На различни места в Библията, Писано е, Това да се подчинява е по -добре от жертвата. Но защо послушанието е по -добро от жертвата? Бог беше дал жертвените закони. Затова бихте си помислили, че Бог е доволен от жертвите на своя народ. Но това не винаги е било така, И това все още не винаги е така. В Стария завет, Хората се жертваха на Господа. Но жертвите на хората не винаги са били приятни за Господа. В Новия завет, Хората също „жертват’ при Господа. Но „жертвите’ на хората не винаги са приятни за Бога. Имаше само една жертва, която беше приятна на Господа. Тази жертва съдържа елемент, от която се появи жертвата, и че Господ желае, което е послушание.
Бог създаде жертвените закони
Бог даде закона на Мойсей, който съдържа жертвените закони. Жертвите закони бяха предназначени за Израелския дом. Хората донесоха жертвите. И (високо) свещеник (s) направи жертвите на Господа според закона.
Жертвите бяха дар на Бога и сладък вкус на Господа. Чрез жертвите, Те признаха Бог за Господ Бог на Израел. Те дадоха чест, поклонение, похвала, И Ден на благодарността на Господ Бог. Кръвта на жертвите изкупваха греховете и беззаконията на падналия човек, който е принадлежал към Израелския дом.
Тези, който принадлежеше към Израелския дом, трябваше да спазва жертвените закони, които бяха част от закона на Мойсей.
Защо Бог не винаги е бил доволен от жертвите на своя народ?
Но въпреки че Бог даде жертвените закони и Божиите хора трябваше да спазват жертвените закони, Бог не винаги е бил доволен от жертвите на своя народ.
Защо Бог не винаги е бил доволен от жертвите на своя народ? Защото жертвите на неговия народ не произхождат от вярващо сърце и послушание към Бога. И на Бог послушанието е по -добро от жертвата.
Виждаме това, наред с други, В живота на Саул. Саул се сети да угоди на Бог с изгорялите си приноси и жертви, Докато Бог нямаше наслада от изгорялите си приноси и жертви, както се подчиняваше на гласа си.
Непокорството на Саул към гласа на Господ
- каза Самуил, Има Господ като голяма наслада от изгорени приноси и жертви, както в подчиняването на гласа на Господ? Ето, Да се подчиняваш е по -добре от жертвата, и да чуеш от мазнините на овен. Защото бунтът е като грях на магьосничеството, и упоритостта е толкова беззаконие и идолопоклонство. Защото си отхвърлил словото на Господа, Той също те отхвърли от това да бъде крал (1 Самуил 15:22-23)
Самуил беше направил волята на Господ, известен на Саул, Като дава своите заповеди. Но Саул беше горд и смяташе, че го знае по -добре от Бога. Заради неговата непокорна природа, Саул не се подчини на гласа на Господа. Саул г.iне правя това, което Бог му е заповядал да направи. Вместо това, Саул направи това, което изглеждаше добре да направи в очите му.
Саул се сети да угоди на Бог със своите жертви. Но Бог не се наслаждаваше на изгорялите приноси и жертви на Саул.
Бог искаше подчинение на гласа си, вместо на жертви. Защото послушанието е по -добро от жертвата (1 Самуил 15).
Когато Бог заповяда Саул (Чрез Самуил) да задушава Амалек и да унищожи всичко, Саул и хората се разбунтуваха срещу заповедта на Бог. Вместо да унищожава всичко, Както Господ командваше, Саул и хората пощадиха амалекитите, а най -доброто от овцете, волове, Фатлингс, и агнетата, И всичко това беше добро.
Когато хората дойдоха в Саул с най -доброто от овцете и воловете, за да ги пожертват на Господа, Саул не се намеси. Саул се страхуваше от хората. Поради това, Той им позволи да донесат добитъка.
Като слушате гласа на хората и правенето на това, което изглеждаше добре в очите му, Саул се обърна от Господа и отхвърли Словото на Господ Бог.
Чрез неговото неподчинение, Саул се обърна от Господа
Когато Самюъл дойде при Саул, Саул дори излъга Самуал, като казва, че е спазил заповедта на Господа.
