NOTES for Amo 3:1-8
“You only have I known of all the families of the earth; therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities,” says the Lord. It follows that truly great grace places great obligations upon us. Indeed, if the Lord were indifferent to what we do, it would mean that He simply did not care about us. Is that what we want? Would we really want God not to care about us? If so, then we do not need Him. We should then be honest and admit that life would be easier without Him. But if we want Him to love us, we will have to accept that our conduct matters to Him and that He does not want us to sin. Only then can we call upon His name honestly, knowing that if He intervenes in our life, much will collapse: everything in which there was no place for Him.