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. EVERY ONE OF THE HUMAN FAMILY MUST STAND BEFORE GOD. In the world of spirits we shall all meet God. 1. When the soul is dislodged from the body. 2. In the judgment at the last day. Note — (1) The awful character and appearance of the Judge. (2) The surrounding changes which will take place. (3) The innumerable multitude that will then be assembled. (4) The suddenness of the summons. (5) The trial, or testing, through which every one must pass. II. THE NATURE OF THE PREPARATION NECESSARY TO ENABLE US TO MEET GOD WITH COMFORT. 1. The justification of our persons. 2. The sanctification of our nature. 3. The improvement of the talents entrusted to our care. III. THE NECESSITY OF ATTENDING TO THIS IMPORTANT PRECEPT. Consider — 1. The awful character of God. 2. The mighty purposes for which this meeting is convened. 3. The vast importance of this duty, compared with the utter insignificance of all earthly pursuits. 4. The means of attaining this great end are abundantly supplied. 5. We beseech you to act upon this advice, from the assurance that on it depends your everlasting happiness or misery.Address — 1. Those who have made no preparation for leaving this world. 2. Those who see the need, but delay. 3. Those who are diligently making preparation.The more they arc like God, the better prepared they will be to meet Him. Only by a diligent attendance on the means of grace can this be secured. (R. Treffry.) 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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