Wherever a spiritual famine exists, there can be no spiritual fruit. Pulpits dry up. Preachers become droughts without rain. Churches become dust bowls. People begin to die on the vine. This is precisely what the prophet Amos said in his day. It was the best of times politically and culturally. Jeroboam II was the King and outwardly his kingdom was at the zenith of its success, but inwardly and spiritual there was corruption and hypocrisy. The people heard but did not heed the Word of God. The nation gave outward appearance of obedience, but she was dead inwardly. So God warned through Amos of a coming famine.
We are living in such days — the famine of the Word continues of massive proportions in most places in N. America.
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