When the Spotlight Turns | Amos | The Voice

Everybody's an expert on what's wrong with the world — but Amos had a harder question. In week 3 of The Voice, our summer series through the Minor Prophets, Pastor Lawrence introduces us to Amos: a shepherd and fig farmer with no prophetic pedigree, called by God to confront a prosperous, comfortable people who loved hearing about everyone else's failures. When Amos turned the spotlight around, his message stopped being popular — and started getting personal. This week, sit with the question Amos leaves for all of us: if someone learned about God only by watching your life, what would they learn?

Show Notes:

• Why God sends "warnings" — and the people He uses to deliver them
• Amos the unlikely prophet: a farmer, not a professional (Amos 7:14)
• How God uses ordinary people whose hearts are turned toward Him
• A warning delivered in a season of peace and prosperity (~800 BC, Jeroboam II)
• The "for three sins, even for four" pattern — and why the crowd cheered
• The turn: when Amos named the sins of God's own people (Amos 2:6)
• Justice for the poor, compromise, and worship without the heart (Isaiah 29:13)
• Living in the world but not of it (1 John 2:15)
• Scripture: Amos 1–4; 7:14; Acts 2:44–45; 1 John 2:15; Isaiah 29:13; Leviticus 20:26

Next Steps:

• Reflect this week: what would people learn about God by watching your life?
• Pick one area — words, relationships, work, generosity — to live "set apart" this week
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