A Love That Will Not Let Me Go

HoseaLesson 3

Chap. 1-3 Hosea’s family was a picture of Israel’s harlotry

Pattern: sin, judgment, return Chap. 4-6 Israel’s spiritual harlotry kept

them from knowing God Pattern: sin, judgment, return

Review

Theme: No One Calls on Me Vs. 1-7 Iniquity, evil, wickedness, lies,

adultery, pride, drunkenness None of the kings called on God for help Vs. 8-12 Israel was mixed with the other

nations Ephraim was weakened and didn’t even

know it Pride kept them from turning to God

Hosea 7

Instead of calling on God, the rulers called on Egypt and Assyria ( who could not heal)

God was about to chastise them Vs. 13-16 WOE from straying from God Destruction because of rebellion No redemption because of lies They will become a derision in the land of

Egypt (I Kings 18:20-29)

Hosea 7

Theme: Forgot their God: Rejected good Num. 18 and Ez. 33 Trumpets were blown

for warning How do WE sound the alarm? Knowing Him

through the Word and telling others Hosea 6:7 and 8:1 “They have transgressed

My covenant” Knowing Truth, instead of believing lies, is a

safeguard against coming judgment

Hosea 8

Galatians 6 “Whatever a man sows, this he will also reap”

Israel claimed to know God: but didn’t listen “My anger burns against them” Vs. 10 Pul of Assyria, 2 Kings 15, was who

they hired Israel had forgotten His Maker

Hosea 8

Theme: Days of Punishment and Retribution have come

Vs. 1-6 Ephraim will return to Egypt Because: Verses 7, 15 & 17 Of the grossness of their iniquity Their hostility was so great Of the wickedness of their deeds They have not listened to God

Hosea 9

2 Kings 17 Hoshea was king of Israel Ahaz was the wicked king of Judah Shalmaneser was the king of Assyria Shalmaneser imprisoned Hoshea for deceit Deut. 28 Warnings: Be careful……not to forget Me The prophet was a fool vs. 7 They had gone deep into depravity vs. 9 Gibeah was a place of gross homosexuality

Hosea 9

Vs. 11 No birth, pregnancy or conception Vs. 12 Though they bring up their children I

will bereave them until not a man is left Vs. 13 Ephraim will bring out his children for

slaughter Vs. 14 “Give them a miscarrying womb and

dry breasts” Vs. 16 Ephraim will bear no fruit even

though they bear children. I will slay the precious ones of their womb

Hosea 9 “Children”

Gilgal: place of 12 stones set up as a reminder from crossing the Jordan

Place of circumcision God rolled away the reproach of Egypt Became a place of evil and useless sacrifice Hosea 9:15 God would love them no more

and cast them away They would be wanderers among the

nations

Hosea 9

Theme: Israel shamed and carried away Faithless Forgotten their God Mixed with the nations Days ahead would be brutal SEEK THE LORD Vs. 12 Sow with a view to righteousness Reap in accordance with kindness Break up your fallow ground

Hosea 10

What happens when there is no knowledge of God in the land?

What causes the church to be ineffective? What causes morals to be lost IN THE CHURCH? “No moral doctrine, ‘Love thy neighbor as

thyself’, does not come naturally; it has to be taught. It can only be taught if enough people understand the theories on which it rests and have the means of instilling the consequences into the popular mind.” Ravi Zacharias

Application