I Hate Your Worship - a Research Paper on Amos 5:21-25

I HATE YOUR WORSHIP A RESEARCH PAPER ON AMOS 5:21-25 CONTENTS INTRODUCTION……………………………………………………………………………….2 AN HISTORICAL OVERVIEW OF AMOS…………………………………………………..3 The Funeral Dirge……………………………………………………………………………3 The Judicial system………………………………………………………………………….4 The Heart of Amos Message……………………………………………………………….5 HOLY GATHERINGS…..………………………………………………………………………5 SACRIFICIAL OFFERINGS…………………………………………………………………...7 Burnt Offerings………………………………………………………………………………8 grain Offerings………………………………………………………………………………8 Peace Offerings……………………………………………………………………………….8 SONGS AND INSTRUMENTS…………………………………………………………………9 RIGHTEOUSNESS AND JUSTICE…………………………………………………………..12 CHRISTOLOGICAL EXAMPLES OF JUSTICE…………………………………………..13 Zacchaeus……………………………………………………………………………………13 Samaritan cleaning woman………………………………………………………………………….14 Woman with the Issue of Bleeding………………………………………………………...14 Demon Possessed cosmos……………………………………………………………………...

15 CONCLUSION…………………………………………………………………………………16 ii. INTRODUCTION In one of the most well-known speeches in the history of America, obliging rights leader Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. purposely quoted the very words that were unshakably delivered 2600 years earlier by the prophet Amos as a call to true worship.[1] The very definition of worship is the reverent honor and homage paying to a god or sacred personage, or to both other object regarded as sacred. However, Kings intentions were not necessarily to get the masses to worship God alternatively that justice would roll down like water and accountability like a mighty stream. This I Have a Dream speech was one of many that led to the civil liberties Americans enjoy today; a freedom from the many injustices brought on by the Bible believing and Judeo-Christian God worshipping generations this plain was built upon. Many have never made the radio link between worship and justice. Maybe it would be better to think that many have never made... If you want to get a full essay, order it on our website: Ordercustompaper.com

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