We look at the importance of active ministry to the poor and oppressed in a message entitled Thirsting for Just and Compassionate Action. They were doing all the right religious things, but their religion wasn’t affecting their relationships. They were exploiting the people who worked for them. They were fighting and quarreling with each other, even while they were professing their love for God. And God is saying, listen, as long as you fight and exploit and oppress and deny justice to the people around you, your religious activities are worthless to me! Isaiah spoke to the people saying they were doing all the right religious things, but their religion wasn’t affecting their relationships. They were exploiting the people who worked for them. They were fighting and quarreling with each other, even while they were professing their love for God. And God is saying, listen, as long as you fight and exploit and oppress and deny justice to the people around you, your religious activities are worthless to me!