Matthew 9:13 But go
and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy and not sacrifice.’
For I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance.”
A devotion pointed out that the
Lord Jesus called all who would be His disciples to "learn from me, and we
must learn when we become Christians. The Lord stressed that God cared nothing
about the ritualistic offering of animal sacrifices, as such, but rather
desired understanding of the meaning of those sacrifices, accompanied by the
motivating love and faith of a repentant heart. He referred them back to their
own Scripture: "For I desired mercy,
and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings"
(Hosea
6:6). This is the most difficult but most basic lesson to learn by one
seeking forgiveness and salvation.
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