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Intro: A couple of weeks ago we closed the morning service with a song entitled “Come to The Altar.”
It is one of the most accurate descriptions of how one needs to respond to God’s invitation.
Are you hurting and broken within?
Overwhelmed by the weight of your sin?
Jesus is calling
Have you come to the end of yourself, Do you thirst for a drink from the well?
Jesus is calling
Leave behind your regrets and mistakes, Come today, there's no reason to wait
Jesus is calling
Bring your sorrows and trade them for joy, From the ashes a new life is born Jesus is calling
Come to the altar the Father's arms are open wide
Forgiveness was bought with the precious blood of Jesus Christ
Altar- to slaughter/sacrifice.
A place where various types of sacrifices and offerings (e.g., animal, grain, incense) were presented.
The altar functioned as a means of mediation between man and God, thereby maintaining or reestablishing the covenant relationship.
The consecrated altars of the tabernacle and of the Jerusalem temple were symbols of God’s eternal presence in their midst.
Myers, A. C. (1987).
In The Eerdmans Bible dictionary (p.
42)
Though the altar is a place of forgiveness and worship of God, it is also a place where God judges.
God judged our sin on the altar of Calvary.
Amen!!
God also judges false worship at the altar, and that’s what we’re going to look at this morning as I preach on “Judgment at The Altar”.
Text: Amos 9:1-10
1. Judgment begins in God’s House; 1
Amos sees God by the altar [Bethel “house of God”, but now a place of false worship].
Amos heard God tell someone [Angel of the Lord, angel] to strike the pillars that the altar of false gods will be destroyed and the people of false worship with it!
The Lord’s judgment would begin exactly where it should: at the worship centers of the nation.
Those who professed to know the Lord but who lived wickedly were hypocrites.
They would be the first to bear the brunt of God’s judgment.
God is Omniscience- God’s perfect knowledge of both Himself and that which He created.
God’s judgment on America will start in the houses of worship!
2. God’s Judgment is Inescapable; 2-4
God tells Amos that no sinner will escape His judgment.
God is Omnipresence- God is everywhere present and is not limited to any location or physical space.
God is inescapable.
[2a] If a person attempted to hide in the depths of the earth (grave) or hell itself, the LORD’s hand of judgment would still reach him.
[2b] If a person sought refuge in outer space, no matter how far out he went, even there the LORD would bring him down to face His divine justice.
[3a] If a person climbed the highest mountain (Mt.
Carmel) and sought refuge in its wilderness, the LORD would still find him and bring him to face his due punishment.
[3b] If a person sought refuge at the bottom of the sea, even there God would execute judgment against him.
[Ask Jonah]
[4a] Even those who are taken captive would face the righteous judgment of God.
Leadership Ministries Worldwide.
(2008).
Joel–Nahum (p.
129).
Leadership Ministries Worldwide.
[4b] This is one of the most terrifying statements in scripture.
What a blessing for believers but a terror for the unbeliever!
3. Judgment comes from an Omnipotent God; 5-6
God’s Omnipotence- God’s unconditional power to do that which he wills in accordance with his nature.
God tells Amos that He will use fire, water, wind anything He desires to bring about judgment upon sinful man.
In the Book of Revelation God uses famine, wild beasts, earthquakes, hail, floods, fire, darkness, drought, plagues and people to bring judgment upon sinful men.
God used Assyria to judge Israel, whom and what will He use to judge America?
4. God’s Judgment is Impartial; 7-10
Amos shares with the nation of Israel that even though they are a favored people of God, He loves the Ethiopians, Philistines and the Syrians as much as He loves them.
God loves all His creation, but He judges its SIN!
Look at what the scriptures say from the Old Testament to the New about Impartiality.
If God requires His creation to be impartial, then He must by His nature be impartial as well!
[8-9] God will destroy the northern kingdom from the face of the earth.
He will judge the sinner but save the repentant at heart.
Sifting is a practice of separating chaff from wheat [bad from the good].
God said He would sift in His judgment and not destroy the good grain/believers.
Turn to Mt. 13:24-30 [present condition of the church in the world]
Mt. 13:36-43 [future condition of the eternal kingdom]
When God brings the nation of Israel back together it won’t be divided anymore 10/2, but one nation under God!
For America to be One Nation Under God again, judgment must come!
Close;
Before God’s judgment comes, He loves us enough to be longsuffering, desiring that all men would come to the knowledge of the truth.
This morning, God is giving us an invitation to “Come to the Altar” before it is no longer available to you.
Are you hurting and broken within?
Overwhelmed by the weight of your sin?
Have you come to the end of yourself, Do you thirst for a drink from the well?
Jesus is calling this morning.
Come to the Altar!
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