Love - Hate evil, love good!

VERSE: 

Amos 5:14-15 

14  Seek good, not evil, that you may live. Then the LORD God Almighty will be with you, just as you say he is. 15  Hate evil, love good;  maintain justice in the courts. Perhaps the LORD God Almighty will have mercy on the remnant of Joseph. 

LESSON: 

Love - Hate evil, love good! 


In this verse we are told that the LORD God will always be with us if we "...seek good, not evil...". We are instructed not only to seek good...but also that we are to "love good" and "Hate evil". This command is not just for us as individuals and private citizens...but also for us to be civic minded enough to work to "...maintain justice in the courts...". God's clear message and command here is all about our need to seek "good" and to avoid (as well as hate) things which are evil. It clearly applies to individuals as well as to our various forms of government institutions.