Обаче, Саул не знаеше това през нощта, Бог беше разкрил на Самуил Злото на Саул и Неговото неподчинение на Бога. Освен това, Самуел чуваше овцете и спускането на воловете, Което свидетелства, че той не се е подчинил на заповедта на Господ. Самюъл се сблъска с Саул за злото, което е направил.
Саул тръгна срещу Словото на Господ и защити делото и неговото решение. Той дори даде благочестив обрат на своето неподчинение на Бога, като казва, че чайникът е бил за жертвите на Господа.
Защо послушанието е по -добро от жертвата?
- попита го Самуил, Ако Господ имаше толкова голяма наслада от изгорени приноси и жертви, както в подчиняването на гласа на Господ. Защото да се подчиняваш е по -добре от жертвата, и да чуеш от мазнините на овен.
Защо послушанието е по -добро от жертвата? Obedience is better than sacrifice because rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness as iniquity and idolatry.
Saul’s rebellion was as the sin of witchcraft and His stubbornness as iniquity and idolatry.
Because Saul had rejected the word of the Lord, the Lord had rejected Saul from being king.
After hearing the words of Samuel, Saul confessed that he had sinned. He acknowledged that he had transgressed the commandment of the Lord, while before Samuel confronted Saul with what the Lord revealed to him, Saul told Samual that he had kept the commandment of the Lord God.
Saul disobeyed the commandment of the Lord God, because he feared the people. And that was exactly the root of the problem
Страхът от човека носи примка
Saul feared the people instead of the Lord God. Therefore he listened to the people and put the people above God. This was not the first time that Saul feared the people and disobeyed the commandments of God.
When Saul and the people were at Gilgal and Samuel didn’t arrive at the appointed time and part of the people departed from him, Saul took matters into his own hands.
Saul commanded to bring him the burnt offering and the peace offerings. As soon as Saul had made an end of the offering of the burnt offering, Samual arrived.
When Samuel confronted Saul with his evil deed, Saul defended his decision and deed. Because his deed seemed logical and wise in his own eyes.
But his decision and deed were not logical and wise in the eyes of God, but foolish.
His deed was an act of rebellion and disobedience to the word of the Lord God. Which is as the sin of witchcraft and idolatry.
God had no delight in Saul’s sacrifices. God would have delighted in Saul, if Saul obeyed the voice of the Lord God and kept His commandment, despite the circumstances and the pressure of the people. Then Saul’s kingdom would have lasted.
Because Saul disobeyed the word of the Lord, God took away the kingdom from him and gave it to someone else. A man, who did listen to the voice of the Lord God and obeyed His commandments and did His will. (Прочетете също: Беше ли Давид човек по Божието сърце?).
Not only was Saul rebellious and disobedient to the voice of the Lord God, but also God’s people and the leaders of God’s people didn’t always want to listen to the voice of the Lord God.
God’s people disobeyed the voice of the Lord God
God’s people didn’t always appreciate the moral part of the law and the words of the prophets. To some, the keeping of the religious laws, ритуали, Празници, и така нататък. was more important than obeying the (морален) commandments of God and the words of the prophets, that represented His will and whereby they would live holy and righteous. Despite the fact that they knew that obedience is better than sacrifice.
The assemblies of the people appeared to be good and blessed to the people. They sang, read from the Torah, prayed, brought incense and other sacrifices and offerings to the Lord. Then they returned with a satisfied feeling, because they had fulfilled their obligations.
But God didn’t look at the assemblies from man’s point of view. Следователно, God was not impressed by their outward appearances, religious customs, и жертви. Their compelling words, beautiful songs, жертви, and offerings were not pleasing to God. God was disgusted by their gatherings and couldn’t smell in their solemn assemblies. Why couldn’t God smell in their solemn assemblies?
God’s people didn’t trust in God and His words, but in lying words that couldn’t profit
God didn’t see a holy nation and an assembly of His children, който повярва, обичан, and obeyed Him and lived holy and righteous. But God saw a sinful nation, an assembly of evildoers, of rebels, who acted religiously in the assembly and kept the laws, Наредби, and rituals as described in the Law of Moses and sang and sacrificed to the Lord, but in their daily lives they were rebellious, stubborn and disobeyed the commandments of God and with a heart full of unbelief and evil walked in sin and iniquity.
Instead of trusting in God and His words, the people trusted in lying words that couldn’t profit.
