QT 14/10/2025 Tue. Hosea 6 “Return to the Lord” 何西阿书 6 “归向耶和华”
QT 14/10/2025 Tue. Hosea 6 “Return to the Lord”
READ http://www.esv.org/Hosea6
📖 Scripture Focus 6:1–3
[1] “Come, let us return to the LORD; for he has torn us, that he may heal us; he has struck us down, and he will bind us up.
[2] After two days he will revive us; on the third day he will raise us up, that we may live before him.
[3] Let us know; let us press on to know the LORD; his going out is sure as the dawn; he will come to us as the showers, as the spring rains that water the earth.” (ESV)
🔍 Reflection:
Hosea 6 opens with a passionate call to repentance: “Come, let us return to the Lord.” Israel had been unfaithful, chasing idols and rejecting God’s love. And yet, God’s heart is not for destruction, but for healing and restoration.
Notice the pattern: God allows pain (“He has torn us”), but for the purpose of healing. He disciplines, but never abandons. His desire is always to bind us up — not to leave us wounded.
Verse 6 echoes this deep truth:
“For I desire steadfast love and not sacrifice, the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.” (Hosea 6:6)
The Lord is not interested in empty rituals or religious performance. He longs for hearts that know Him, love Him, and walk with Him in truth. This points forward to the Gospel — where God doesn’t just call us back, but comes Himself in Christ to bring us home.
Even though God is hurt by His people's love that last no more than the morning cloud and dew (6:4), He never gave up on His people before the appointed time of Final Judgment. Even though predecessors like Adam (6:7), even priests (6:9) go astray, it was no excuse for readers of Scripture today to blame anyone for their own disobedience. Each of us is issued with the same call to respond, “Return to the Lord”.
🙏 Application:
(1) Examine your heart. Are there areas where you’ve drifted? God is calling you to return.
(2) Don’t fear discipline. God uses it to heal and restore, not to punish in anger.
(3) Pursue knowing God, not just religious habits. He desires relationship over ritual.
🙌 Prayer:
Father, thank You that even when I stray, You call me back. Help me to return to You with all my heart. Heal what is broken, and restore what is lost. I want to know You, not just serve You outwardly. Teach me to walk in steadfast love and truth. In Jesus’ name, amen.
QT 14/10/2025 星期二. 何西阿书 6 “归向耶和华”
阅读 http://m.bbintl.org/bible/ncv/hos/6/
📖 经文聚焦 6:1–3
1 “来吧！让我们回转归向耶和华；因为，他虽然撕裂了我们，但必定医治我们；他虽然击伤了我们，却必替我们裹伤。2 两天以后，他要使我们复原；第三天，他使我们起来，我们就可以活在他的面前。 3 让我们认识，竭力追求认识耶和华。他必定出现，像晨光一样，他必临到我们，如雨水一般，又像滋润大地的春雨。
🔍 默想：
何西阿书第六章以热切的呼召开篇：“来吧！让我们回转归向耶和华 。”以色列背弃真神，追逐偶像，拒绝神的慈爱。然而神的心意并非毁灭，而是医治与复兴。
请留意这模式：神容许痛苦（“他撕裂我们”），却为医治之故。他管教却永不离弃。他永远渴望为我们包扎创伤——而非任我们伤痕累累。
第6节呼应这深邃真理：
“我喜爱怜恤，不喜爱祭祀；我喜爱人认识 神的知识，胜过人献的燔祭。”（何西阿书6:6）
主不喜悦空洞的仪式或宗教表演。祂渴慕的是认识祂、爱祂、在真理中与祂同行的心。这预示着福音的真谛——上帝不仅呼召我们归回，更亲自借基督降临，将我们带回天家。
尽管上帝因祂子民的爱如晨雾露水转瞬即逝而伤心（6:4），祂却从未在末日审判的定时之前放弃祂的子民。纵使亚当（6:7）等先祖，甚至祭司（6:9）都曾偏离正道，今日读经之人仍不可借此推诿自己悖逆的责任。我们每个人都领受了相同的呼召，要回应“归向耶和华”。
🙏 应用：
(1) 省察内心。是否有偏离的领域？神正呼召你归回。
(2) 不要惧怕管教。神借此医治并恢复，而非愤怒惩罚。
(3) 追求认识神，而非仅守宗教仪式。祂渴慕关系胜过仪式。
🙌 祷告：
天父，感谢祢即便我迷途仍呼唤我归回。求祢帮助我全心归向祢。医治破碎之处，恢复失落之物。我愿认识祢，而非仅外在侍奉。教导我行在慈爱与信实之中。奉耶稣的名祷告，阿们。
