The words spoken by the Lord through Amos are likened to the roar of…

The words the Lord speaks through Amos are likened to the roar of a lion 🦁.

What Amos wants to emphasize here is that this voice (the Gospel) is resounding.

It is said that the Christian population in Japan is less than 1%...

Has the voice of the Gospel not reached the Japanese people?

...The Gospel has reached them, but they don't believe it 😰
...Since the Meiji Restoration and the opening of Japan to the world... Protestant missionaries came in, and many intellectuals were greatly influenced.
...It is said that there was probably not a single famous literary figure who hadn't read the Bible❗️.
...However, many of those literary figures committed suicide 😱
✳️Akutagawa Ryunosuke, Dazai Osamu...etc.
...Even after hearing the Gospel...they couldn't believe in the Lord Jesus...😓
...Now, we are living in a time of great transformation in Japan and the world.

…There are wars, massacres of Christians,
and politicians' promises are…mere imitation, leaving many people disillusioned with politics.

…Now is the time to seriously share the true Gospel…

Not just something we "must speak" or "must obey"…

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It's time to earnestly share the Lord's word… so wonderful that we "cannot help but speak," "cannot help but praise," and "cannot help but live by His word."

Shalom 😃

This page archives a Morning Word message shared by Pastor Peter Sunagawa on LINE. The English prose is a translation of the Japanese source message. For Scripture wording, use the BSB link above.