Grace & Truth: An Object Lesson

Pastor Kent Landhuis

THEM - God’s love and mercy are more powerful than sin.

TEXT - Hosea 1-3.

1. The object lesson: adultery and restoration. (Hosea1-3)

a. Hosea and Gomer

i. Marriage.

o Jezreel

o Lo Ruhamah

o Lo Ammi

ii. Adultery

iii. Restoration

b. God and Israel.

i. Covenant at Mt. Sinai (Marriage)

ii. Idolatry = Adultery

iii. Covenant Crisis

o End the covenant?

o Renew the Covenant?

2. Accusations and warnings. (Hosea 4-14)

a. Abandoning God.

b. Hypocrisy in worship.

i. Broken covenant

ii. Social injustice.

iii. Idols to Baal.

c. Trusting political alliances.

d. This is not new - lessons from history.

i. Jacob’s lying treachery. (Genesis 27-28)

ii. Israel’s wilderness rebellion. (Numbers 12-20)

iii. Israel’s demand for a king. (1 Samuel 12 & 15)

e. Consequences.

i. Imminent defeat and exile.

ii. Future restoration and hope.

3. The character of God.

a. Covenant promise.

b. Promise of a king.

c. Promise of a messiah.

d. Promise of restoration.

e. Promise to forgive.

f. Promise to love.

g. Promise to bless all nations.

Hosea 1:10 ~ Yet the Israelites will be like the sand on the seashore, which cannot be measured or counted. In the place where it was said to them, ‘You are not my people,’ they will be called ‘children of the living God.’

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"Who is wise? Let them realize these things. Who is discerning? Let them understand. The ways of the Lord are right; the righteous walk in them, but the rebellious stumble in them." Hosea 14:9