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Innocent POOR Women business JUSTICE Faith Amos 2:6-8, 11-12

“If one of your brothers should become poor, you shall not harden your heart or shut your hand against your poor brother, but you shall open your hand to him and lend him sufficient for his need, whatever it may be.” – Deuteronomy 15:7-8

God’s Response Seek Me and live Seek good and not evil Seek Me and live … Seek the LORD and live Amos 5:5-6 Seek good, and not evil, that you may live … Hate evil, and love good, and establish justice in the gate. Amos 5:14-15

God’s Response They have no love for God or others They love easy living I hate, I despise your feasts, and I take no delight in your solemn assemblies. Even though you offer me your burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them. …Take away from me the noise of your songs; I will not listen. But let justice roll down like waters, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream. - Amos 5:21-24 Woe to those who are at ease in Zion… - Amos 6 They are vertically off The Lord was standing beside a wall built with a plumb line, with a plumb line in his hand. … Then the Lord said, “Behold, I am setting a plumb line in the midst of my people Israel. - Amos 7:7-8

Judgement: The Day of the Lord Woe to you who desire the day of the Lord! - Amos 5:18 Famine of the Word Behold, the days are coming,” declares the Lord God, “when I will send a famine on the land—not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the Lord. - Amos 8:11 Death All the sinners of my people shall die by the sword. - Amos 9:10 From his mouth comes a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations – Rev.19:15

The Shepherd and the Vinedresser I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinedresser. – John 15:1

His message is of worship AND mercy Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint and dill and cumin, and have neglected the weightier matters of the law: justice and mercy and faithfulness. These you ought to have done, without neglecting the others. – Matthew 23:23

He LOVES everyone with EQUITY He himself is our peace, who has made us both one and has broken down in his flesh the dividing wall of hostility. – Ephesians 2:14

He TREATS everyone with EQUALITY

Be POOR

Love God AND love others

I can’t stand your religious meetings. I’m fed up with your conferences and conventions. I want nothing to do with your religion projects, your pretentious slogans and goals. I’m sick of your fund-raising schemes, your public relations and image making. I’ve had all I can take of your noisy ego-music. When was the last time you sang to me? Do you know what I want? I want justice—oceans of it. I want fairness—rivers of it. That’s what I want. That’s all I want. Amos 5:21-24 (The Message)

Help the RICH become POOR