But Let Justice...

God spoke through the ancient prophets. We can still hear, so clearly, their cries of lament. Time and again we hear God speak to truth and justice through these prophets. God tells us he could not stand the stench of Israel’s “solemn assemblies”. God was not going to accept their sacrifices any longer. No longer did God want to hear their songs and then he says through the prophet Amos, “But let justice roll down like waters, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream” Amos 5:24. Where do we stand today as God’s people? Would God tell us that he can not stand the stench of our solemn assemblies or would he reject our sacrifices because we do not demonstrate concern for justice or for the oppressed?