Advice about whom one should marry
Marry a prostitute?!?

GOD’S MESSAGE THROUGH HOSEA

-Background of Hosea the prophet

-God tells Hosea to marry Gomer

-A son and a warning to Jehu

-A daughter and Israel and Judah

-A son and the end of the covenant

-A reversal and a promise

God’s message for us

INFIDELITY IS A SERIOUS SIN

-God’s plan is monogamous marriage
(Matthew 19:5,6)

-Most value faithfulness in marriage

-Christians should promote marriage

-Unfaithfulness is marriage (Matthew 19:9)

GOD’S MERCY AND LOVE TRUMPS HIS JUDGMENT

-We do not receive God’s blessings
because we deserve them

-My brother’s story

If you are trusting in Jesus, you will ultimately experience God’s mercy