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何西阿书［第6章］
Book of Hosea 6

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何西阿书［第6章］ |Book of Hosea 6

【务要认识耶和华】

主讲：林国晶传道
04/05/2023

引言：

以色列人以为他们认识神,但其实他们并不认识神。

一、神要人悔改归回（v1-3）

何西阿鼓励百姓归向耶和华，竭力追求认识他。然而，他要百姓的“归向”是一种内心的醒悟，而不是只是外表虚伪的态度。

让我们来反思我们自己的态度。我们是否轻言忏悔，却从未认真思考生命中，知道自己所需要做的改变呢？我们要真的知道我们生命当中的软弱，而定意要回转、改变。

二、神所喜悦的祭祀（v4-10）

1. 真正认识（v4-6）

神是信实的。如若我们带着虚伪的心，面对我们的神，自己受到的伤害是最大的。

在此神表明祂真正要的不是这些祭祀、仪式，而是持久的良善与真正的认识神。如果我们的心远离神，那么做这些礼仪，也是空虚徒劳的。神要的不是以色列人的礼仪，而是他们的心。当我们在进行宗教仪式时，我们的心要能寻求真理，寻求圣灵的开启光照，揣摩神的话，在神的话中明白神的心意，对神有认识，并定意要实践神的话语，这才是用心灵和诚实敬拜神。如此，我们的生命就会不断地有长进，我们就更加的认识神。

2. 真诚守约（v7-10)

示剑曾经是亚伯拉罕筑坛献祭的地方。约书亚也曾在示剑与百姓立约。约瑟在埃及死后葬在示剑，所以示剑是一个祷告、立约、及彰显信心的地方，但现在变成了路上杀戮的地方。这里提到了以色列家的问题——他们背约去拜偶像。因此神不但要惩罚北国以色列人民，也准备要惩罚南国的犹大以色列人民。

因此，神所盼望的是，祂的子民可以真诚的守与祂立的约，使他们得神所应许给他们一切的福。

总结:回转向神得拯救

今天，神也在提醒我们，要深思我们在神面前的态度。 我们需要认识神是一位管教、也有医治、且有丰盛的神。祂看重与我们之间的关系，祂要搭救我们从无知当中回转归向祂。

Hosea 6: Must know the Lord
GK611 Morning Devotion
04.05.2024
Speaker: Ps. Stella Ling

The Israelites thought they knew God, but in fact they did not know Him.

1. God wants people to repent and return (v1-3)

Hosea encourages the people to turn to the Lord and to strive to know him. However, the "turning" he wanted from the people was an inner awakening, not just an outwardly hypocritical attitude.

Let us reflect on our own attitudes. Do we talk about repentance lightly, but never think seriously about the changes we need to make in our lives? We need to really know the weaknesses in our lives and be determined to turn around and change.

2. The sacrifice that pleases God (v4-10)

(1) True Knowledge (v4-6)

God is faithful. If we face our God with a hypocritical heart, we will hurt ourselves the most.

Here God shows that what He really wants is not these sacrifices and rituals, but an abiding goodness and true knowledge of God. If our hearts are far from God, then doing these rituals, too, is empty and futile. It was not the rituals of the Israelites that God wanted, but their hearts. When we perform religious rituals, our hearts must be able to seek the truth, seek the opening light of the Holy Spirit, speculate on God's Word, understand God's heart in God's Word, have knowledge of God, and be determined to practise God's Word, which is worshipping God with spirit and truth. In this way, our lives will continue to grow and we will come to know God more.

(2) Keeping the covenant in good faith (v7-10)

Shechem was the place where Abraham built an altar and offered sacrifices. Joshua also made a covenant with the people at Shechem. Joseph was buried at Shechem after his death in Egypt, so Shechem was a place of prayer, covenant and demonstration of faith, but now it has become a place of killing on the road. It mentioned that the problems of the house of Israel - they had broken the covenant and gone into idolatry. So God was not only going to punish the people of Israel in the northern kingdom, but was also prepared to punish the people of Judah and Israel in the southern kingdom.

God's hope, therefore, is that His people will keep their covenant with Him in good faith, so that they may receive all the blessings that God has promised to them.

Conclusion: Turning back to God for salvation

Today, God is also reminding us to think deeply about our attitude before Him. We need to recognise God as a God who disciplines, who heals, and who abounds. He values our relationship with Him, and He wants to turn us back to Him from our ignorance.