Mercy over Sacrifice
Weekly Reading
Monday: Genesis 28:10-22, Revelation 1-2
Tuesday: Genesis 29, Revelation 3
Wednesday: Genesis 30, Revelation 4-5
Thursday: Genesis 31, Revelation 6
Friday: Genesis 32:1-2, Revelation 7-8
Saturday: Psalm 140-142, Proverbs 30
Sunday: Amos 3-9, Obadiah 1, Jonah 1-4, Micah 1-3
Tuesday: Genesis 29, Revelation 3
Wednesday: Genesis 30, Revelation 4-5
Thursday: Genesis 31, Revelation 6
Friday: Genesis 32:1-2, Revelation 7-8
Saturday: Psalm 140-142, Proverbs 30
Sunday: Amos 3-9, Obadiah 1, Jonah 1-4, Micah 1-3
Sermon Notes
Key Passage: Matthew 12:1-14
James 1:27
Hosea 6:6 - For I desire steadfast love and not sacrifice, the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.
Micah 6:8 - He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you
but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?
Exodus 34:6-7 - The Lord passed before him and proclaimed, “The Lord, the Lord, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness, keeping steadfast love for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin...
Psalm 136 - Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever. Give thanks to the God of gods, for his steadfast love endures forever. Give thanks to the Lord of lords, for his steadfast love endures forever.
"God does not rest on the seventh day simply to recover from the work he has done. Rather, rest is his nature. It completes the creation. It is the essence of creation. Thus, when we subordinate rest to work, we ignore the divine." - Byung-Chul Han, Disappearance of Ritual, 36
ESV STUDY BIBLE
Matt. 12:4 ate the bread of the Presence. Twelve loaves of bread, representing God’s covenant with the 12 tribes of Israel, were to be baked and placed in the tabernacle on each Sabbath as an offering. The bread was only to be eaten by the priests (Lev. 24:5–9), but Scripture does not condemn David for eating the bread during his escape from Saul. The law was intended to serve God’s people, rather than God’s people being intended to serve the law (cf. Mark 2:27).
Matt. 12:5 The fact that priests, in carrying out their duties, had to work on (and thus “profane”) the Sabbath, but were guiltless in doing so, shows that God made allowances within the law.
Solution: Matthew 12:6-8
HESED
loyalty, love, commitment, mercy and kindness
James 1:27
Hosea 6:6 - For I desire steadfast love and not sacrifice, the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.
Micah 6:8 - He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you
but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?
Exodus 34:6-7 - The Lord passed before him and proclaimed, “The Lord, the Lord, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness, keeping steadfast love for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin...
Psalm 136 - Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever. Give thanks to the God of gods, for his steadfast love endures forever. Give thanks to the Lord of lords, for his steadfast love endures forever.
"God does not rest on the seventh day simply to recover from the work he has done. Rather, rest is his nature. It completes the creation. It is the essence of creation. Thus, when we subordinate rest to work, we ignore the divine." - Byung-Chul Han, Disappearance of Ritual, 36
ESV STUDY BIBLE
Matt. 12:4 ate the bread of the Presence. Twelve loaves of bread, representing God’s covenant with the 12 tribes of Israel, were to be baked and placed in the tabernacle on each Sabbath as an offering. The bread was only to be eaten by the priests (Lev. 24:5–9), but Scripture does not condemn David for eating the bread during his escape from Saul. The law was intended to serve God’s people, rather than God’s people being intended to serve the law (cf. Mark 2:27).
Matt. 12:5 The fact that priests, in carrying out their duties, had to work on (and thus “profane”) the Sabbath, but were guiltless in doing so, shows that God made allowances within the law.
Solution: Matthew 12:6-8
- 6 I tell you, something greater than the temple is here.
- 7 And if you had known what this means, ‘I desire mercy, and not sacrifice,’ you would not have condemned the guiltless.
- 8 For the Son of Man is lord of the Sabbath.”
HESED
loyalty, love, commitment, mercy and kindness
Discussion Questions
3DQ - 3 discipleship questions to ask each other: What is God saying to you? What are you going to do about it? How can I help?
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