IBC Richmond

APPLICATION QUESTIONS: • What is the Day of the Lord? Consider passages such as Amos 5:18; Joel 2; Isaiah 13:6, 9; 1 Thess. 5:1-11; 2 Thess. 2:2; 2 Peter 3:10. • What does it mean to worship God? Why did God reject Israel’s worship (Amos 5:21-27)? • When is "taking it easy” a bad thing (Amos 6:1)? How does a Christian balance leisure time with work, family, and church? • If you rid your schedule o...

APPLICATION QUESTIONS: • If God commands in judgment “Fallen, no more to rise, is the virgin Israel” (Amos 5:2), how can he invite the house of Israel to “seek me and live” (Amos 5:4)? • How do you “seek good, and not evil” (Amos 5:14)? Give specific examples. • What does it mean to lament and mourn (Amos 5:1, 16)? How can the church help people lament and mourn appropriately? • Share (and perhaps...

Application Questions: 1. What does it mean for the Lord to "swear by his holiness" (Amos 4:2)? 2. What do the 5 catastrophes in Amos 4:6-11 tell you about God’s sovereignty? 3. How has God used hardship to draw you to him? 4. Would you sing the ancient hymn of Amos 4:13 in joy or dread? How would Amos' audience sing it?

APPLICATION QUESTIONS: • In comparison to Israel’s covenant relationship to God (Amos 3:1-2a), how do you consider yourself spiritually privileged? • As a Christian, how responsible are you to live to the glory of God? What NT verses confirm it? • Why did God’s leave a remnant of Israel (Amos 3:12)? • What does Amos 3 tell us about God who judges his own people?

Questions for Application: • How does family history influence spiritual formation like medical history (see Amos 2:4)? • After identifying the four crimes in Amos 2:6-8, is today’s culture different? Why or why not? List similarities and dissimilarities. • Consider the phrase “It was I…” (vs. 9, 10). How is God providentially leading you to the Gospel and in the Christian life? Give examples. Sha...

APPLICATION QUESTIONS: • What does it say about God that he not only judges his covenant people, but also the nations? • Look for the word “because” (Amos 1:2-2:3) and answer, why was God’s judgment justified? • How does God’s sovereignty help Christians read the daily news? • Since God judges the nations, how must Christians and the church set priorities over time and resources?

APPLICATION QUESTIONS: • What was Amos's burden? Who gave it to him? • What is the implication that God judges the nations and his own people? • Given Amos's calling, have you considered God's call upon your life? • Where is the hope in the book of Amos?

Application Questions: • What does it mean to “consider Jesus” (Heb. 3:1) and “hold fast” (Heb. 3:6)? • Considering the building analogy used in Hebrews 3:3-4 does Jesus have the appropriate place of honor in your life? • How should a believer boast without being prideful (Heb. 3:6)? In what is the believer’s confidence? • What correlations come from comparing Jesus and Moses?

Application Questions: • Define repentance according to Acts 26:20. • Drawing from Paul's conversion experience (Acts 26:12-18), in what ways have you changed because of salvation? • What is the "help come from God" Paul references (Acts 26:22)? Do you need it? Do you want it? • In what ways does the Gospel fulfill the Old Testament (Acts 26:23)?

Application Questions: • What does Paul mean by “believing everything laid down by the Law and written in the Prophets” (vs. 14)? How does it shape a Christian’s view of the Old Testament? • Do you have a clear conscience toward God and man (vs. 16)? How do you maintain it? • Have you been falsely accused? How did you respond? • What is the resurrection of the just and unjust? Where in the Bible w...

Application Questions • Was Paul's anger against Ananias justified? When is righteous anger good? • What does Paul's use of Exodus 22:28 (Acts 23:5) teach us about obedience? • How important is knowing your audience to evangelism? Give reasons why. • How and when is the resurrection hopeful (Acts 23:6)?

Application Questions: • How are people saved? • What were the circumstances leading to your conversion? • Do you remember a specific time you were saved? • Discuss with a friend what Paul’s blindness signifies? • Apply the statement, “You will be a witness for him to everyone of what you have seen and heard” (Acts 22:15). Who are you specifically witnessing to?

Application Questions: 1. Who appoints a pastor according to Acts 20:28? 2. After reading Paul’s anecdotal sermon, how prominent is conflict/suffering in ministry? 3. Who are the wolves (vs. 29)? How you recognize and fight them? 4. List 2-3 creative ways you can personally apply the statement, “It is more blessed to give than to receive.” (vs. 31)

Application Questions: 1. What does it mean to know God? For a believer? For an unbeliever? 2. What are appropriate forms of contextualization? 3. What are inappropriate forms of contextualization? How do they compromise the Gospel? 4. When it says, “[Paul’s] spirit was provoked within him as he saw that the city was full of idols” (vs. 16), what gives you the same reaction in your city? 5. How mu...