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If the church were to be an employment agency, this lesson would then be easier to understand. When a person comes into an employment office, the questions are asked, "What kind of work are you looking for? What kind of work are you qualified to do?" These questions are asked to ascertain the talents and the experiences of a person. The employer is looking for a person with just the right qualities that are needed for the job. They do not want a mismatch between the employee and the job. This would cause time and money loss.
If we asked more persons joining the church, "What do you want to do? What kind of work are you looking for?" maybe, just maybe, our fellowship and worship would be more exciting.
Amos gives us the answer to our employment status. He says, "Seek good, and not evil ... hate evil, and love good." In a nut shell, I bet that most Christians could not answer so simply.
Even Jesus at twelve could understand that he was to be about his Father's business. Thus he set out for the next twenty-one years to show people that he was trying to "establish justice in the gate" as Amos states it. This is a natural conclusion for one who loves good.
-- Netz
If the church were to be an employment agency, this lesson would then be easier to understand. When a person comes into an employment office, the questions are asked, "What kind of work are you looking for? What kind of work are you qualified to do?" These questions are asked to ascertain the talents and the experiences of a person. The employer is looking for a person with just the right qualities that are needed for the job. They do not want a mismatch between the employee and the job. This would cause time and money loss.
If we asked more persons joining the church, "What do you want to do? What kind of work are you looking for?" maybe, just maybe, our fellowship and worship would be more exciting.
Amos gives us the answer to our employment status. He says, "Seek good, and not evil ... hate evil, and love good." In a nut shell, I bet that most Christians could not answer so simply.
Even Jesus at twelve could understand that he was to be about his Father's business. Thus he set out for the next twenty-one years to show people that he was trying to "establish justice in the gate" as Amos states it. This is a natural conclusion for one who loves good.
-- Netz
