We looked at what God required from Israel,not sacrifices ,but a life manifesting godliness , Barns in his commentary says this,' Trouble not thyself as to any of these things, burnt offerings, rams,calves, without thee. for God seeketh not thine,but thee; not thy substance, but thy spirit; not ram or goat but thy heart'. Micah mentions three things God requires from us ,' To act justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God'.(Micah 6 v 8) . Consider the first,'To act justly',the bible has so much to say about justice,and how important it is,a number of years ago the Bible society published a Bible which highlighted those scriptures that stressed justice. If we have not shown justice to others,the result will be that God will not show mercy to us,God is a just God,He will never act in an unjust way,and He expects the same from us.Likewise,mercy,God is merciful,he expects us to be merciful,in fact He says ,'Blessed are merciful for they shall receive mercy',(Matthew 5 v 7).Last but not least ,we are ,'To walk humbly with our God'. Pride is a sin,pride of race, pride of possessions,pride is a sin. To be followers of Christ, we must walk as He did, CP ,Philippians 2 v 5-11. Let us not forget that our lives must manifest the reality of our salvation,the evidence that we are truly Christ's.
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