They were thieves, убийци, прелюбодейци, лъжци, и идолопоклонници. Since they stole, murdered, изневерил, lied (се закле лъжливо), burned incense unto Baal, and walked after other gods, когото, they knew not.
In the assembly, they came before the Lord and confessed they were delivered. But were they delivered to do all those abominations? (Прочетете също: Нима църквата се е превърнала в леговище на крадци?)
A people, who sacrificed but disobeyed the voice of the Lord God
God’s people were a people, who brought sacrifices unto the Lord, while in their daily lives, they disobeyed the voice of the Lord God. Следователно, God had enough of their sacrifices. He was full of their burnt offerings and didn’t delight in the blood of bullocks, lambs, or goats.
He commanded them to bring no more vain oblations of which the incense was an abomination unto God.
God couldn’t endure the assemblies and feasts
God couldn’t endure the new moons, the sabbaths, the calling of assemblies, because it was iniquity even the solemn meeting. His soul hated their new moons and appointed feasts. They were a trouble unto Him, and God was weary to bear them.
When they spread forth their hands, God hid His eyes from them. When they made many prayers, the Lord heard not, because their hands were full of blood.
God commanded them, to take away from Him the noise of thy songs. Because He would not hear the melody of their viols.
God had no delight in their sacrifices. He wanted them to obey His voice, receive correction, and speak the truth. Because to God obedience is better than sacrifice.
But although they knew that obedience is better than sacrifice, they didn’t obey God’s voice. They didn’t receive correction and the truth had perished.
They had removed the truth and judgment and set their abominations in the house, which was called by the Name of the Lord, to defile it.
God wanted them to wash themselves, make themselves clean, and put away the evil of their doings (грях и беззакония) before His eyes, so that they would cease to do evil. He wanted them to do well, seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, and plead for the widow.
God confronted the princes of Israel about their walk
And the princes of Israel had no privileged position. They were not an exception to the rule. Because God confronted the leaders, who were responsible for the congregation and her walk.
Бог каза, that the princes were rebellious and companions of thieves. They loved gifts (bribes) and followed after rewards.
They judged not the fatherless, neither came the cause of the widow to them.
Поради това, Господ, Господ на Силите, the Mighty One of Israel, would ease Himself of His adversaries and avenge Himself of His enemies. God would restore the judges and the counselors, as in the beginning, who would listen to His voice. So that righteousness would return (о. Исая 1, Йеремия 7).
God had not commanded the fathers of Israel concerning burnt offerings or sacrifices but to obey His voice
Така казва Господ на Силите, Богът на Израел; Put your burnt offerings unto your sacrifices, and eat flesh. For I spake not unto your fathers, nor commanded them in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning burnt offerings or sacrifices: But this thing commanded I them, Obey My voice, И аз ще бъда твоят Бог, И вие ще бъдете моите хора: and walk ye in all the ways that I have commanded you, за да ви бъде добре. But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear, but walked in the counsels and in the imagination of their evil heart, and went backward, and not forward (Йеремия 7:21-24)
When God brought the fathers of Israel out of the land of Egypt, God spake not unto them, nor commanded them, concerning burnt offerings or sacrifices. But God commanded them to obey His voice.
If they obeyed His voice, God would be their God and they would be His people. And if they walked in His ways, it would be well with them
But they didn’t want to listen to the voice of the Lord God. They rejected the knowledge that obedience is better than sacrfice. Instead of obeying the Lord God, they walked in the counsels and the imagination of their evil heart, and went backward instead of forward. (Прочетете също: Защо християните се връщат в стария завет?)).
Although God’s people rejected Him, God gave the perfect Sacrifice to be offered
God had to deal with prideful, бунт, and stubborn people, who went their own way and didn’t want to listen to Him.
At the appointed time, Бог изпрати Своя Син Исус Христос на земята. Синът му, Who loved His Father and was willing and prepared to give up His life and pay the price for obedience to His Father and the disobedience of (паднал) Човек. (Прочетете също: Пребройте разходите).
Бог изпрати Своя Син, Who stayed faithful to Him and obeyed the commandment of His Father, because of His love for the Father.
A Son, Whose Spirit was subjected to the will of the Father, which became visible through His obedience to the commandment of the Father. The commandment of the Father was to obey His voice and to do His will.
