Amos
6:1-7— The
Concerned Christian will show alarm for the welfare of the nation.
Woe to the affluent who have no concern for the
nation. Our Old Testament lesson speaks of the American condition today in many
respects. Like Israel of the 8th Century BC, American is a people of ease,
comfort, luxury and affluence. It is a law of life that like causes produce
like effects. American is in danger of the same fate as Israel: judgment,
decline, and destruction. Who will sound the alarm as a watchman in the night?
Will America take heed?
Collect for Proper Twenty-one: O God, You are the strength of all who trust
in You, and without Your aid we can do no good thing. Grant us the help of Your
grace that we may please You in both will and deed; through Jesus Christ, Your
Son, our lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God now
and forever. [2]
[1] The rich man and Lazarus, Schnorr von Carolsfeld woodcuts © WELS permission granted for personal and congregational use
[2] Collect for Proper 21, Lutheran Service Book © 2006 Concordia Publishing House, St. Louis
[3] Collect for Wednesday of the week of Pentecost 15, For All the Saints, A Prayer Book For and By the Church, Vol. II © 1995 The American Lutheran Publicity Bureau, Delhi, NY
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