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God wants all men to understand the nature of His love.

God wants all men to understand the nature of His love. Those who are the most rebellious often think that God has given up on them. God wants all men to understand the nature of His love. Those who are the most rebellious often think that God has given up on them.

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God wants all men to understand the nature of His love.

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  1. God wants all men to understand the nature of His love. • Those who are the most rebellious often think that God has given up on them.

  2. God wants all men to understand the nature of His love. • Those who are the most rebellious often think that God has given up on them. • It is actually people from this background that often make changes!

  3. God wants all men to understand the nature of His love. • Those who are the most rebellious often think that God has given up on them. • It is actually people from this background that often make changes! • Sadly, many who speak of God’s love can actually be more difficult to reach. (Rom 2:3-5)

  4. God wants all men to understand the nature of His love. • Romans 2:3-5 - And do you think this, O man, you who judge those practicing such things, and doing the same, that you will escape the judgment of God? 4 Or do you despise the riches of His goodness, forbearance, and longsuffering, not knowing that the goodness of God leads you to repentance?

  5. God wants all men to understand the nature of His love. • 5 But in accordance with your hardness and your impenitent heart you are treasuring up for yourself wrath in the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God,

  6. God wants all men to understand the nature of His love. • Israel (the northern kingdom) began in idolatry and never departed it.

  7. God wants all men to understand the nature of His love. • When their kings own “prosperity” depended on their not returning to God, the kings made sure that would be the case. (1 Kings 12:26-31)

  8. God wants all men to understand the nature of His love. • 1 Kings 12:26-32 - And Jeroboam said in his heart, "Now the kingdom may return to the house of David: 27 "If these people go up to offer sacrifices in the house of the LORD at Jerusalem, then the heart of this people will turn back to their lord, Rehoboam king of Judah, and they will kill me and go back to Rehoboam king of Judah."

  9. God wants all men to understand the nature of His love. • 28 Therefore the king asked advice, made two calves of gold, and said to the people, "It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem. Here are your gods, O Israel, which brought you up from the land of Egypt!" 29 And he set up one in Bethel, and the other he put in Dan.

  10. God wants all men to understand the nature of His love. • 30 Now this thing became a sin, for the people went to worship before the one as far as Dan. 31 He made shrines on the high places, and made priests from every class of people, who were not of the sons of Levi.

  11. God wants all men to understand the nature of His love. • Why would God even “waste His time” with such a people?

  12. God wants all men to understand the nature of His love. • Why would God even “waste His time” with such a people? • Here is where we will come to learn a needed lesson about the nature of God.

  13. The Painful Betrayal of God by His people • The background of the book of Hosea.

  14. The Painful Betrayal of God by His people • The background of the book of Hosea. • The names Hosea, Joshua, and Jesus are all derived from the same Hebrew word, hoshea, which means “salvation.” In the darkness of sin Hosea provides the way of Salvation!

  15. The Painful Betrayal of God by His people • Hosea preached during the days of Uzziah (767-739), Jotham (739-731), Ahaz 731-715), and Hezekiah (715-686), kings of Judah and during the days of Jeroboam II (782-752), king of Israel. (Hosea 1:1)

  16. The Painful Betrayal of God by His people • Hosea 1:1 The word of the LORD that came to Hosea the son of Beeri, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel.

  17. The Painful Betrayal of God by His people • God told Hosea to take a harlot for a wife (Gomer). (Hosea 1:2)

  18. The Painful Betrayal of God by His people • Hosea 1:2 - When the LORD began to speak by Hosea, the LORD said to Hosea: "Go, take yourself a wife of harlotry And children of harlotry, For the land has committed great harlotry By departing from the LORD.“

  19. The Painful Betrayal of God by His people • What would be the attributes of a woman who chose to be a harlot?

  20. The Painful Betrayal of God by His people • What would be the attributes of a woman who chose to be a harlot? • Would marriage to a good man mean they would “live happily ever after?”

  21. The Painful Betrayal of God by His people • Why is a pattern of sin so hard to break?

  22. The Painful Betrayal of God by His people • The children born to Hosea show the heartbreak of God at their adultery.

  23. The Painful Betrayal of God by His people • The children born to Hosea show the heartbreak of God at their adultery. • The first child, a son, was named Jezreel (whose name means "God sows; God scatters").

  24. The Painful Betrayal of God by His people • The children born to Hosea show the heartbreak of God at their adultery. • The first child, a son, was named Jezreel (whose name means "God sows; God scatters"). • The second child, a daughter, was named Lo-Ruhamah (whose name means "unpitied").

  25. The Painful Betrayal of God by His people • The third child, a son, was named Lo-Ammi (whose name means "not my people").

  26. The Painful Betrayal of God by His people • The third child, a son, was named Lo-Ammi (whose name means "not my people"). • What kind of pain did Hosea experience in knowing that some, it not all of his children born by his wife were not his?

  27. The Painful Betrayal of God by His people • The third child, a son, was named Lo-Ammi (whose name means "not my people"). • What kind of pain did Hosea experience in knowing that some, it not all of his children born by his wife were not his? • God wants His people to see the great pain they were causing Him. (Hos. 1:2; 9:1)

  28. The Painful Betrayal of God by His people • Hosea 1:2 When the LORD began to speak by Hosea, the LORD said to Hosea: "Go, take yourself a wife of harlotry And children of harlotry, For the land has committed great harlotry By departing from the LORD.“

  29. The Painful Betrayal of God by His people • Hosea 9:1 Do not rejoice, O Israel, with joy like other peoples, For you have played the harlot against your God. You have made love for hire on every threshing floor.

