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God & Justice :: God & Justice :: Part 2

TRUTH: God does not overlook oppression, and serves justice to oppressors

June 14, 2020

TRUTH: God does not overlook oppression, and serves justice to oppressors

1. God is saddened by oppression
Amos 5:1 :: Hear this word, Israel, this lament I take up concerning you:

2. The oppressed are not above becoming oppressors
Amos 5:7 :: There are those who turn justice into bitterness and cast righteousness to the ground.

3. Injustice has no reward
Amos 5:11 :: You levy a straw tax on the poor and impose a tax on their grain. Therefore, though you have built stone mansions, you will not live in them; though you have planted lush vineyards, you will not drink their wine.

4. Repentance leads to grace
Amos 5:15 :: Hate evil, love good; maintain justice in the courts. Perhaps the Lord God Almighty will have mercy on the remnant of Joseph.

5. God is pleased with action, not lip service
Amos 5:23-24 :: Away with the noise of your songs! I will not listen to the music of your harps. But let justice roll on like a river, righteousness like a never-failing stream!