Does God care about injustice?

Does God even care about injustice? Turn to the news for 2 minutes and we can see that people are wild. But we don't take our cues from the news. So instead we're going to see what our old boy Amos has to say. Amos is a shepherd and a farmer living in the south in Judah and God calls him suddenly out of nowhere. Bam! Lace up your boots, put on your backpack. So he leaves his country behind and he goes to Bethel where he is surrounded by people that he was just at war with two grandmas ago. Chapter 1 begins by Amos cussing out all of the surrounding nations of Israel. And he is dressing them down. Not only announcing their coming wrath, but also listing out one by one all of the terrible things that they have done to deserve this. Betrayal, slavery, murder, it's all in there, y'all. The Bible's got more tea than Bridgerton. But if you think that's bad, Israel's laundry list of bad behavior is way worse. Israel to the north has a very successful king by almost all accounts. The problem is is that the country is prospering off of the backs of the poorest people in the nation. Innocent people were being sold for silver. God reminds them of all the things that he's already done to try to get their attention. And he says to Israel, I gave you empty stomachs. I withheld the rain. I destroyed your gardens. I sent you plagues. I destroyed your cities by sulfur and yet you still did not return to me. The same Israelites who were held captive by the Egyptians for what seemed like an eternity had now become the very oppressors that God had freed them from. So God is sad mad. Amos tells them, you all have completely missed the point. If you truly love God, you would love his people. And the Lord is patient, but now he is going to let justice roll on like a river. So God speaks through Amos that the king is going to die by the sword and the people will be taken captive once again, led through the breaches of the walls and connected by fish hooks in their cheeks. Now Amos is starting to get traction with his message from God. So here comes the opposition. Amaziah, who's the chief priest in the area, sends him a nastygram and says to Amos, basically getting right in his face. He says, get out of here. Stop preaching in Bethel and go back to where you came from. And Amos, he ain't no punk Christian, so he is not going to back down. If you've been walking with the word long enough, you know exactly what to do. To the world, it may seem like Amaziah is a boss, but for the rest of us who know the truth, this dude is a joker. He is not a priest. He is not in charge. He has no real wealth and he is not in communication with God. So therefore his power is unlimited. Amos reaches in his pocket and pulls out the only weapon that will actually hold damage, the word of the Lord. And he says, actually, bro, your wife is going to become a prostitute. Your people going to be led into exile and you yourself are going to die. God says also that there's going to be a famine of words in the land and that he's going to make the sun go down at noon and darken the earth in broad daylight. And listen, all of that stuff comes true. But we don't have time to talk about that right now. Finally, the book of Amos ends with a glimmer of hope. And God says he will restore the fallen town of David. Friends, I've read a lot of books, but the Bible is the most interesting book in the world. I pray that you would read it with me and see just how incredible it is. Praying for you, friends.