WE MUST SEEK GOD
Amos 5:6-7,10-15
6 Seek
the Lord and live, or he will break out against the house of Joseph like
fire, and it will devour Bethel, with no one to quench it. 7 Ah, you that turn
justice to wormwood, and bring righteousness to the ground! . . . 10 They hate the
one who reproves in the gate, and they abhor the one who speaks the truth. 11 Therefore, because you trample on
the poor and take from them levies of grain, you have built houses of hewn
stone, but you shall not live in them; you have planted pleasant vineyards, but
you shall not drink their wine.
12 For I
know how many are your transgressions, and how great are your sins - you
who afflict the righteous, who take a bribe, and push aside the needy in the
gate. 13 Therefore the prudent will keep silent in such a time; for it is an
evil time. 14 Seek good and not evil,
that you may live; and so the Lord,
the God of hosts, will be with you, just as you have said. 15 Hate evil and love good, and establish
justice in the gate; it may be that the
Lord, the God of hosts, will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.
Seek
the Lord and live … For I know how many are your transgressions ...
Seek
good and not evil, that you may live … the Lord … will be with you …
Hate
evil and love good, and establish justice … the Lord … will be gracious
…
Why
do we SEEK THE LORD?
Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will
find; knock and it will be opened to you. Matthew 7:7
I love those who love me … those who seek me
diligently find me. Proverbs
8:17
But from there you will seek the Lord your God and
you will find him, if you search after him with all your heart and with all
your soul. Deuteronomy
4:29
And without faith it is impossible to please him, for
whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards
those who seek him. Hebrews
11:6
Anyone who does not love does not know God, because
God is love. 1 John 4:8
For he who finds me finds life and obtains favor from
the LORD. Proverbs 8:35
Whoever seeks good finds favor, but he who searches
for evil, will find it. Proverbs
11:27
Jesus said … “I am the way, and the truth, and the
life.
No one comes to the Father except through me. John 14:6
WE MUST SEEK GOD
