Amos 4:12 Therefore thus will I do to you, O Israel: and because I will do this to you, prepare to meet your God, O Israel. I. AN INTERVIEW BETWEEN GOD AND MAN IS INEVITABLE, II. PREPARATION IS NECESSARY TO MAKE THESE MEETINGS SALVE AND HAPPY 1. A preparation of sincere repentance. 2. A preparation of faith in the Lord Jesus. 3. A preparation of regeneration. 4. The preparation of good works.Not works of merit; but works of goodness, produced in us by His Holy Spirit. Works of devotion to God, and beneficence and compassion to men. III. URGE THE ADMONITION OF THE TEXT. 1. Prepare scripturally. 2. Prepare earnestly. 3. Prepare immediately. 4. Let all prepare. (J. Burns, D. D.) Parallel Verses KJV: Therefore thus will I do unto thee, O Israel: and because I will do this unto thee, prepare to meet thy God, O Israel. |
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