But Let Justice Roll On Like A River, Righteousness Like A Never Failing Stream

AMOS 5:18:24
“Woe to you who desire the day of the LORD! For what good is the day of the LORD to you? It will be darkness, and not light. It will be as though a man fled from a lion, And a bear met him! Or as though he went into the house, Leaned his hand on the wall, And a serpent bit him! Is not the day of the LORD darkness, and not light? Is it not very dark, with no brightness in it? “I hate, I despise your feast days, And I do not savor your sacred assemblies. Though you offer Me burnt offerings and your grain offerings, I will not accept them, Nor will I regard your fattened peace offerings. Take away from Me the noise of your songs, For I will not hear the melody of your stringed instruments. But let justice run down like water, And righteousness like a mighty stream.
”‭‭Amos‬ ‭5:18-24‬ ‭NKJV‬
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These people were calling for the day of the Lord, but they were living in darkness and their worship was fake. Their songs of praise was nothing more than a “noise”. They did not understand what they was wishing for, for these lawless people were heading toward God’s judgement.
Many Christians today, attend church, sing praises to God, but carry on living the same old; they don’t make the effort to really know Christ.
How can anyone sing heart felt praises to God without actually taking the time to know Him?
Jesus said, ““Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven. Many will say to Me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?’ And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!’”
‭‭Matthew‬ ‭7:21-23‬ ‭NKJV‬‬
Attending church is good, but unless one takes the time to personally know Christ, he or she is wasting his or her time. Furthermore, attending man’s church rather than Christ’ will prophet you nothing.
Jesus is our creator, He created every single human being on the earth. In fact he knew you before you was in your mothers womb (JEREMIAH 1:5).
But if you cannot make an effort to know Him, it will be too late on the day of judgement and He will say “I never knew you.”
The only way to really know someone is through relationship, spending time together in conversation, by involving in one another’s lives, and sharing quality time together.
God wants a personal relationship with you.
When your relationship is right with Him, you shall come to know Him, truly trust Him, and love Him, and you will desire from your heart to sing His praises alone or in assembly with other believers
Your song will more than a “noise” and your worship will be genuine and from the heart. You have truly come to believe in Christ and make Him your Lord and Saviour.
Your relationship with Christ can only start in private conversation with God. Therefore, make time for regular ongoing prayer, involve Him in every aspect of your life. Make the effort to know Christ today and He will make the effort to know you and be there when you need Him.
A relationship with Christ is like marriage and needs all to be fully committed. Jesus has done His part, in fact He died for you. Are you ready to do your part and live for Him?
Like many marriages of today, the church lacks intimacy; they come together once a week but their hearts are not in it. The people can either not be bothered or they allow man made religious rules to get in the way.
It’s either Christ church or mans church; if you are attending man’s church, your efforts are in vain.
The Pastor is not there to control or limit, but rather to host and shepherd. The Apostle is to plant and oversee; the Prophet is Gods vessel to speak to His people; the teacher to teach, and the evangelist to evangelise, but all by the leading of the same Spirit.
It not the Pastor that is to be worshipped, nor the Apostle, or Prophet, or teacher, or evangelist, it’s God!
Jesus is the only head, and it is the head that instructs every individual part of the whole body.
Furthermore, every believer is an individual part of the whole body and each has an individual part to play, not just the so called “leadership”.
Each member of the church, Christ body, falls into at least one of the categories of Jesus apostolic five fold ministry and is called to serve and is spiritually gifted accordingly (1 CORINTHIANS 12:1-11).
“And He Himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers, for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ, till we all come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ; that we should no longer be children, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, in the cunning craftiness of deceitful plotting, but, speaking the truth in love, may grow up in all things into Him who is the head—Christ— from whom the whole body, joined and knit together by what every joint supplies, according to the effective working by which every part does its share, causes growth of the body for the edifying of itself in love. This I say, therefore, and testify in the Lord, that you should no longer walk as the rest of the Gentiles walk, in the futility of their mind, having their understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God, because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart; who, being past feeling, have given themselves over to lewdness, to work all uncleanness with greediness. But you have not so learned Christ, if indeed you have heard Him and have been taught by Him, as the truth is in Jesus: that you put off, concerning your former conduct, the old man which grows corrupt according to the deceitful lusts, and that you put on the new man which was created according to God, in true righteousness and holiness.“
‭‭Ephesians‬ ‭4‬:‭11‬-‭22‬, ‭24‬ ‭NKJV‬‬
Man’s old church is falling away; in deed over six thousand churches have closed their doors in the last couple of years throughout Europe, for the old wine is depleted.
But Jesus time is here and the new wine is being poured into the new wine skins ((JOHN 2:1-11), those who God has prepared for such a time as this.
Jesus said, “No one puts a piece from a new garment on an old one; otherwise the new makes a tear, and also the piece that was taken out of the new does not match the old. And no one puts new wine into old wineskins; or else the new wine will burst the wineskins and be spilled, and the wineskins will be ruined. But new wine must be put into new wineskins, and both are preserved. And no one, having drunk old wine, immediately desires new; for he says, ‘The old is better.’ ”“
‭‭Luke‬ ‭5‬:‭36‬-‭39‬ ‭NKJV‬‬
We see this in old church today; many Pastors and ministers refuse to step down, let go, and hand the reins to Jesus. They are trying to desperately hold on to the old with man pleasing promises, church membership and controls, prosperity teaching and man made projects to raise funds.
They reject the Apostles and Prophets because their words don’t fall in line with their ideals and church projects.
But the truth is, no one can stop what God is doing, His justice will roll on and bring Gods desires into being.
Nothing can stop Jesus ministry and He saved the best until last (JOHN 2:10).
The new wine is pouring out on His people, and with new wine comes new powers and new freedoms, for the Kingdom is here.
Jesus said, “”Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do he will do also; and greater works than these he will do, because I go to My Father. And whatever you ask in My name, that I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If you ask anything in My name, I will do it.“
‭‭John‬ ‭14‬:‭12‬-‭14‬ ‭NKJV
My beloved, the old is falling away, the new is here, and God is reaching out to the lost as the awesome time of the Lord approaches, and His final judgment falls upon this dark world.
It’s time to let go of the old, submit, and hand the reins to Jesus.
All glory to God forever and ever! Amen.