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I will have mercy , and not sacrifice:

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Announcements › Forums › Sacrament — July 11th, 2021 › I will have mercy , and not sacrifice:

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  • July 7, 2021 at 2:52 pm #12968
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    “But go ye and learn what that meaneth, I will have mercy , and not sacrifice:” Matthew 9

    “Jesus speaks as one having a mission.—ἁμαρτωλούς: and it is to the sinful, in pursuance of the principle embodied in the prophetic oracle — a mission of mercy.” Expositor’s Greek Testament

    “I desire mercy. I require mercy rather than sacrifice, Hosea 6:6. It is a protest by the prophet against the unloving, insincere formalist of his day. … Sacrifice without mercy is no acceptable sacrifice. To love sinners is a better fulfilling of the law than to stand aloof from them.” Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    This Bible lesson gives me a deeper understanding of mercy as Love as expressed by Christ Jesus. The pharisees whom he was speaking to had such a limited, selfish view of God. It was much easier to do a few acts of “sacrifice” and then go home. They were comfortable and did not want to change or get their hands dirty. The Christ came to rid mankind of sin by tirelessly ministering, teaching, helping, praying, not attaching sin to mankind, withstanding the hatred directed toward him, willing to be very unpopular, and suffer being misunderstood even to save just one soul. What love for God and man to do this for us and to demonstrate this precept for us to emulate – to have mercy. He was showing us the true sense of church.

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