Oct 13, 2024 “Knowing God” (Hosea 6:1~6)

Knowing God

Hosea 6:1-6 

6 “Come, let us return to the Lord.

    He has torn us to pieces

    but he will heal us;

    he has injured us

    but he will bind up our wounds.

2 After two days he will revive us;

   on the third day he will restore us,

   that we may live in his presence.

3 Let us acknowledge the Lord;

   let us press on to acknowledge him.

   As surely as the sun rises,

   he will appear;

   he will come to us like the winter rains,

   like the spring rains that water the earth.”

4 “What can I do with you, Ephraim?

   What can I do with you, Judah?

   Your love is like the morning mist,

    like the early dew that disappears.

5 Therefore I cut you in pieces with my prophets,

    I killed you with the words of my mouth—

    then my judgments go forth like the sun.[a]

6 For I desire mercy, not sacrifice,

    and acknowledgment of God rather than burnt offerings.

Knowing God

Hosea 6:1-6

 

From the very first verses, the prophet calls Israel back to God. Obviously the Israelites had strayed from God, but we need to know what destructive path were they on.

 

Part of the problem was they had no knowledge of God.

 

Hosea 4:1 ESV

[1]  Hear the word of the Lord, O children of Israel, for the Lord has a controversy with the inhabitants of the land. There is no faithfulness or steadfast love, and no knowledge of God in the land;  

 

What does it mean to know God? Those who know God will have a different relationship than those who do not know God. It is, in fact, about your relationship with God then simply knowing God.

 

A relationship requires communication and spending time with each other. Knowing God is not just reading the Bible. We need to have the Holy Spirit.

 

Hosea 6:6 ESV

[6] For I desire steadfast love and not sacrifice, the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.

 

Sometimes mercy is translated as steadfast love. Attending church is important, but the true purpose is to become closer to God

Why should we offer sacrifice? Everything comes from God and our offering is a confession that we acknowledge that God has given us.  

 

God does not want to be treated as an idol or someone who can be bribed. We should not give in order to receive. God wants to be our father.  

 

Hosea 6:4 ESV

[4] What shall I do with you, O Ephraim? What shall I do with you, O Judah? Your love is like a morning cloud, like the dew that goes early away.

 

This verse talks of people who quickly profess their love for God and then forget about God. True worship has a lasting effect and influences everything.  

 

A good relationship needs meeting often and in meaningful ways. Rituals are good , but they can become empty practices. Attending church is also good, but we need to allow the Holy Spirit to change us, or we are just coming for the sake of coming.  

• Back To Life
• No Longer Slaves
• Amazing Grace (My Chains Are Gone)

Hymns piano

 

Let us sing of His love once again

 

Let us sing of His love once again

 

Let us sing of His love once again,

of the love that can never decay,

of the blood of the Lamb who was slain,

till we praise Him again in that day.

 

I believe Jesus saves!.

and His blood makes me whiter than snow!

I am sure we shall win,

for we fight in the strength of our King.

 

There are cleansing and healing for all

who will wash in the life-giving flood;

there is perfect deliverance and joy

to be had in this world through the blood.

I believe Jesus saves….

 

Even now, while we taste of His love,

we are filled with delight through His name;

but what will it be when, above,

we shall join in the song of the Lamb?

I believe Jesus saves….

 

Then we‟ll march in His name till we come,

at His bidding to cease from the fight,

and our Saviour shall welcome us home

To the regions of glory and light.

I believe Jesus saves….

 

So with banner unfurled to the breeze,

our motto shall ‘Holiness’ be,

till the crown from His hand we receive,

and the King in His glory we see!

I believe Jesus saves…. 

I am sure we shall win,

for we fight in the strength of our King.

I am sure we shall win,

for we fight in the strength of our King.

통합찬송가(한영) 214장 변찮는 주님의 사랑과 Let us Sing of His Love 새찬송가 270장

 

1.변찮는 주님의 사랑과 거룩한 보혈의 공로를

우리 다 찬양을 합시다 주님을 만나볼 때까지

 

2.우리를 깨끗게 한 피는 무궁한 생명의 물일세

생명을 구원한 친구들 하나님 찬양을 합시다

예수는 우리를 깨끗게 하시는 주시니

그의 피 우리를 눈보다 더 희게 하셨네

3.주님의 깨끗한 보혈을 날마다 입으로 간증해

담대히 싸우며 나가세 천국에 들어갈 때까지

4.십자가 튼튼히 붙잡고 날마다 이기며 나가세

머리에 면류관 쓰고서 주 앞에 찬양할 때까지

예수는 우리를 깨끗게 하시는 주시니

그의 피 우리를 눈보다 더 희게 하셨네

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Oct 6, 2024 "Strong When Weak" (2 Corinthians 12:1-10)

Strong When Weak

Pastor Harold Kim

2 Corinthians 12:1-10 New International Version

Paul’s Vision and His Thorn

12 I must go on boasting. Although there is nothing to be gained, I will go on to visions and revelations from the Lord. 

2 I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago was caught up to the third heaven. Whether it was in the body or out of the body I do not know—God knows. 

3 And I know that this man—whether in the body or apart from the body I do not know, but God knows— 

4 was caught up to paradise and heard inexpressible things, things that no one is permitted to tell. 

5 I will boast about a man like that, but I will not boast about myself, except about my weaknesses.

6 Even if I should choose to boast, I would not be a fool, because I would be speaking the truth. But I refrain, so no one will think more of me than is warranted by what I do or say, 

7 or because of these surpassingly great revelations. Therefore, in order to keep me from becoming conceited, I was given a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me. 

8 Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me. 

9 But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me. 

10 That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.

• Mercy
• Yet Not I But Through Christ In Me
• Who Am I