Discussion Questions

Discuss the story in small groups using the following questions. {10–15 minutes}

1. What had God’s people forgotten in Amos’s day? What is God like? And what does he want his people to be like?
   Takeaway

   God is holy, loving, and fair, and he wants his people to be holy, loving, and fair.
2. If we love God, how should we treat the people that God made? How does God feel when we come to worship him and say we love him but then act in unfair and unloving ways to our neighbors? Why?
   Takeaway

   We can’t love and worship God and not love our neighbor.
3. Whom did God send to destroy evil and begin his perfect kingdom? Why was Jesus able to destroy evil on the cross? How do sinful people like us get to be a part of God’s perfect kingdom?
   Takeaway

   Jesus was perfectly holy, loving, and fair, and he died so that we could be part of God’s perfect kingdom.
4. Why is Jesus coming back to earth someday? What will he do?
   Takeaway

   When Jesus returns, he will make the whole world perfect and new.

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