DISCOURSE: 1162 THE DANGER OF FALSE CONFIDENCE Hosea 8:2. _Israel shall cry unto me, My God, we know thee. Israel hath cast off the thing that is good: the enemy shall pursue him_. THERE is not a more intimate connexion between any two things than between sin and misery. However specious an appear... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1163 THE NATURE AND EXTENT OF CHRISTIAN INNOCENCE Hosea 8:5. _How long will it be ere they attain to innoceney?_ IT is impossible to read the history of God’s ancient people, or to survey the world around us, without being filled with wonder at the patience and forbearance of God. In vai... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1164 THE CONSEQUENCES OF SIN Hosea 8:7. _They have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind_. MISERY is attached to sin as its inevitable consequence. This connexion does not always appear to a superficial observer. On the contrary, transgression often seems productive of happin... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1165 MEN’S DISREGARD OF THE GOSPEL Hosea 8:12. _I have written to him the great things of my Law, but they were counted as a strange thing_. GOD, in estimating the sins of men, takes into his consideration all the aggravations with which they are committed. For instance; the warnings whi... [ Continue Reading ]