Cows of Bashan (Amos 4:1-3)

• Selfishness -> Laziness -> Entitlement -> Injustice -> Oppression
• Judgment comes as they are led away like slaves

Cows of Baal (Amos 4:4-5)

• Pious religion without substance
  • Bethel - "House of God" with no GOD
  • Gilgal - a monument with no meaning
• Worship that increased sin
  • Sacrifices that cost nothing
  • Giving without joy or generosity
  • Worship on their own terms
  • Wrong audience in worship

God's Warnings

• Famine (Amos 4:6)
• Drought (Amos 4:7-8)
• Crop disease (Amos 4:9)
• Locusts
• Disease (Amos 4:10)
• War
• Destruction (Amos 4:11)

God's Heart is RETURN

• The refrain of this chapter
• Deut 4:27-31 - the promise
• Hosea
• Prodigal Son
• Peter's restoration (John 21)

It will not be by your ability but only by His grace.