Hosea 6:6

No matter how it is translated, it all means the samething:

Hosea 6:4-7 (MSG)

4-7 "What am I to do with you, Ephraim?
What do I make of you, Judah?
Your declarations of love last no longer
than morning mist and predawn dew.
That's why I use prophets to shake you to attention,
why my words cut you to the quick:
To wake you up to my judgment
blazing like light.
I'm after love that lasts, not more religion.
I want you to know God, not go to more prayer meetings.
You broke the covenant—just like Adam!
You broke faith with me—ungrateful wretches!

Hosea 6:6 NIV

For I desire mercy, not sacrifice, and acknowledgment of God rather than burnt offerings.

Hosea 6:6 NLT

I want you to show love, not offer sacrifices. I want you to know me more than I want burnt offerings.

English Standard Version

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

New American Standard Bible (©1995)

For I delight in loyalty rather than sacrifice, And in the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)

I want your loyalty, not your sacrifices. I want you to know me, not to give me burnt offerings.

King James Bible

For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.

American King James Version

For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.

American Standard Version

For I desire goodness, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt-offerings.

Bible in Basic English

Because my desire is for mercy and not offerings; for the knowledge of God more than for burned offerings.

Darby Bible Translation

For I delight in loving-kindness, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt-offerings.

English Revised Version

For I desire mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.

Webster's Bible Translation

For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice: and the knowledge of God more than burnt-offerings.

World English Bible

For I desire mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.

Young's Literal Translation

For kindness I desired, and not sacrifice, And a knowledge of God above burnt-offerings.

Geneva Study Bible

For I desired {f} mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.

Wesley's Notes

6:6 For - I so hewed and slew them, because they did not what I most of all required; they were full of sacrifices, but either to idols, or else in formality and pride. Mercy - Compassion and charity towards men, this one principal duty of the second table put for all. In this I delight, I have found little of this among you. Not sacrifice - Rather than sacrifice. The knowledge of God - The affectionate knowledge of God, which fills the mind with reverence of his majesty, fear of his goodness, love of his holiness, trust in his promise, and submission to his will.


This passage hit me as so profound and yet so simple, as Jesus put it, love God and love your neighbor.  It is not about putting on a religious show - outward  appearances, all God wants is for us to know him intimately to live our lives with him.  To have a dialogue with him, to live our life in his presence and to be one with him.  I do not know how to do this, but I do have a better understanding of what God wants.  As Jesus so clearly stated he is the way, love is the way to God.

FREEDOM

Freedom is not where you live
Freedom is not where you work
Freedom is not who your family is
Freedom is not your body
Freedom is not money

Freedom is only found in your mind - Soul!

So, you have freedom if your Soul is free.

How do we have a free Soul?

We ask for it!

How?

Just ask Jesus Christ to free your Soul!

We can be free, just ask!

I AM

Moses was a shephard in the desert and he came to know God and God spoke to him!

Exodus 13:13-14
13 Moses said to God, "Suppose I go to the Israelites and say to them, 'The God of your fathers has sent me to you,' and they ask me, 'What is his name?' Then what shall I tell them?"

14 God said to Moses, "I am who I am . [b] This is what you are to say to the Israelites: 'I AM has sent me to you.' "

John 10:34-38
34Jesus answered them, "Is it not written in your Law, 'I have said you are gods'[e]? 35If he called them 'gods,' to whom the word of God came—and the Scripture cannot be broken— 36what about the one whom the Father set apart as his very own and sent into the world? Why then do you accuse me of blasphemy because I said, 'I am God's Son'? 37Do not believe me unless I do what my Father does. 38But if I do it, even though you do not believe me, believe the miracles, that you may know and understand that the Father is in me, and I in the Father."


Psalm 82:6


"I said, 'You are "gods"; you are all sons of the Most High.'

As Christians we are children of Christ, Jesus was God on earth, so we are children of God.  God is everywhere and in everything, so God is in us.

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