3-6?
6. What do you learn of self-indulgence from the following verses?
Proverbs 21:17
Matthew 23:25
7. What does the LORD say will happen to them in Amos 6:7-8; 11-14?
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