“Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that the plowman shall overtake the reaper, and the treader of grapes him that soweth seed; and the mountains shall drop sweet wine, and all the hills shall melt.”—Amos 9:13.
God’s promises are not exhausted when they are fulfilled, for when once performed they stand just as good as [...]
“Thus hath the Lord God shewed unto me: and behold a basket of summer fruit. And he said, Amos, what seest thou? And I said, a basket of summer fruit. Then said the Lord unto me, the end is come upon my people of Israel; I will not again pass by them any more.”—Amos 8:1-2.
In [...]
“Shall there be evil in a city, and the Lord hath not done it?—Amos 3:6.
We have nothing to do this morning with the question of moral evil, and indeed with the awful mystery of the origin of moral evil, we have nothing to do at any time. There may have been some few speculators upon [...]
“Can two walk together, except they be agreed?”–Amos 3:3.
The believer is agreed with God. The war between the most holy God
and his offending creatures is over in the case of bloodwashed sinners;
not suspended by a truce, but ended for ever by a peace which passeth
all understanding. The believer is fully agreed with God concerning the
divine [...]