Hosea

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Hosea

• 111-11
• Gods Redeeming Love

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Review

• An outline of Hosea
• 1-3 Illustrating Gods relationship to Israel
• 4-7 God is holy Israel indicted for sins
• 8-10 God is just Israels punishment
• 11-14 God is love The restoration
• This final section is the climax
• Hosea means salvation and here is where God
  offers salvation
• Had been illustrated in chapter 3 with Hosea
  taking Gomer back
• Now we begin to hear about salvation

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Gods Love

• Hos 111
• At first glance
• A historical reference to Israel leaving Egypt
• But nation usually referred to as female
• Beginning in verse 2, Israel is referred to by
  plural pronouns (some exceptions later in the
  chapter)
• So is the him and my son referring only to
  Israel?
• Matt 214-15
• Hosea 11 was a prophecy about Jesus
• Putting it together in Hosea 111
• When Israel was just beginning
• God already loved Jesus and had a plan for Him

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Gods Plan

• Eph 14-14
• A plan from before the creation
• A plan to save through His Son and in Him
• A plan that required faith and obedience
• A plan that made it clear salvation was a gift
  from God
• A plan that had been kept a mystery until it
  was carried out
• 1 Cor 26-9
• The plan was hidden before the cross
• After the cross it was revealed and the
  prophecies made clear as proof of Gods plan and
  wisdom

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Gods Love

• Hos 112-4
• From the beginning Israel followed other gods
• Yet God was always the one who helped Israel
• Let them walk
• Made them into a kingdom
• Healed their wounds
• Destroyed their enemies
• Guided them forward
• Enlarged their borders, made them powerful
• Took away their yoke and fed them
• Kept them from being conquered while they grew
• And they didnt acknowledge Gods efforts

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Gods gifts

• Do we do any better than Israel?
• James 117
• All gifts have come from God
• How much in our lives do we take for granted?
• Food, health, family, houses, jobs, friends
• Often we get angry at God when these are taken
  away, but were we grateful for them when we had
  them?
• Or do we have an attitude like Job?
• Job 120-22
• Thankful for what God provided
• Not angry when the gifts no longer provided

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Israels stubbornness

• Hos 115-7
• Despite Gods love seen in His plans and gifts
• They refused to repent (v5)
• They were bent on backsliding (v7)
• Nobody truly exalted God (v7)
• So God would punish them, but with Assyria rather
  than Egypt
• But they had brought the punishment on themselves

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Gods redeeming love

• Hos 118-11
• Despite their sins, God didnt want to destroy
  them
• Here we have the crossroads where Gods holiness
  and justice meet Gods love and mercy
• A man might have to give up something
• But God is not a man to be thwarted, even by
  mans own sinfulness and stubbornness
• The answer was Gods plan to call all men to Him
  through His Son (He will roar like a lion)
• They will walk after the Lord

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A plan for all

• We can see the fulfillment of the plan
• Where holiness and justice meet love and mercy
• Rom 56-11
• At the cross
• Rom 321-26
• For all people
• Rom 61-7
• By repentance, baptism, and obedience in a new
  life

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Conclusion

• God has always had a plan to save man
• He demonstrated His love for Israel like a
  husband for a wife, or a father for a child
• Despite Israels rejection of Him, He still had a
  plan that would offer them salvation along with
  all other people
• It is that plan that is still offered today
• He has roared like a lion
• Wont you walk after the Lord?

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