God requires us to do justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with Him.

Micah 6:6-8

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“With what should I come before the Lord, and bow myself before the High God? Should I come before Him with burnt offerings, with calves a year old? Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams, ten thousand rivers of oil? Should I give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul? He has shown you, O man, what is good; And what does the Lord require of you but to do justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?” Micah 6:6-8

Micah is asking the question, “With what should I come before the Lord, and bow myself before the High God?” When Micah asks, “Should I give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?” this is referring literally to giving a child as a sacrifice to a false god. This is exactly what the Jewish people were doing because they brought in the worship of the gods of other nations into their culture. They abandoned the Ten Commandments and the laws that made animal sacrifices acceptable but outlawed human sacrifices.

Micah also asked, “Should I come before Him with burnt offerings, with calves a year old? Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams, ten thousand rivers of oil? “. This refers to the animal sacrifices that were being made by the Jewish people but whose heart was not with God. There is no way God can be pleased with those sacrifices when the heart, mind, and soul is far from Him. This also refers to taking the oil prepared for worship to God but using it in the worship to false gods.

“For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.” John 3:16

With the uselessness of animal sacrifices, along with the misuse of the oil and the making of human sacrifices to a false god, Micah asks the one question that went to the heart of the matter, “What does the Lord require of you but to do justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?” Our Lord Jesus came as the Lamb of God to be the final sacrifice, to put an end to all sacrifices once and for all. By the sacrifice He made on the cross, He brought the forgiveness of sin for whoever believes in Him. As Jesus said, “‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets.” Matthew 22:37-40

“But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy and not sacrifice.’” Matthew 9:13

“The Law of Moses is like a shadow of the good things to come. This shadow isn’t the good things themselves, because it cannot free people from sin by the sacrifices offered year after year. If there were worshipers who already have their sins washed away and their consciences made clear, there would not be any need to go on offering sacrifices. But the blood of bulls and goats cannot take away sins. It only reminds people of their sins from one year to the next. When Christ came into the world, He said to God, “Sacrifices and offerings are not what You want, but You have given Me my body. No, You are not pleased with animal sacrifices and offerings for sin.” Then Christ said, “And so, my God, I have come to do what You want, as the Scriptures say.” The Law teaches that offerings and sacrifices must be made because of sin. But why did Christ mention these things and say that God did not want them?  Well, it was to do away with offerings and sacrifices and to replace them. This is what He meant by saying to God, “I have come to do what You want.” So we are made Holy because Christ obeyed God and offered Himself once for all.” Hebrews 10:1-10

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“….to you who do not hold to her teaching and have not learned Satan’s so-called deep secrets,
‘I will not impose any other burden on you, except to hold on to what you have until I come.’”
“I am coming soon. Hold on to what you have, so that no one will take your crown.”
Revelation 2:24-25, 3:11