QT 16/10/2025 Thu. Hosea 8 Remembering & Forgetting. 记念与遗忘

QT 16/10/2025 Thu. Hosea 8 Remembering & Forgetting.
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📖 Scripture Focus: Hosea 8:13–14 (ESV)
[13] As for my sacrificial offerings, they sacrifice meat and eat it, but the LORD does not accept them. Now he will remember their iniquity and punish their sins; they shall return to Egypt.
[14] For Israel has forgotten his Maker and built palaces, and Judah has multiplied fortified cities; so I will send a fire upon his cities, and it shall devour her strongholds.

🔍 Reflection:

At the heart of these verses is a deep tragedy — God’s people forgot Him. They kept the form of religion — sacrifices, rituals, prayers — but their hearts were elsewhere. They remembered how to look religious, but forgot who they were supposed to be worshipping.

God responds with two striking declarations:

• He will remember their sin — not in a vindictive way, but because they refused to repent.
• They forgot their Maker — the One who formed them, freed them, fed them — now cast aside for self-reliance.

This is the core of idolatry: forgetting God while appearing to honor Him. They built palaces and fortified cities, putting their trust in human strength instead of divine relationship. And God says: “I do not accept your sacrifices” — because obedience without love is hollow.

⚔️ Gospel Connection:

This warning is not just ancient history — it mirrors the human heart today. We can go to church, give offerings, sing songs… and still forget our Maker in our hearts. We build careers, reputations, and “fortified cities” of self-sufficiency — and leave God outside the gate.

But here's the hope:
In Christ, God not only remembers our sins — He chooses to forget them (“For I will be merciful toward their iniquities, and I will remember their sins no more” Hebrews 8:12), because Jesus bore them on the cross. The Gospel invites us to remember Him who never forgot us — even when we were far off.

🙏 Application:

(1) Examine your spiritual memory. Are you going through religious motions while forgetting God's presence?

(2) Ask: Where have I built my own “fortified cities” — relying on myself instead of God?

(3) Return to your Maker. He is not looking for performance, but for your heart.

🙌 Prayer:

Father, forgive me for the times I’ve gone through the motions, forgetting who You are. I don’t want empty sacrifices — I want real surrender. Tear down every fortress I’ve built apart from You, and bring me back to the foundation of Your grace. Thank You that in Christ, You remember my sin no more. Help me to remember You daily — my Maker, my Saviour, my King. In Jesus’ name, amen.

QT 16/10/2025 星期四.  何西阿书 8记念与遗忘
阅读 http://m.bbintl.org/bible/ncv/hos/8/

📖 经文聚焦：何西阿书 8:13–14
13 他们喜爱献祭，献肉为祭，又拿来吃；耶和华却不喜悦他们。他必记得他们的罪孽，追讨他们的罪恶；他们必回到埃及去。14 以色列忘记了造他的主，建造了很多宫殿；犹大也增添了很多坚固城。我却要降火在他的众城中，吞灭他的堡垒。”

🔍 默想：

这些经文的核心是深刻的悲剧——神的子民竟遗忘了祂。他们保留宗教形式——献祭、仪式、祷告——心却早已飘向别处。他们记得如何装出虔诚的模样，却忘了自己本该敬拜的对象。

神以两项震撼宣告回应：

• 祂必追念他们的罪孽——并非出于报复，而是因他们拒绝悔改。
• 他们遗忘了造物主——那位塑造他们、释放他们、养育他们的神，如今却被抛弃，转而倚靠自我。

这正是偶像崇拜的本质：表面敬拜神，内心却遗忘神。他们建造宫殿与坚固城池，将信心寄托于人的力量而非神圣关系。神宣告：“我不悦纳你们的祭物”——因缺乏爱的顺服终归是空洞的。

⚔️ 福音关联：

这警告并非只是古老的历史——它映照着今日人心。我们可能去教堂、奉献金钱、唱赞美诗……却仍将造物主遗忘在心底。我们建立事业、声誉和自给自足的“坚固城池”——却将上帝拒于城门之外。

但希望在此：
在基督里，神不仅记念我们的罪——祂更选择遗忘（“我也要宽恕他们的不义，决不再记着他们的罪恶”《希伯来书》8:12），因耶稣已在十字架上担当了一切。福音邀请我们记念那位永不遗忘我们的人——即便我们远离祂之时。

🙏 实践要点：

(1) 检视属灵记忆。你是否在履行宗教仪式时，却遗忘了神的同在？

(2) 追问：我何处筑起自己的“坚固城”——倚靠己力而非倚靠神？

(3) 归向造物主。祂不看重行为，只看重你的心。

🙌 祷告：

天父，求祢赦免我那些走过场、遗忘祢本相的时刻。我不要虚假的祭物——唯愿全然降服。拆毁我离你而建的每座堡垒，引领我重回你恩典的根基。感谢你在基督里不再记念我的罪。求你帮助我日日记念你——我的造物主、救主、君王。奉耶稣的名祷告，阿们。