Not exact matches
Do you have any idea what Christ meant when He told the Pharisees, quoting the Old Testament,» God desires
mercy rather
than sacrifice»?
And that he was more interested in
mercy,
than sacrifice.
The challenge facing the church is to discard the unproven scientific theories of the 1980's and 1990's; to understand the scientific evidence that shows non-reverable sexual orientations; and to give the gay believer in Christ
mercy to be married for life to the same sex spouse (rather
than to continue to insist on the
sacrifice of celibacy).
Hosea 6:6 «For I desire
mercy, not
sacrifice, and acknowledgment of God rather
than burnt offerings».
Acts of
mercy are painful and purgative, requiring the believer to become a
sacrifice rather
than demand
sacrifice from neighbor.