But let justice roll on like a river, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.But let justice roll on like rivers, and righteousness like a mighty stream.But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.But let justice roll down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.
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… But let justice roll down like waters and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream. Okay, I know I talk fast, but dang. Let me just do it again so y'all can get this. It's right there in the text. It's just really good. It says, verse 23, take away from me the noise of your songs. I will not listen to the melody of your harps, but let justice roll down like waters and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream. I know I talk fast, but dang, I'll go back to verse 21. I hate, I despise your festivals. I take no delight in your solemn assemblies. Even though you offer me burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them. And the offerings of your well-being of fatted animals, I will not look upon. Take away from me the noise of your songs. I will not listen to the melody of your harps. But let justice roll down like waters and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream. Can I give y'all room to shout everything before verse 24 was overruled by what was portrayed by way of possibility. …
… warm strength and power it's essentially one by way of two and in the text it says but let justice roll on like a river righteousness like a never failing stream and the question is some people may have raised is there a difference as we do know there are going back to translations pastor there have been bibles that have they have snatched that word justice out and attempted to replace it with righteousness and what's interesting is um is that it is a hypostatic union it there is justice you cannot mention righteousness utilize the term righteousness and not look at the idea of justice It is justice. Justice is always for we are righteously just because of who God is. And God always handles the scales of justice. In fact, we have a God who is just. We don't serve a God who strips or pulls out justice of the picture. And so I thought that was interesting there. And so, Pastor, one question I would ask is what would you have to say or what would you say considering those warped translations that try to remove the terminology of justice? …
… and that is there is power and possibility in the pivot that's portrayed. but let justice roll down like waters and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream okay I know I talk fast but dang uh let me let me just do it again so y'all can get this it's right there in the text uh it's just really good it says uh verse 23 take away from me the noise of your songs. I will not listen to the melody of your harps, but let justice roll down like waters and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream. I know I talk fast, but dang, I'll go back to verse 21. I hate, I despise your festivals. I take no delight in your solemn assemblies. Even though you offer me burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them. And the offerings of your well-being of fatted animals, I will not look upon. Take away from me the noise of your songs I will not listen to the melody of your hearts but let justice roll down like waters and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream. Can I give y'all room to shout everything before verse 24 was overruled by what was portrayed by way of possibility. Yeah you've messed up. …
… We need preachers who have the prophetic courage to take a stand and speak truth to power and say in the words of Amos, let justice roll down as waters and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream. Dallas, you got a new brand of preacher now. A preacher now that's going to stand and speak courageously as preacher that can't get bought off because we're not going to be paid by politicians. Instead, we're going to hold politicians accountable. That's what I'm talking about. And so here it is. Martin King Sr. was one of those preachers. And in that book, The Seminary, and I'm done, every day Martin King Sr. went downtown from Sweet Auburn Avenue, Ebenezer Church, to City Hall in the 30s and 40s. And there was an elevator, only one, that said, white only. Only one elevator in the whole building. And it said white only. But you know what King Sr. did? He went and got on the elevator anyhow. And because he got on the elevator anyhow, he kept going and kept going until one day they brought the sign down. …