"I hate, I despise your feasts, and I take no delight in your solemn assemblies. Even though you offer me your burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them; and the peace offerings of your fattened animals, I will not look upon them. Take away from me the noise of your songs; to the melody of your harps I will not listen. - [Amos 5:21-23 ESV]
God is not interested in the outward observation, or the outward observances. God is interested in a heart that is repentant towards Him. Amos makes no mention of a sin offering. That's the thing that God was interested in, that they be repentant for their sins; that they turn from their sin. Can a man really have fellowship with God while he's still walking in sin? The answer has to be, no! So all of the rest of the religious trappings are just so much wasted effort if your heart isn't truly repentant towards God.
There are too many people who are going through the motions of religion. They have no real heartfelt emotion towards God. God is looking for that heart that is filled with love, love towards Him, love towards good, love towards the people of God. He wants that emotional aspect. He doesn't want just religious trappings, and religious surroundings, and religious works, and religious forms, but He wants a heart that's on fire for Him.
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