Hosea 9:9 - They have sunk deep into corruption, as in the days of Gibeah. God will remember their wickedness and punish them for their sins.
Judges 19:24 - Look, here is my virgin daughter, and his concubine. I will bring them out to you now, and you can use them and do to them whatever you wish. But as for this man, don’t do such an outrageous thing.”
Hosea 4:9 - And it will be: Like people, like priests. I will punish both of them for their ways and repay them for their deeds.
Application:
· Are my unrepented sins remembered? Are the accumulated unrepented sins of generations remembered?
· Am I decadent? Am I callously selfish? Do I betray the defenseless?
· Will I be punished for my sins? Am I being punished for my sins?
All Scripture verses taken from NIV
Friday, June 17, 2011
Thursday, June 16, 2011
Watchman
Hosea 9:8 - The prophet, along with my God, is the watchman over Ephraim, yet snares await him on all his paths, and hostility in the house of his God.
Hosea 5:1 - “Hear this, you priests! Pay attention, you Israelites! Listen, royal house! This judgment is against you: You have been a snare at Mizpah, a net spread out on Tabor.
Ezekiel 3:17 - “Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the people of Israel; so hear the word I speak and give them warning from me.
Application:
· Do I show hostility toward those who God sends to warn His people?
· Am I responsible for maintaining justice? Do I take advantage of the innocent?
· Does God hold me responsible for my own behavior?
All Scripture verses taken from NIV
Hosea 5:1 - “Hear this, you priests! Pay attention, you Israelites! Listen, royal house! This judgment is against you: You have been a snare at Mizpah, a net spread out on Tabor.
Ezekiel 3:17 - “Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the people of Israel; so hear the word I speak and give them warning from me.
Application:
· Do I show hostility toward those who God sends to warn His people?
· Am I responsible for maintaining justice? Do I take advantage of the innocent?
· Does God hold me responsible for my own behavior?
All Scripture verses taken from NIV
Monday, June 13, 2011
Maker
Hosea 8:14 - Israel has forgotten their Maker and built palaces; Judah has fortified many towns. But I will send fire on their cities that will consume their fortresses.”
Psalm 95:6-9 - Come, let us bow down in worship, let us kneel before the LORD our Maker; for he is our God and we are the people of his pasture, the flock under his care. Today, if only you would hear his voice, “Do not harden your hearts as you did at Meribah, as you did that day at Massah in the wilderness, where your ancestors tested me; they tried me, though they had seen what I did.
Jeremiah 17:27 - But if you do not obey me to keep the Sabbath day holy by not carrying any load as you come through the gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath day, then I will kindle an unquenchable fire in the gates of Jerusalem that will consume her fortresses.’”
Application:
· Is my trust in my Maker? Is my trust in what I have accomplished?
· Has my Creator and Redeemer made me what I am? Has He made me one of His people?
· Have I been disobedient? Have God's promises to me been negated?
All Scripture verses taken from NIV
Psalm 95:6-9 - Come, let us bow down in worship, let us kneel before the LORD our Maker; for he is our God and we are the people of his pasture, the flock under his care. Today, if only you would hear his voice, “Do not harden your hearts as you did at Meribah, as you did that day at Massah in the wilderness, where your ancestors tested me; they tried me, though they had seen what I did.
Jeremiah 17:27 - But if you do not obey me to keep the Sabbath day holy by not carrying any load as you come through the gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath day, then I will kindle an unquenchable fire in the gates of Jerusalem that will consume her fortresses.’”
Application:
· Is my trust in my Maker? Is my trust in what I have accomplished?
· Has my Creator and Redeemer made me what I am? Has He made me one of His people?
· Have I been disobedient? Have God's promises to me been negated?
All Scripture verses taken from NIV
Friday, June 10, 2011
God's Own People
Hosea 8:8 - Israel is swallowed up; now she is among the nations like something no one wants.
Exodus 19:5 - Now if you obey me fully and keep my covenant, then out of all nations you will be my treasured possession. Although the whole earth is mine, you will be for me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.’ These are the words you are to speak to the Israelites.”
Amos 3:2 - “You only have I chosen of all the families of the earth; therefore I will punish you for all your sins.”
Application:
· Am I chosen to be part of God's people? Have I conformed to others? Have I become worthless to God?
· Am I obedient and faithful? God is the Creator and Possessor of the earth and everything in it.
· Am I complacent about my privileged status as one of God's chosen? Do I recognize the responsibilities of being chosen?
All Scripture verses taken from NIV
Exodus 19:5 - Now if you obey me fully and keep my covenant, then out of all nations you will be my treasured possession. Although the whole earth is mine, you will be for me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.’ These are the words you are to speak to the Israelites.”
Amos 3:2 - “You only have I chosen of all the families of the earth; therefore I will punish you for all your sins.”
Application:
· Am I chosen to be part of God's people? Have I conformed to others? Have I become worthless to God?
· Am I obedient and faithful? God is the Creator and Possessor of the earth and everything in it.
· Am I complacent about my privileged status as one of God's chosen? Do I recognize the responsibilities of being chosen?
All Scripture verses taken from NIV
Thursday, June 9, 2011
Sow And Reap
Hosea 8:7 - “They sow the wind and reap the whirlwind. The stalk has no head; it will produce no flour. Were it to yield grain, foreigners would swallow it up.
