Session 3 Amos 5:4-15

SEEK GOD

ENGAGE

share about things they misplaced
but later found in an obvious location.

DISCUSS:

“Hiding in plain sight.”

ASK:

• What is something people must seek to find it?
• How does one go about the seeking? (p. 29)

TRANSITION:

Sometimes we may feel far from God,
but He isn’t hiding, He wants us to find Him.
We just aren’t looking in the right places.
This was the situation the Israelites were facing in the time of Amos.
God is always present, so the question must be:

Are we seeking Him?

EXPLORE

OVERVIEW:

Highlight how the split between Judah and Israel led Jeroboam, king of Israel, to establish two new centers of worship.
Summarize 1 Kings 12:26-33,
revealing how the people’s worship changed.

TRANSITION:

In his third recorded sermon,
Amos called for the people of Israel to seek God.
He announced a coming judgment on those who distorted justice.

Amos identified the Lord as the sovereign Creator who brings judgment to all,
even the strong.