阿摩司書5:14-17

5:14 你們要求善，不要求惡，就必存活。這樣，耶和華─萬軍之上帝必照你們所說的與你們同在。

5:15 要惡惡好善，在城門口秉公行義；或者耶和華─萬軍之上帝向約瑟的餘民施恩。

5:16 主耶和華─萬軍之上帝如此說：在一切寬闊處必有哀號的聲音；在各街市上必有人說：哀哉！哀哉！又必叫農夫來哭號，叫善唱哀歌的來舉哀。

5:17 在各葡萄園必有哀號的聲音，因為我必從你中間經過。這是耶和華說的。

Seek good, and not evil,

that you may live;

and so the Lord, the God of hosts, will be with you,

as you have said.

  Hate evil, and love good,

and establish justice in the gate;

it may be that the Lord, the God of hosts,

will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.

  Therefore thus says the Lord, the God of hosts, the Lord:      

“In all the squares there shall be wailing,

and in all the streets they shall say, ‘Alas! Alas!’

They shall call the farmers to mourning

and to wailing those who are skilled in lamentation,

  and in all vineyards there shall be wailing,

for I will pass through your midst,”

says the Lord.

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    雖然有許多人違背上帝的旨意，但是上帝卻為自己存留餘民，讓他們繼續將上帝的榮美形象保留下去，使上帝的救贖得以成全。

    教會在世界上也是扮演上帝餘民的角色，所以要活出上帝要我們活的生命，就是在聖靈用聖經來引導我們活在基督裡，享受上帝兒女的福樂，成為上帝國的繼承人。

    如此，我們就可以見證上帝的榮美，表現在地如天的生命！