Break the ice
When was a time something happened to you that wasn’t fair?
Small group questions
- Why do you think God is concerned about things being fair or just in our world?
- Why do you think God is concerned about things being fair or just in our world?
- What does justice mean in your own words?
- Read Amos 5:11-12. What was God angry about in these verses?
11You trample the poor,
stealing their grain through taxes and unfair rent.
Therefore, though you build beautiful stone houses,
you will never live in them.
Though you plant lush vineyards,
you will never drink wine from them.
12For I know the vast number of your sins
and the depth of your rebellions.
You oppress good people by taking bribes
and deprive the poor of justice in the courts.
5. Read Amos 5:21-24. What did God want to see the king and people of influence doing in these verses?
21“I hate all your show and pretense—
the hypocrisy of your religious festivals and solemn assemblies.
22I will not accept your burnt offerings and grain offerings.
I won’t even notice all your choice peace offerings.
23Away with your noisy hymns of praise!
I will not listen to the music of your harps.
24Instead, I want to see a mighty flood of justice,
an endless river of righteous living.
- What are ways that God uses people today to help fight against injustice?
- We talked about injustices that upset us. What is something you can do about it?
Moving forward
One of the most important parts of a small group is consistency. If you come every once in a while to group, you will not connect into real relationships. The best of relationships take time to develop with regular meetings. That is why the early church met weekly in homes together. What if your group made a commitment to not miss the next 6 weeks of small groups? Talk as a group about what is realistic and how you can be more consistent. Write up a commitment as a group and sign it together this week as a pact that you will be consistent. Then close your group praying for one another.
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