Sermon Outline
- God’s First Messengers to a Wayward People
- Elijah and Elisha
- Hosea & Amos
- Prophets are Men sent by God to speak His heart to His people
- Remind the People of Covenant
- Decry the ways the covenant is violated
- Spell out the Punishment for violation
- Hold out Hope after the punishment
- B/C God’s purpose is to relate to people and build up an obedient, live giving communion of persons on this earth.
- Hosea Reminds the People of the Covenant using Marriage Language (3:1, Gen 2:24, Is 62:5, Mal 2:11, Eph 5:25, Rev 19:9)
- Hosea decries Idolatry (2:1-2, 4:7-8
- Spell out the Punishment for violation
- Seek and not Find God (5:1, 16)
- No compassion from God (13:14)
- Hold out Hope after the punishment
- God will woo Israel back (Hos 2:14-23)
- He will buy back his wayward wife (hos 3:1-5)
- Relationship over Ritual (Hos 6:6)
- God Loves his people (Hos 11)
- I will heal the nation and the heart of the people (Hos 14:4ff)
- Conclusion – Christ is the compassion of God (Hosea 13:14, 1Cor 15:54-57)
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