A) Gaining wealth through fraud is sin that God sees
7) Merchant dishonest scales, exploits, oppresses and defrauds
8) Ephraim boasts of wealth hiding/covering iniquity and sin
B) God shows us this through prophets, parables and history (far beyond ourselves)
9-10) Yet LORD God knows our beginnings and can bring humility/truth through prophets
- Parables make God's will known by appealing to our sense of right and wrong
- The Eagle, the Parrot, the Ostrich and the Dove
11) Gilead's wickedness (idolatry), sacrifice to Gilgal - altars piles of stone on a plowed field
- What is Gilead working for? A pile of rocks for no one. What a complete lack of understanding, God wants us to build a healthy family who loves him and one another.
- Saul anointed, confirmed, then rejected as king (1 Samuel 9-15), shows how being chosen doesn't cut it - we need to live out our faith God's way.
12) Jacob fled to Aram, served/worked to get wife
- Jacob (Israel) was once a single confused man
- Jacob served Laban for 20 years, then left for Canaan (Gen 30-31)
13) LORD used prophet Moses to bring Israel out of Egypt, preserved by God
- 500+ years later Israel became a nation because of one Prophet raised up
14) But Ephraim aroused LORD's anger, LORD leaves him in guilt (Iniquity), repaying for contempt
- shame and dishonor
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