The Bible You've Never Read (Week 5)
June 5, 2021

The Book of Hosea Teaches Us…

1.) What True Faithfulness Looks Like

The reason why many are still troubled, still seeking, still making little forward progress is because they haven’t yet come to the end of themselves. We’re still trying to give orders, and interfering with God’s work within us.” —- A.W. Tozer

2.) Shows Us The Dangers of Self Sufficiency

CHAPTER 7
8
“The people of Israel mingle with godless foreigners,
    making themselves as worthless as a half-baked cake!
9
Worshiping foreign gods has sapped their strength,
    but they don’t even know it.
Their hair is gray,
    but they don’t realize they’re old and weak.
10
Their arrogance testifies against them,
    yet they don’t return to the Lord their God
    or even try to find him.
8
“The people of Israel mingle with godless foreigners,
    making themselves as worthless as a half-baked cake!
9
Worshiping foreign gods has sapped their strength,
    but they don’t even know it.
Their hair is gray,
    but they don’t realize they’re old and weak.
10
Their arrogance testifies against them,
    yet they don’t return to the Lord their God
    or even try to find him.

    

3.) It Shows Us The Depth of God’s Love

In this story, we are the

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Hosea actually represents the

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4.) There is a difference between God’s love, and God’s Favor/Blessing

CHAPTER 5
14
I will be like a lion to Israel,
    like a strong young lion to Judah.
    I will tear them to pieces!
I will carry them off,
    and no one will be left to rescue them.
15
Then I will return to my place
    until they admit their guilt and turn to me.
For as soon as trouble comes,
    they will earnestly search for me.”

    
CHAPTER 6
6
“Come, let us return to the Lord.
He has torn us to pieces;
    now he will heal us.
He has injured us;
    now he will bandage our wounds.
2
In just a short time he will restore us,
    so that we may live in his presence.
3
Oh, that we might know the Lord!
    Let us press on to know him.
He will respond to us as surely as the arrival of dawn
or the comings of rain in early spring.”

True blessing is a

that God is with you!