Day 18: Proverbs 9:8, Amos 5:13-15, Micah 6:8
How should we live in this evil time?
We are
living in a time where we dislike those who rebuke honestly within love. Therefore, the wise advise us not to rebuke
the arrogant, lest they hate us (Prov. 9:8a). Even in the time of the prophet Amos, leaders
and judges would pronounce judgments and decrees at the city gates, but the
arrogant people of Israel did not acknowledge them, rather, they despised them.
Another wickedness that occurred in his
time was that judges took bribes and oppressed the poor. Referring to such times, in Amos 5:13, it is
called a time of evil. In this time,
similar to when Amos lived, how should we live?
Firstly, we
should learn from the wise and remain silent. This silence serves as a judgment against the
arrogant. Secondly, we should not seek
evil, but pursue goodness. By hating
evil and loving good (Amos 5:15), we must overcome evil with good. Thirdly, we must establish justice. The Bible tells us that what God desires is
only to do justice, to love kindness, and to walk humbly with God (Micah 6:8).
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