At that time Jesus went through the grain fields on the Sabbath. His disciples were hungry and began to pick some heads of grain and eat them. When the Pharisees saw this, they said to him, "Look! Your disciples are doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath." He answered, "Haven't you read what David did when he and his companions were hungry? He entered the house of God, and he and his companions ate the consecrated bread--which was not lawful for them to do, but only for the priests. Or haven't you read in the Law that on the Sabbath the priests in the temple desecrate the day and yet are innocent? I tell you that one greater than the temple is here. If you had known what these words mean, 'I desire mercy, not sacrifice,' you would not have condemned the innocent. For the Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath."
God knows it, when your sacrifices don't mean anything to Him. He knows it when it is all a pretense only. It comes from those who have lost truth in themselves. They start behaving as though God 'begs' at their feet for their sacrifices. Here in the passage above, the Lord Jesus Christ is saying a different thing altogether. He says, what the LORD desires and what you desire is entirely different. You desire to show off through the 'sacrifices' you offer but that is not what He desires to see in you. That boasting of your sacrifices come from the sinful nature of the Devil in you. He says simply, I do not desire those acts of yours that you offer from the sinful nature of the Devil in you. The Devil might desire that from you, but not ME! Whom are you serving, actually? Me or the Devil? I desire mercy, which is a vital part of my divine nature that is formed in you, through your personal obedience to Me. You see, I am a merciful God and you can never find that nature in the Devil that you serve. The Lord is commanding you to be merciful like Him and not try to hide behind your own acts of sacrifices that He does not desire. People who offer sacrifices expect God to be on their side. No, He is on the side of those who have His divine nature, like mercy to be formed in them. Mercy gets formed in you through your obedience to Him, not through your show of piety to others. What you perform on the outside might not be the same with what is found inside your heart. The divine nature of Christ must be formed in you, if you truly believe in Him. That's what He's saying here! Along the way, you will be tested to see if you have the mercy of the LORD formed in you. If you have the mercy of the LORD formed in you, you will have eternal life or else not.
Matthew 25: 41-43
"Then he will say to those on his left, 'Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink, I was a stranger and you did not invite me in, I needed clothes and you did not clothe me, I was sick and in prison and you did not look after me.'
You can lose eternal life just by not having Christformation in you. When you do not have Christformation in you, the divine nature of Christ which is made up of the mercy of the LORD will not be evident in you. You will be tested in every way to see, if you have Christ's divine nature formed in you. Do not just go around claiming that you believe in the Lord Jesus Christ. You must have His divine nature formed in you eternally. The many tests will tell, if you have His nature formed in you or not. What you deserve will not be judged by what you say alone, but by the outcome of the many tests to see if you truly have Christformation in you. We can fool sinful men, but we can never fool the LORD. Mercy is an important part of the divine nature of Christ and that must be formed in you. You get this formed in you, by obeying everything Christ had commanded. This will show through the many tests placed before you. Do you still have the sinful nature of the Devil in you that despises others, or the divine nature of Christ that shows the mercies of the LORD towards everyone? You will be tested thoroughly. Before men, you will be tested. They will appear before your very eyes with their many needs, what you do or how you react towards them will tell, whose nature you are made up of eternally. You will be tested for what you claim to be, and you may not even know that you have been tested. Remember ,in the Bible passage;above they asked; Lord. when did we see you hungry or thirsty or.......... You did not know that you have been tested to see, if you truly had Christformation in you.
Matthew 25: 44-46
"They also will answer, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or needing clothes or sick or in prison, and did not help you?' "He will reply, 'I tell you the truth, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me.' "Then they will go away to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life."
