公平如大水滚滚
因相信神而得救，却又身处压迫之中，这是很平常的事。一个人可能每天都与耶稣同行，却每天都在不公平的待遇中劳作，面对不公平的工作环境，或面临宗教迫害——几乎没有机会从磨石下出来。
阿摩司的预言中最尖刻的责备，是针对一些最糟糕的以色列压迫者，他们热衷于宗教仪式。他们把祭物献给神，遵守所有的宗教节期。他们按着字句地遵守神的律法。但他们对他人毫无关心。
类似地，神也藉着以赛亚说：“你们不要再献虚浮的供物。香品是我所憎恶的....你们的手都满了杀人的血....学习行善。寻求公平，解救受欺压的，给孤儿伸冤，为寡妇辨屈。”（赛 1:13-17）。无论这些责备如何应用在今天的情境中，我们都需要反省我们的态度和细查我们的账簿。这也可能需要我们的社会和商界进行辩论和问责。
最终，在主来的日子，全人类的审判官将带来完全的公义。凡悔改归向基督的，一切压迫和贫穷都必止息。到那日，公平将如大水滚滚。
“神阿，求你鉴察我，知道我的心思，试炼我，知道我的意念。看在我里面有什么恶行没有，引导我走永生的道路”（诗 139:23-24）。阿们。
阿摩司书 5:18-24
18 想望耶和华日子来到的有祸了！你们为何想望耶和华的日子呢？那日黑暗没有光明，
19 景况好像人躲避狮子又遇见熊，或是进房屋以手靠墙，就被蛇咬。
20 耶和华的日子不是黑暗没有光明吗？不是幽暗毫无光辉吗？
21 “我厌恶你们的节期，也不喜悦你们的严肃会。
22 你们虽然向我献燔祭和素祭，我却不悦纳，也不顾你们用肥畜献的平安祭。
23 要使你们歌唱的声音远离我，因为我不听你们弹琴的响声。
24 唯愿公平如大水滚滚，使公义如江河滔滔。
Justice Like A River
"Let justice roll on like a river, righteousness like a never-failing stream!" — Amos 5:24
It is not unusual to be saved through faith in God and yet suffer under oppression. A person may walk with Jesus each day and yet have to labor under discrimination, deal with unfair working conditions, or face religious persecution—with little chance of getting out from under the grindstone.
What’s particularly scorching about Amos’s prophecy is that some of the worst oppressors were Israelites who were zealous in their religious rituals. They brought sacrifices to God; they observed all the religious holidays. They followed the law of God to the letter. But they had no concern for other people. Through Isaiah, God said, similarly, “Stop bringing meaningless offerings! Your incense is detestable to me.... Your hands are full of blood!... Learn to do right; seek justice. Defend the oppressed. Take up the cause of the fatherless; plead the case of the widow” (Isaiah 1:13-17). Wherever this charge may apply today, it calls for self-examination of our attitudes and account books. It may also call for debate and accountability in our community and business circles.
Ultimately, on the day of the Lord, the Judge of all humankind will usher in complete justice. And for those who have repented and turned to Christ, all oppression and poverty will cease. On that day, justice will roll down like a mighty river.
“Search me, God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting” (Psalm 139:23-24). Amen.
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