Hosea 10:12-14 - Sow righteousness for yourselves, reap the fruit of unfailing love, and break up your unplowed ground; for it is time to seek the LORD, until he comes and showers his righteousness on you. But you have planted wickedness, you have reaped evil, you have eaten the fruit of deception. Because you have depended on your own strength and on your many warriors, the roar of battle will rise against your people, so that all your fortresses will be devastated—as Shalman devastated Beth Arbel on the day of battle, when mothers were dashed to the ground with their children.
Hosea 2:9 - “Therefore I will take away my grain when it ripens, and my new wine when it is ready. I will take back my wool and my linen, intended to cover her naked body.
Application:
· Do I sow the wind of idolatry? Do I trust in the wrong things?
· Do I do what is right? Am I blessed by God? Am I repentant? Am I productive and faithful? Am I loyal to Him?
· Am I living a lie? Do I live by lies?
· Am I blindly stubborn in the face of God's goodness? Do I know the source of my blessings?
All Scripture verses taken from NIV
Hosea 10:12-14 - Sow righteousness for yourselves, reap the fruit of unfailing love, and break up your unplowed ground; for it is time to seek the LORD, until he comes and showers his righteousness on you. But you have planted wickedness, you have reaped evil, you have eaten the fruit of deception. Because you have depended on your own strength and on your many warriors, the roar of battle will rise against your people, so that all your fortresses will be devastated—as Shalman devastated Beth Arbel on the day of battle, when mothers were dashed to the ground with their children.
Hosea 2:9 - “Therefore I will take away my grain when it ripens, and my new wine when it is ready. I will take back my wool and my linen, intended to cover her naked body.
Application:
· Do I sow the wind of idolatry? Do I trust in the wrong things?
· Do I do what is right? Am I blessed by God? Am I repentant? Am I productive and faithful? Am I loyal to Him?
· Am I living a lie? Do I live by lies?
· Am I blindly stubborn in the face of God's goodness? Do I know the source of my blessings?
All Scripture verses taken from NIV
Friday, June 3, 2011
Return
Hosea 7:8-10 - “Ephraim mixes with the nations; Ephraim is a flat loaf not turned over. Foreigners sap his strength, but he does not realize it. His hair is sprinkled with gray, but he does not notice. Israel’s arrogance testifies against him, but despite all this he does not return to the LORD his God or search for him.
Hosea 8:7 - “They sow the wind and reap the whirlwind. The stalk has no head; it will produce no flour. Were it to yield grain, foreigners would swallow it up.
Hosea 5:4
Hosea 3:5 - Afterward the Israelites will return and seek the LORD their God and David their king. They will come trembling to the LORD and to his blessings in the last days.
Hosea 5:6 - When they go with their flocks and herds to seek the LORD, they will not find him; he has withdrawn himself from them.
Application:
· Do I trust in flimsy alliances? (Idolatry?)
· Is their persistent sin in my life? Does that make repentance impossible?
· God has a glorious future in store for me.
· Do I go to the Lord in prayer? Have I turned to Him with integrity of heart?
All Scripture verses taken from NIV
Hosea 8:7 - “They sow the wind and reap the whirlwind. The stalk has no head; it will produce no flour. Were it to yield grain, foreigners would swallow it up.
Hosea 5:4
Hosea 3:5 - Afterward the Israelites will return and seek the LORD their God and David their king. They will come trembling to the LORD and to his blessings in the last days.
Hosea 5:6 - When they go with their flocks and herds to seek the LORD, they will not find him; he has withdrawn himself from them.
Application:
· Do I trust in flimsy alliances? (Idolatry?)
· Is their persistent sin in my life? Does that make repentance impossible?
· God has a glorious future in store for me.
· Do I go to the Lord in prayer? Have I turned to Him with integrity of heart?
All Scripture verses taken from NIV
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
Fire
Hosea 7:3-4,7 - “They delight the king with their wickedness, the princes with their lies. They are all adulterers, burning like an oven whose fire the baker need not stir from the kneading of the dough till it rises…All of them are hot as an oven; they devour their rulers. All their kings fall, and none of them calls on me.
Hosea 4:2 - There is only cursing, lying and murder, stealing and adultery; they break all bounds, and bloodshed follows bloodshed.
Hosea 10:13-14 - But you have planted wickedness, you have reaped evil, you have eaten the fruit of deception. Because you have depended on your own strength and on your many warriors, the roar of battle will rise against your people, so that all your fortresses will be devastated—as Shalman devastated Beth Arbel on the day of battle, when mothers were dashed to the ground with their children.
Hosea 3:1
Hosea 4:13
Application:
· Where God is not acknowledged, moral uprightness disappears.
· Am I living a lie? Do I live by lies?
· Have I been unfaithful to God?
· Are my morals eroding?
· I fall when I do not call on the Lord.
All Scripture verses taken from NIV
Hosea 4:2 - There is only cursing, lying and murder, stealing and adultery; they break all bounds, and bloodshed follows bloodshed.
Hosea 10:13-14 - But you have planted wickedness, you have reaped evil, you have eaten the fruit of deception. Because you have depended on your own strength and on your many warriors, the roar of battle will rise against your people, so that all your fortresses will be devastated—as Shalman devastated Beth Arbel on the day of battle, when mothers were dashed to the ground with their children.
Hosea 3:1
Hosea 4:13
Application:
· Where God is not acknowledged, moral uprightness disappears.
· Am I living a lie? Do I live by lies?
· Have I been unfaithful to God?
· Are my morals eroding?
· I fall when I do not call on the Lord.
All Scripture verses taken from NIV
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