“Ло, Идвам да изпълня Твоята воля, о Боже”
Жертва и предлагаш, че не си, but a body hast thou prepared me: Всеизгарянията и жертвите за грях не са ти угодни. Тогава казах аз, Ло, идвам (В тома на книгата е написано за мен,) да върша Твоята воля, о Боже (Евреи 10:5-7)
Unlike the fathers of the house of Israel, Jesus yielded to the Father. He gave His life to do the will of His Father.
Jesus came among evildoers (rebels), who lived wicked lives. He was among hypocrites, who came together in the house of His Father acted religiously, and kept the religious precepts, ритуали, and customs of the Law, междувременно, they lived in rebellion and disobedience to God in sin. They rejected the knowledge that obedience is better than sacrifice.
But Jesus gave the right example and hearkened to the voice of His Father and stayed obedient to Him.
By setting the right example and His obedience to God, Jesus was hated, преследван, banished, betrayed by His own people, and given into the hands of sinners, to be sacrificed as a perfect Sacrifice for sinners, СЗО, due to their fallen state, were not able (по природа) to listen to the voice of the Lord God and doing the will of God.
The blood of animals couldn’t take sin away but could sanctify the unclean, so that they were cleansed after the flesh.
But the blood of Jesus Christ, Who through the eternal Spirit gave Himself to God as a sacrifice, cleanses us from dead works, to serve the living God.
Therefore Jesus is the Mediator of the New Testament, that by the means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first Testament, they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance (Евреи 9:15).
What are the similarities between the assemblies in the Old Covenant and the assemblies in the New Covenant?
За съжаление, we see the same phenomenon in the Church of Christ. The assemblies and walk of many Christians in the New Covenant don’t differ that much from the assemblies and walk of the house of Israel in the Old Covenant.
Christians come together and while the music is playing, те пеят, похвала, and worship the Lord and lift their hands. They pray a short prayer. They listen to a motivational sermon, put their money into the offering, съдружие, and go home with a satisfied feeling. As soon as they come home, many pick up where they left, doing the will and works of the flesh.
Many think that their church attendance pleases Jesus and serves God. But God has no delight in gatherings, where people act and speak piously for one or two hours and the remainder of the week live as evildoers in sin and using the blood of Jesus as a permit to keep sinning.
Точно като в Стария завет, they confess they are delivered and free by the blood of Jesus. But are they delivered to do evil and commit abominations? Has God delivered them to do the will, Страсти, and desires of the flesh and serve the devil?
God had no delight in sacrifices but in obedience to His voice
God had no delight in sacrifices and God still has no delight in sacrifices, coming from a prideful and evil heart full of unbelief. Because to God obedience is better than sacrifice.
The Lord God was not pleased with sacrifices, wherewith they thought to please Him, and sacrifices for the atonement of the sins and iniquities of His people, while they didn’t repent and their rebellious behavior remained the same, and through their disobedience to God, they committed the same sins over and over again.
God wanted His children to repent and turn from their evil ways. He wanted them to believe Him and to love Him. So that they would listen to His voice and obey His words and keep His commandments. И това все още е така, since God’s nature and will have not changed.
Jesus wants an obedient Church
Jesus has no delight in a Church that doesn’t believe in Him and doesn’t listen to His voice, but believes the words of the world and listens to the world and commits adultery with the world and lives in sin.
He doesn’t want a carnal Church that gathers every week with a defiled mind and with unclean hands lifted praying and praising the Lord and bringing sacrifices, and every week repent and ask forgiveness for the same sins, which they want to do again.
But Jesus wants a spiritual Body, whereof He is the Head and has His Spirit and follows Him. A Body that submits to Him and listens to His voice, does what He says and executes His will. So that the sacrifice of His Body is pleasing to Him.
Who knows the will of God and who is willing to give his or her life to do His will? Кой казва, Точно като Исус, Ло, here am I Lord to do Your will, send me. I know that you have no delight in sacrifices and religious practices but in obedience to Your voice. And here I stand Lord, prepared to do Your will. Въпреки обстоятелствата, the resistance of people, the hatred, преследване, отхвърляне, and all other consequences that will cost me to follow You. I truly love you, Господи, с цялото си сърце. You gave your life for me and now I give my life to you, by obeying Your voice and doing your will.
„Бъдете солта на земята’
