Southwest Ohio Reformed Presbyterian

A. The Temple - Means of Grace. Not Grace itself- -8-21-23--B. Solomon's Eg. -Prayer- - Eg. 4us of another MOG -8-31, 33, 35, 37, 38--C. The Triune God is the POWER, not the temple of the church- -8-27-30, 32, 34, 36, 39, 40--D. The Purpose of the Temple was to -1- Raise up the Name of the LORD, and -2- Redeem the CREATION-ELECT -8-41, 43-

A. The glory of the first temple was the Spirit of God -8-10--B. The ark's entrance keyed the Spirit's entrance -8-1, 6--C. Applications for life-theology- 1. God's Spirit basic for the Christian life- 2. Awareness of the Spirit follows grasping the Son- 3. Holiness not primarily visible but spiritual- 4. All things spiritual are purely at God's discretion

A. The LORD is exalted in the magnificent revelation of Himself -Psa. 92-1-3, 15--B. The LORD is exalted in the sustained flourishing of the righteous -Psa. 92-4-6, 10-14--C. The LORD is exalted in the just destruction of the wicked -Psa. 92-7, 9--D. The LORD is exalted in the eternal elevation of Himself -Psa. 92-8-

1. Shimei's recompense - justice-2. Rome's recompense - justice- a. Rome's doctrinal declension- b. Rome's persecution of the elect-3. Temporal justice not always fulfilled completely

1. The Bible relates these two 'better'-2. The humiliation of David's old age -1-1-4--3. Politics abhors vacuums - readily fills up with dirt -1-5-10--4. 'Theologians' -Nathan- with political acumen -1-11-12-

A. The Greatness of God -Psa. 90-1-2--B. The Gravity of God -Psa. 90-3-11--C. The Grace of God -Psa. 90-12-17-

1. Why we ought to fear the Lord -9-1ff-- a. Memories of Samson-Philistines-temple- b. No safe places in all the world-2. Why we ought to flee to the Lord in faith -9-11-- a. He makes such a great promise- b. He makes such a great proclamation

1. God swears by Himself -8-7ff--2. When God judges all reality accommodates Him -8-9ff--3. God's destructive prophesy -8-11ff--4. God's judgment works inexorably -8-12ff-

1. Vision of the fruit basket -8-1, 2--2. Temple songs have turned into wailing -8-3--3. Social ethics - theology -8-4--4. Israel's calendar - its leaders' heart sentiments -8-5--5. Processing the poor in their stupidity -8-6-

1. Reason for Amos' apology -7-12-13--2. Amos' apology 1 - God spoke to me -7-15--3. Amos' apology 2 - Your wife, children, death -7-17--4. Parallels to Jesus' apology -Rom. 1-4- 1 Cor. 15-

1. Amos' vision of the locusts -7-1ff--2. Amos' vision of the fire -7-4ff--3. Amos' vision of the plumbline -7-7ff--4. Amaziah fights dirty -7-10ff-

1. Easy groupthink hard to dispel -6-1--2. Woe to those who's faith rests in distractions -6-3ff--3. God oath - this time for judgment -6-8ff--4. God's instrument of wrath- Assyria -6-14-

1. The Day of the LORD, rightly understood -5-18, 20--2. God's special contempt for false faith -5-21ff--3. Worship as noise -5-23ff--4. A comparison to wilderness Israel -5-25ff-

1. Lamentation -5-1-3--2. Repentance and change -5-4-7--3. God's omnipotence -5-8--4. Interim strategy for individual Israelites -5-13-

1. Exegesis of passage -4-1-13--2. Sin - Ethics -4-1--3. Faith- the end of all godliness -4-11d, 12d--4. Application to our day