Hosea 14

 

Hosea 14 

Outline:

1. Respond to GOD’s Call.

2. Confess and repent.

3. Study and serve.

:1-3 O Israel, return to The LORD your GOD, for you have stumbled because of your iniquity; take words with you, and return to The LORD. Say to Him, “Take away all iniquity; receive us graciously, for we will offer the sacrifices of our lips. Assyria shall not save us, we will not ride on horses, nor will we say anymore to the work of our hands, ‘You are our gods.’ For in You the fatherless finds Mercy.”

GOD speaking through Hosea calls His chosen people, Israel, to repentance giving them the words to speak. GOD calls sinners to repentance giving us the gift of Faith so that we can believe, Ephesians 2:4-10. It is His Grace to Save both the backsliders and the unsaved. Acts 2:36-42; 1 Peter 5:6-9; 1John 1:5-9.

:4-7 “I will Heal their backsliding. I will Love them Freely, for My anger has turned away from him, I will be like the dew to Israel; he shall grow (Lit. bud or sprout) like the lily and lengthen (Lit. strike) his roots like Lebanon. His branches shall spread (Lit. go); his beauty shall be like an olive tree, and his fragrance like Lebanon. Those who dwell under His shadow shall return; they shall be revived like grain and grow like a vine (Lit. bud or sprout). Their scent (Lit. remembrance) shall be like the wine of Lebanon.”

GOD is telling them about His Mercy because of their repentance, 2 Chronicles 7:13-14; Acts 2:43-47; 1 Peter 5:10-11.

:8 Ephraim shall say, “What have I to do anymore with idols? I have heard and observed Him. I am like a green cypress tree; Your Fruit is found in me.”

Testimony, Hebrews 11:5; John 21:24.

:9 Who is wise? Let him understand these things. Who is prudent? Let him know them. For the ways of The LORD are Right; the righteous walk in them, but transgressors stumble in them.

GOD’s call to know Him, Proverbs 3:5-10; Ecclesiastes 12:13-14; Isaiah 55:6; Matthew 6:24-34.

 

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