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It’s Time To Seek The LORD

It’s Time To Seek The LORD. Hosea 10:12 Bishop Oliver Subryan. Hosea. HOSEA ( Hoh see' uh ) Personal name meaning, "salvation." Title of the first book in the section of the Hebrew Bible called the Book of the Twelve, named after its prophetic hero. Hosea (background).

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It’s Time To Seek The LORD

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  1. It’s Time To Seek The LORD Hosea 10:12 Bishop Oliver Subryan

  2. Hosea • HOSEA (Hoh see' uh) Personal name meaning, "salvation." • Title of the first book in the section of the Hebrew Bible called the Book of the Twelve, named after its prophetic hero.

  3. Hosea (background) • An Old Testament Prophet and author of the book Hosea • The Son of Beeri • Ministered in the Northern Kingdom of Israel just before the fall of this nation in 722 B.C.

  4. Hosea (background) • One of the most unusual prophets of the Old Testament • Commanded by God to marry a prostitute by the name of Gomer • She eventually went back to prostitution • Hosea bought her back from the slave market and restored her as his wife

  5. Hosea (background) • His unquestioned obedience to God demonstrated he was a prophet who would follow the Lord’s Will, regardless of the cost • His life echoed the message that “God is Love”

  6. Hosea (10:12) Hosea 10:12 Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; break up your fallow ground: for it is time to seek the LORD, till he come and rain righteousness upon you.

  7. There is a place for everything Under the Sun (Eccl: 3:1-8) Ecclesiastes 3:(1-8) • To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: • A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;

  8. There is a place for everything Under the Sun (Eccl: 3:1-8) Ecclesiastes 3:(1-8) • A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up; • A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;

  9. There is a Place for Everything Under the Sun (Eccl: 3:1-8) Ecclesiastes 3:(1-8) • A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing; • A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;

  10. There is a Place for Everything Under the Sun (Eccl: 3:1-8) Ecclesiastes 3:(1-8) • A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak; • A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.

  11. It is time to seek the Lord • Repent • Return • Renew • Reap the Rain of Righteousness

  12. Repent • Is a characteristically Biblical Word • The verb appears 84 times (equally divided between the Old and New Testaments) • The noun appears 26 times (all but once in the New Testament)

  13. Repent Revelation 2: (1-5) • Unto the angel of the church of Ephesus write; These things saith he that holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, who walketh in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks; • I know thy works, and thy labor, and thy patience, and how thou canst not bear them which are evil: and thou hast tried them which say they are apostles, and are not, and has found them liars:

  14. Repent Revelation 2: (1-5) • And hast borne, and hast patience, and for my name’s sake has labored, and hast not fainted. • Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because thou has left thy first love.

  15. Repent Revelation 2: (1-5) • Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will remove thy candlestick out of his place, except thou repent.

  16. Return I Samuel 7:3 • And Samuel spake unto all the house of Israel, saying, If ye do return unto the LORD with all your hearts, then put away the strange gods and Ashtaroth from among you, and prepare your hearts unto the LORD, and serve him only: and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.

  17. Return Isaiah 55:6-13 • Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near: • Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.

  18. Return Isaiah 55:6-13 • For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD. • For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.

  19. Return Isaiah 55:6-13 • For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater: • So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.

  20. Return Isaiah 55:6-13 • For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace: the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands. • Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir tree, and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle tree: and it shall be to the LORD for a name, for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off.

  21. Return Hosea 6: (1-2) • Come, and let us return unto the LORD: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up. • After two days will he revive us: in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight.

  22. Return Hosea 14: (1-3) • O Israel, return unto the LORD thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity. • Take with you words, and turn to the LORD: say unto him, Take away all iniquity, and receive us graciously: so will we render the calves of our lips.

  23. Return Hosea 14: (1-3) • Asshur shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses: neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, Ye are our gods: for in thee the fatherless findeth mercy.

  24. Return (David to Solomon) I Chronicles 22: (17-19) • David also commanded all the princes of Israel to help Solomon his son, saying, • Is not the LORD your God with you? And hath he not given you rest on every side? For he hath given the inhabitants of the land into mine hand; and the land is subdued before the LORD, and before his people.

  25. Return (David to Solomon) I Chronicles 22: (17-19) 19 Now set your heart and your soul to seek the LORD your God; arise therefore, and build ye the sanctuary of the LORD God, to bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and the holy vessels of God, into the house that is to be built to the name of the LORD.

  26. Renew Psalms 51:10 • Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.

  27. Renew Isaiah 40:(30-31) • Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall: • But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.

  28. Reap the Rain of Righteousness Galatians 6:(7-10) • Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. • For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.

  29. Reap the Rain of Righteousness Galatians 6:(7-10) • And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not. • As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith.

  30. Reap the Rain of Righteousness Hosea 10:12 Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; break up your fallow ground: for it is time to seek the LORD, till he come and rain righteousness upon you.

  31. Conclusion • Assyria • A kingdom between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers that dominated the ancient world • Defeated the Northern Kingdom in 722 B.C. • Carried away thousands of Israelites and re-settled them in other parts of the Assyrian empire • The Nation of Israel has never recovered from Assyrian captivity

  32. Conclusion • Assyria • The favorite pursuits of the Assyrian Kings were War and hunting • They were merciless and savage people • Their army was ruthless and effective • Burned cities and children • Impaled victims on stakes • Beheaded and chopped off hands

  33. Conclusion • Assyria • But, like Babylonia, (which God used as an instrument of judgment against Judah) Assyria became God’s channel of punishment and judgment against Israel because of their sin and idolatry.

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