Hosea 2:1-5

Plead with your mother to do right-- Hosea 2:1-5: Through the years of the Jewish nation there were always some that were godly people. These righteous ones were to say let your brothers be called "Ammi" or "My People" and your sisters be called "Ruhamah" or "Shown Mercy." Today those that are Christians greet one another as brethren. They realize that by God's mercy they are His children.

Gomer represented "the ten tribes" that had departed from God. God said, "She is no longer my wife, and now I, the LORD, am not her husband." The righteous were to beg Israel to stop being unfaithful. God desired that Israel put away her whoredoms or false doctrine and idolatry. God said, "I will strip her naked like the day she was born. I will make her barren like a desert, and she will die of thirst." They nation of Israel would be shamefully exposed by the Assyrians as payment for their spiritual adultery. The same thing could happen to us because many Christians today are so confused that they accept sodomy, abortion, and false religious doctrines.

If we go a whoring after false gods or false religions even our child will be brought under that unfaithfulness. Even the righteous will have to suffer because of the unfaithfulness of many. It is just so important for us to go back to the Bible, and to teach our children how to study and live according to God's truth. Gomer gave her lovers credit for what she had when it was Hosea that had provided for her. Israel gave Baal credit for what she had when it was Jehovah that had provided for her. False religion has provided man with nothing. The church in the world today is being starved for truth.