Amos 5:10 says, They hate him that rebuketh in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly.  Amos was speaking to Israel at that time, but we can see where a lot of this applies to the world today.  Of course, Israel was God's chosen people, but we know that there are more people in the world today who ignore God than there are those who obey Him.  We just need to insure that we, as followers of Christ, are not among those who refuse to listen to God's teachings.  If we begin to abhor, or hate, those who speak God's word and walk uprightly, then we are no better than the lost world.  We must remember that morality matters in all things.  Verse eleven says, Forasmuch therefore as your treading is upon the poor, and ye take from him burdens of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink wine of them.  God's written word, the Bible, is filled throughout with warnings about mistreating the poor.  The people of Israel were warned about growing rich and building big houses on the backs of, or at the expense of, the poor.  This warning has not changed.  Verse twelve says, For I know your manifold transgressions and your mighty sins: they afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside the poor in the gate from their right.  There is a list of the sins of God's people.  We need to remember that it was God's chosen people who were being addressed at this time.  It was those who called themselves God's people.  If we as followers of Christ today are guilty of some of the same actions, then what can we expect from the lost people of the world.  Verse thirteen states, Therefore the prudent shall keep silence in that time; for it is an evil time.  Since the justice system was corrupt, then there was no reason to appeal for justice.  We hear a lot today that those with money or power can buy justice, so there is no way to win against them.  Still, I believe that God expects His people to cry out for justice.  Of course, if those who call themselves His people are corrupt, then where will we find justice?  Verse fourteen declares, Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live: and so the LORD, the God of hosts, shall be with you, as ye have spoken.  This is the answer.  We are to seek good and not evil that God will be with us. Then verse fifteen says, Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish judgment in the gate: it may be that the LORD God of hosts will be gracious unto the remnant of Joseph.  If we are to be successful followers of Christ, this is what God expects from us today.