Sermons on God's Promise

‘Prepare to meet your God’: Amos in Advent

Amos 1-2

  • The God who roars (1:1-2)
  • Eight Oracles of Judgement (1:3-2:16)
  • Reasons for Judgement (3:1-6:14)
    • Privilege and accountability (3:1-2)
    • Causes and warnings (3:3-8, 4:6-11)
    • Opulence and oppression (3:15, 4:1, 5:7, 10-15, 6:4-6)
    • False religion and complacency (3:14, 5:5-6, 18-26, 6:1)
  • Five Visions (7:1-9:10)
  • A promise (9:8b-15) and its fulfilment (Acts 15)
  • Amos and Advent

An Outline of the Book of Zechariah

Matthew 21:1-21

Zechariah 1:1-17

  • Part 1: Zechariah 1-6
    • Introduction: A call to return to the Lord (1:1-6)
    • Eight night visions of Zechariah (1:7-6:8)
      • Vision 1: A man among the myrtle trees (1:7-17)
      • Vision 2: four horns and four craftsmen (1:18-21)
      • Vision 3: A man with a measuring line (2:1-3)
      • Vision 4: Clean garments for the high priest (3:1-10)
      • Vision 5: A gold lampstand and two olive trees (4:1-14)
      • Vision 6: A flying scroll (5:1-4)
      • Vision 7: A woman in a basket (5:5-11)
      • Vision 8: Four chariots (6:1-8)
    • A crown for Joshua the High Priest (6:9-15)
  • Part 2: Zechariah 7-8
    • From Fasting to Feasting (7:1-8:23)
      • Justice and mercy, not fasting (7:1-14)
      • The LORD promises to bless Jerusalem (8:1-23)
  • Part 3: Zechariah 9-14
    • First prophetic message: God’s rule and human leaders (ch 9-11)
      • The LORD returns (9:1-17)
        • Judgement on Israel’s enemies (9:1-8)
        • The coming of Zion’s king (9:9-10)
        • The LORD will appear (9:11-17)
      • The LORD will care for Judah (10:1-11:3)
        • Two shepherds: an enacted parable (11:4-17)
    • Second prophetic message: Day of destiny in Jerusalem (ch 12-14)
      • Jerusalem’s enemies to be destroyed (12:1-9)
      • Mourning for the One they pierced (12:10-14)
      • Cleansing from sin (13:1-6)
      • The shepherd struck, the sheep scattered (13:7-9)
      • The LORD comes and reigns (14:1-21)