God Sees the Heart

Amos-S4 TITLE: God Sees the Heart TEXT: Amos 5:16-6:14 TONE : Warning TARGET : Believers TASK : To warn believers of actions that harden the heart. TEACH: 1 Sam.16, when the prophet Samuel is sent to anoint a new King of Israel, he goes to the house of Jesse. One by one, Jesse’s sons pass before Samuel, and each time Samuel assumes that the eldest son, Eliab, is the chosen one due to his impressible appearance. But God says to Samuel, “Do not consider his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him. The Lord does not look at the things people look at. People look at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.” God knows the heart and eternal character of a person. David was chosen not because of his outward appearance or status, but because his heart -the heart of a shepherd. TRUTH: In two celebrated speeches Amos continued to speak against Israel’s twin evils: ardent worship with a corresponding conce...