text: The message of this book is basically to declare the impartiality of God. God plays no favorites. The word of Amos is that we are dealing with a God of righteousness who will not compromise in His ways, and yet, God is a God of patience and of love. Amos is called the prophet of social justice, the man who demanded that man treat their fellow-man rightly. In short he condemns people and nations who treat others like crap. The prophet's word is that because we are people of God, this does not mean that God's word does not sit in judgment on the wrong in our lives.