A) The problem with "knowing God" yet living in sin (Hosea 8)
8:1-3) Alarm! enemy against God's people, covenant-breakers, defied revelation, rejecting goodness
- Faith is more than crying out to God in trouble saying "My God! We know you!"
- Faith is shown in a covenant life, guided by God, cultivating goodness.
4-10) Deciding without asking Lord, idols, planted wind/harvest whirlwind, liars, whores
Key verses: “They have planted the wind and will harvest the whirlwind. Hosea 8:7
- Faith is more than words, it's the seed of God planted in our souls, reaping righteousness.
11-13) Altars of sin, unacceptable. God's word is clear, pretend can't read, held accountable, punished/slavery forgotten Maker to build themselves greatness to burn
14a) Forgotten Maker: God's creative Spirit and Word prepares us for eternity (Genesis 1:1-5, Hebrews 11:1-3, 2 Cor 5:5-21)
14b) build themselves: Cain builds his name, Seth brings repentance to God's name (Gen 4)
B) wasted life ends in destruction (Hosea 9)
9:1-6) Wasted life (rejoicing in): unfaithfulness, orgies, parties, whoring, bankrupt, disillusioned, refugees, defiled, unclean, conquered, invaded, ruined
- MSG: Souls polluted by the spirit-dirty air. You’ll be starved for God... homesick
Unfaithfulness: The angry, stay at home brother of the prodigal (Luke 15)
Application: 3 Steps to Victory available to everyone
7-9) Dooms day/Payday for the wages of sin: hostile to God and his prophets, depravity
- Sin is our default occupation until we understand our vocation.
10-14) First fresh grapes in desert, then deserted God idolatrous heathens: barren, unfit parents
15-17) Evil exposed, kicked out, not loved, struck dry barren, rejected, didn't listen or obey, homeless
- Jesus brings clarity: Discovering the Light of listening and being Salt (Luke 8-14)
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