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THE CROSS
“…, YET YOU DID NOT RETURN TO ME, SAYS THE LORD.” (The Amplified Bible)
Amos 4:6-11
Intr.:
1. Amos 4:6
Here we read about “cleanness of teeth” and “want of bread”.
2. Amos 4:7-8
“I withheld the rain from you,” it says here.
3. Amos 4:9
“I smote you with blight,” we read here.
4. Amos 4:10
“I have sent among you the pestilence,” the Lord says here.
5. Amos 4:11
“I have overthrown some among you, as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah,” we read here.
End:

THE CROSS
“‘Now then, I will crush you
Amos 2:13-16
Intr.:
as a cart crushes when loaded with grain.
1. The swift will not escape,
2. the strong will not muster their strength, and
3. the warrior will not save his life.
4. The archer will not stand his ground,
5. the fleet-footed soldier will not get away, and
6. the horseman will not save his life.
End:
Even the bravest of warriors will flee naked on that day,'”

HARAKEKE – FLAX
“Is death the last sleep? No, it is the final awakening.” – Sir Walter Scott

HARAKEKE – FLAX
“Though the Christian has no immunity from death and no claim to perpetual life on this planet, death is to him
a friend rather than a foe,
the beginning rather than the end,
another pathway to heaven rather than a leap into the dark unknown.” –
Billy Graham