sermonette: Unity and Our Responsibilities
To Change Ourslves
John W. Ritenbaugh
Given 19-Jan-08; Sermon #864s; 19 minutes
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John Ritenbaugh, reflecting on Amos 3:1-7, focuses on the relationship between unity and personal responsibility. God had sent Amos, a Jew, to the northern tribes of Israel delivering an extremely accusatory message, warning of the dreadful Day of the Lord. Amos asks seven questions of the Israelites, showing direct cause and effect relationships deriving from their behavior, unless sorely repented of, that would lead to the dreadful consequences of the Day of the Lord. Amos intended that sorrow, guilt, and pain would lead to repentance. Unfortunately, people just did not get it, thinking that their small individual behaviors had little or nothing to do with the overall demise of the nation. Likewise, we callously think that what we do does not really matter in the big picture. Because of this pervasive individual "pass-the-buck" mentality, Israel's collective unity was destroyed. We cannot allow ourselves to practice this self-excusing mindset.
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Day of the Lord Personal responsibility Repentance Response to government Responsibility Unity and Personality Unity
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