Sharper Iron From Kfuo Radio

Rev. Jacob Dandy, pastor at Zion Lutheran Church and Crown Christian School in St. Francis, MN, joins host Rev. Timothy Appel to study Amos 3:3-8. As Amos finished preaching the LORD’s judgment against Israel, they must have asked, “What gives this sheepherder from Tekoa the right to speak to us?” Amos answers that question through a series of rhetorical questions. Each one presents a situation to which there is an obvious answer, and Amos builds toward his goal as a master of rhetoric. Two people agree to walk together. They hear a roaring lion because he has caught and killed his prey. They see a bird caught in a snare. They hear the trumpet blown in the city, announcing the enemy’s arrival. The truth that Amos drives home to Israel is this: the LORD is coming as their enemy to bring disaster upon them because they have broken His covenant with them. He desires that they know that this is not a random occurrence. This is His alien work among them by which He desires to bring them to repentance so that He m