““I hate all your show and pretense— the hypocrisy of your religious festivals and solemn assemblies. Away with your noisy hymns of praise! I will not listen to the music of your harps. Instead, I want to see a mighty flood of justice, an endless river of righteous living.”
Amos 5:21, 23-24 NLT
What caused this outrage by the Lord? Israel had again sunk into idolatry. They had begun well but slid into worship of Cannanite gods. Places like Bethel and Gilgal were once places to worship God but became idolatrous. The people then attempted to make an each way bet and turned up to worship God in a half-hearted attempt to fool God. He was having none of it and rebuked them for the outworking of their idolatry: persecution of the poor.
What can we learn from this? Don’t think that great songs and singing cut it with God unless hearts are changed and the poor are cared for. Amen!
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