  30. The Painful Betrayal of God by His people • God will not allow such a people to have fellowship with Him. (Hosea 2:2; 1:9)

  31. The Painful Betrayal of God by His people • Hosea 2:2 2 " Bring charges against your mother, bring charges; For she is not My wife, nor am I her Husband! Let her put away her harlotries from her sight, And her adulteries from between her breasts;

  32. The Painful Betrayal of God by His people • Hosea 1:9 9 Then God said: "Call his name Lo-Ammi, For you are not My people, And I will not be your God.

  33. The Painful Betrayal of God by His people • In spite of this great sin, God does not give up on Israel!

  34. The Painful Betrayal of God by His people • Gomer, after leaving Hosea, is later bought from those who used her as a slave. (Hosea 3:2-3)

  35. The Painful Betrayal of God by His people • Hosea 3:2-3 2 So I bought her for myself for fifteen shekels of silver, and one and one-half homers of barley. 3 And I said to her, "You shall stay with me many days; you shall not play the harlot, nor shall you have a man -- so, too, will I be toward you.“

  36. The Painful Betrayal of God by His people • Hosea paid the price of thirty pieces of silver, the price of a wounded slave! (Ex 21:32)

  37. The Painful Betrayal of God by His people • Exodus 21:32- "If the ox gores a male or female servant, he shall give to their master thirty shekels of silver, and the ox shall be stoned.

  38. How did Israel become Like a Harlot to God? • They let someone else study and discern God’s word for them. (Hosea 4:1, 6-11) • Hosea 4:1 Hear the word of the LORD, You children of Israel, For the LORD brings a charge against the inhabitants of the land: "There is no truth or mercy Or knowledge of God in the land.

  39. How did Israel become Like a Harlot to God? • They let someone else study and discern God’s word for them. (Hosea 4:1, 6-11) • Hosea 4:1 Hear the word of the LORD, You children of Israel, For the LORD brings a charge against the inhabitants of the land: "There is no truth or mercy Or knowledge of God in the land.

  40. How did Israel become Like a Harlot to God? • Hosea 4:6-11 6 My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I also will reject you from being priest for Me; Because you have forgotten the law of your God, I also will forget your children. 7 " The more they increased, The more they sinned against Me; I will change their glory into shame.

  41. How did Israel become Like a Harlot to God? • 8 They eat up the sin of My people; They set their heart on their iniquity. 9 And it shall be: like people, like priest. So I will punish them for their ways, And reward them for their deeds. 10 For they shall eat, but not have enough; They shall commit harlotry, but not increase; Because they have ceased obeying the LORD. 11 " Harlotry, wine, and new wine enslave the heart.

  42. How did Israel become Like a Harlot to God? • The first actions of Jeroboam should have brought a swift reaction from the people. • When some says “it is too much for you” what are they really saying? (1 Kgs 12:28) • 1 Kings 12:28 28 Therefore the king asked advice, made two calves of gold, and said to the people, "It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem. Here are your gods, O Israel, which brought you up from the land of Egypt!“

  43. How did Israel become Like a Harlot to God? • The first actions of Jeroboam should have brought a swift reaction from the people. • When some says “it is too much for you” what are they really saying? (1 Kgs 12:28) • 1 Kings 12:28 28 Therefore the king asked advice, made two calves of gold, and said to the people, "It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem. Here are your gods, O Israel, which brought you up from the land of Egypt!“

  44. How did Israel become Like a Harlot to God? • With the Northern Kingdom starting like this, how hard would it be for a future descendant to take a stand against these actions? “Fellowship in time will determine practice.” • They became filled with pride and fought God. (Hosea 5:3-6)

  45. How did Israel become Like a Harlot to God? • With the Northern Kingdom starting like this, how hard would it be for a future descendant to take a stand against these actions? “Fellowship in time will determine practice.” • They became filled with pride and fought God. (Hosea 5:3-6)

  46. How did Israel become Like a Harlot to God? • Hosea 5:3-6 3 I know Ephraim, And Israel is not hidden from Me; For now, O Ephraim, you commit harlotry; Israel is defiled. 4 "They do not direct their deeds Toward turning to their God, For the spirit of harlotry is in their midst, And they do not know the LORD.

  47. How did Israel become Like a Harlot to God? • 5 The pride of Israel testifies to his face; Therefore Israel and Ephraim stumble in their iniquity; Judah also stumbles with them. 6 "With their flocks and herds They shall go to seek the LORD, But they will not find Him; He has withdrawn Himself from them. • It is very difficult to break away from sin when pride prevails.

  48. How did Israel become Like a Harlot to God? • 5 The pride of Israel testifies to his face; Therefore Israel and Ephraim stumble in their iniquity; Judah also stumbles with them. 6 "With their flocks and herds They shall go to seek the LORD, But they will not find Him; He has withdrawn Himself from them. • It is very difficult to break away from sin when pride prevails.

  49. How did Israel become Like a Harlot to God? • Pride causes blindness and is the worst kind of deception. (Gal 6:3, 7; Rom 1:21-23) • Galatians 6:3 3 For if anyone thinks himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceives himself. • Galatians 6:7 7 Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap.

  50. How did Israel become Like a Harlot to God? • Pride causes blindness and is the worst kind of deception. (Gal 6:3, 7; Rom 1:21-23) • Galatians 6:3 3 For if anyone thinks himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceives himself. • Galatians 6:7 7 Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap.

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