“The Rebuke of Religion” Amos 5:1-27

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Date: November 7, 2021 Author: Wayne J. Edwards

According to the 2nd London Baptist Confession of 1689: “The acceptable way of worshiping the true God is instituted by Himself, and so limited by His own revealed will, that He may not be worshiped according to the imagination and devices of men, nor in any other way not prescribed in the Holy Scriptures!” Sadly, that requirement of fidelity to the Scriptures and faithfulness to God regarding our times of corporate worship was not communicated to the majority of today’s ministers. Hence, the worship wars of the last 20-years that ended with the entertainment-based worship services of our day. Quite frankly, since they are not worshipful to God, they are worthless to man, and while they may attract lost people to “attend,” they are a “distraction” to their stated purpose for attending.

According to the 2nd London Baptist Confession of 1689: “The acceptable way of worshiping the true God is instituted by Himself, and so limited by His own revealed will, that He may not be worshiped according to the imagination and devices of men, nor in any other way not prescribed in the Holy Scriptures!”

Sadly, that requirement of fidelity to the Scriptures and faithfulness to God regarding our times of corporate worship was not communicated to the majority of today’s ministers. Hence, the worship wars of the last 20-years that ended with the entertainment-based worship services of our day. Quite frankly, since they are not worshipful to God, they are worthless to man, and while they may attract lost people to “attend,” they are a “distraction” to their stated purpose for attending.

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Amos was the first of the twelve minor prophetic books to be written and the third to be included in the cannon of the Holy Scriptures.

As they became weaker spiritually, the Israelites tried to merge the practices of their faith in the God of Israel with the practices of the worship of pagan gods of Baal, Ashtoreth, and Molech.

Amos held out God’s gracious invitation for Israel to repent and return to God:

Amos contrasts the glory of God with the sinfulness of His people.

God’s judgment upon Israel was that He would allow them to be taken into captivity.

There would be those who would long for the day of the Lord to come to save them, but Amos said they need not expect it:

Amos said, when the judgment of God began, the people would find no comfort in their false religion.

From the moment we are called to be God’s people, we are to continue to SEEK HIM until we KNOW HIM in all of His glory! Only then can we be assured of our eternal life. (John 17:3)

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