ISRAEL COMMITTED SPIRITUAL ADULTERY -- HOSEA FOUR -- Hosea four again deals with the theme of Israel turning to false gods. How sad it was when God said, "Hear the word of the LORD, ye children of Israel: for the LORD hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, n... [ Continue Reading ]
_A CONTROVERSY WITH ISRAEL -- HOSEA 4:1-5:_ When people depart from God's arrangement of things then no one is faithful or loyal or truly cares about God. Without God these people turned to other gods and practice all kinds of evil. The children of Israel were guilty of spiritual adultery. They had... [ Continue Reading ]
_A LACK OF KNOWLEDGE -- HOSEA 4:6-11:_ Religious ignorance is always sad. This is especially true when people have had the opportunity to know what is right. These people and these priests were destroyed because they had neglected knowledge. God said, "Now I will reject you and forget your children,... [ Continue Reading ]
_A GOD THAT CANNOT ANSWER -- HOSEA 4:12-15:_ The children of Israel were asking counsel from their wooden idols and other objects of wood. Their sinful living had lead them to terrible judgment; thinking they could receive good advise from a stick of wood. Their whoredom, both fleshly and spiritual,... [ Continue Reading ]
_A BACKSLIDING HEIFER -- HOSEA 4:16-19:_ In their relationship with God Israel was nothing more than a stubborn cow. They had thrown off the yoke and refused submission to God. God would now deal with as a lamb turned out into a large field. Out in the field there would be much more danger of attack... [ Continue Reading ]