MP1_5

Transcript

3. Woe to you who desire the day of the Lord! Why would you have the day of the Lord? It is darkness, and not light, as if a man fled from a lion, and a bear met him, or went into the house and leaned his hand against the wall, and a serpent bit him. Is not the day of the Lord darkness, and not light, and gloom with no brightness in it? “I hate, I despise your feasts, and I take no delight in your solemn Amos 5:18-24 (ESV)
4. assemblies. Even though you offer me your burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them; and the peace offerings of your fattened animals, I will not look upon them. Take away from me the noise of your songs; to the melody of your harps I will not listen. 
 But let justice roll down like waters, and righteousness like an ever- flowing stream. Amos 5:18-24 (ESV)
5. Sound Bites and Silence
7. But let justice roll down like waters, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream. Amos 5:24 (ESV)
8. Sound Bites
9. “Any religion that professes to be concerned with the souls of men and is not concerned with the slums that damn them, the economic conditions that strangle them, and the social conditions that cripple them is a dry-as-dust religion.” Martin Luther King, Jr
10. Silence
11. ‘When the oppressed and the voiceless have no one to stand for them we are not innocent in our silence.’ Erwin McManus
13. But let justice roll down like waters, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream. Amos 5:24 (ESV)
14. For the grace of God has been revealed, bringing salvation to all people. And we are instructed to turn from godless living and sinful pleasures. We should live in this evil world with wisdom, righteousness, and devotion to God, while we look forward with hope to that wonderful day when the glory of our great God and Saviour, Jesus Christ, will be revealed. He gave his life to free us from every kind of sin, to cleanse us, and to make us his very own people, totally committed to doing good deeds. Titus 2:11-14 (NLT)
15. Submission
16. ‘Our calling is not simply to change the world, but perhaps as important, our calling is to be changed ourselves. I fear that we're asking God to move mountains, forgetting that God also wants to move us.’ Eugene Cho
17. “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, for he has anointed me to bring Good News to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim that captives will be released, that the blind will see, that the oppressed will be set free, and that the time of the Lord’s favour has come.” Luke 4:18-19 (NLT)