Amos 7:15

Amaziah's Opposition

¹⁴ Amos replied in answer to Amaziah, "I am no prophet, nor am I a prophet's son, for I have been shepherding and picking the fruit of sycamore trees. ¹⁵ But the LORD took me from tending the flock and the LORD kept saying to me, "Go, prophesy to my people Israel.' ¹⁶ "Very well then, hear this message from the LORD: "You are saying, "Don't prophesy against Israel, and don't preach against the house of Isaac."

Lord Said

My Flock

My People

People of Israel

Amos

Israel

Jehovah

Ezekiel 2:3-4

"Son of Man, I'm sending you to that rebellious people, the Israelis, who have rebelled against me the same way their ancestors did. And they're still rebels to this very day!

2 Samuel 7:8

"""Now therefore this is what you are to tell my servant David: "This is what the LORD of the Heavenly Armies says: "I took you from the pasture myself from tending sheep to become Commander-in-Chief over my people, that is, over Israel.

Jeremiah 1:7

Then the LORD told me, "Don't say, "I'm only a young man,' for you will go everywhere I send you, and you will speak everything I command you.

Psalm 78:70-72

Then he chose his servant David, whom he took from the sheepfold.

Matthew 4:18-19

While Jesus was walking beside the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers Simon (also called Peter) and his brother Andrew. They were casting a net into the sea, because they were fishermen.

Matthew 9:9

As Jesus went on from there, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax collector's desk and told him, "Follow me." So he got up and followed him.

Luke 24:46-48

He told them, "This is how it is written: the Messiah was to suffer and rise from the dead on the third day,

Acts 1:8

But you'll receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you, and you'll be my witnesses in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth."

Acts 4:20

for we cannot stop talking about what we've seen and heard."

Acts 5:20

"Go, stand in the Temple, and keep on telling the people the whole message about this life they can have."

Acts 5:29-32

But Peter and the apostles answered, "We must obey God rather than men!