As one concludes a study of the book of Amos, several key ideas stand out. First, God sometimes uses unlikely people to be His messengers. Amos was an ordinary man in the business of shepherding and growing figs, but the Lord called him to deliver an extraordinary message. Amos was faithful to be obedient to the Lord in spite of the numerous obstacles before him. He apparently lacked any formal training or any human support. Amos went to a people who looked down upon his own people of
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