What the Bible says about Show of Religion
(From Forerunner Commentary)

Amos 4:4-5 Three cities of Israel had become religious centers and places of pilgrimage: Bethel, Gilgal and Beersheba. What is intriguing is that, even in their spiritual indifference, the Israelites loved to go to church! Since Amos indicates that their social lives may have revolved around the church, their purely social, not religious, motives may have been the problem. This is intriguing in light of Laodiceanism. God says, "You may be coming to church regularly and enjoying it, but while you are there, you are sinning!" The scriptures are unclear about what the exact sins were. They may have been breaking the Sabbath somehow, or they may have been indifferent to the messages they heard. What their sins were makes no difference because God's judgment of their show of religion is that their hearts were not in it. John W. Ritenbaugh The World, the Church, and Laodiceanism Related Topics: Beersheba | Bethel | Gilgal | Heart | Hypocrisy | Laodiceanism | Sabbath | Spiritual Indifference

 

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