Seek Good

Amos 5:12 -15 - For I know how many are your offenses and how great your sins. There are those who oppress the innocent and take bribes and deprive the poor of justice in the courts. Therefore the prudent keep quiet in such times, for the times are evil. Seek good, not evil, that you may live. Then the LORD God Almighty will be with you, just as you say he is. Hate evil, love good; maintain justice in the courts. Perhaps the LORD God Almighty will have mercy on the remnant of Joseph.

Amos 2:7 - They trample on the heads of the poor as on the dust of the ground and deny justice to the oppressed. Father and son use the same girl and so profane my holy name.

Isaiah 1:17 - Learn to do right; seek justice. Defend the oppressed. Take up the cause of the fatherless; plead the case of the widow.

Romans 12:9 - Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good.

Genesis 18:25 - Far be it from you to do such a thing—to kill the righteous with the wicked, treating the righteous and the wicked alike. Far be it from you! Will not the Judge of all the earth do right?”

Jeremiah 36:3 - Perhaps when the people of Judah hear about every disaster I plan to inflict on them, they will each turn from their wicked ways; then I will forgive their wickedness and their sin.”

Application:

· Do I defend the poor and oppressed? Or, do I trample on them or deny them justice?
· Do I take advantage of the weaK? Or do I encourage them, defend them and plead for them?
· Is my love for fellow Christians and my fellowman sincere?
· The Judge of all the earth is just and does what is right!!!
· If I am repentant, the Lord will forgive my wickedness and sin!!!

All Scripture verses taken from NIV

Seek

Amos 5:3-5 - This is what the Sovereign LORD says to Israel: “Your city that marches out a thousand strong will have only a hundred left; your town that marches out a hundred strong will have only ten left.” This is what the LORD says to Israel: “Seek me and live; do not seek Bethel, do not go to Gilgal, do not journey to Beersheba. For Gilgal will surely go into exile, and Bethel will be reduced to nothing.”

Deuteronomy 4:29 - But if from there you seek the LORD your God, you will find him if you seek him with all your heart and with all your soul.

Isaiah 55:3 - Give ear and come to me; listen, that you may live. I will make an everlasting covenant with you, my faithful love promised to David.

Ezekiel 18:9 - He follows my decrees and faithfully keeps my laws. That man is righteous; he will surely live, declares the Sovereign LORD.

Application:

· Do I seek and fear Him? Do I live in obedience to Him? Do I love and serve Him? When I forsake Him, do I renew my allegiance and commitment to Him?
· Do I listen to my God so that my soul may live?
· Is my life more than mere existence? Does my life include communion with God?

All Scripture verses taken from NIV