Harvest Church of Minden

#297 Hosea 12-13

Hosea 12-13 Unfaithfulness

Today we talk about the third accusation against the people of Israel, their unfaithfulness to the Lord. The people were deceptive and dishonest which would lead to destruction as a judgment against them for breaking the covenant. God repeatedly calls on the people to return to him, and when that message is not heard, judgement comes.

#296 Hosea 10-11

Hosea 10-11

The prosperity of Israel was mistaken for their own deeds and power. Rather than seeing the luxury of being God's chosen people, those chased after and loved idols and other things. The judgement coming was a discipline to allow them to know God. We need to be mindful of our own wandering and ungrateful hearts for the prosperity that God has given us in salvation.

#295 Hosea 8-9

Hosea 8-9 

The section of no love for God continues as Hosea describes areas of rebellion and sin where they are loving other things over God. His warning comes to a people who think they know God, but God is driving them away in exile for betraying the covenant. 

#294 Hosea 6 and 7

Hosea 6 and 7

We move into the second focus of the accusations against the people of God, they had no love for him. Continually calling us back to the first issue of no knowledge of God, it is hard to have love for Him or others when we don't know Him. Israel looked to other things to love and obsess over, we need to be aware of this pattern in our own life as well. 

Hosea 5

Hosea 5:1-6:3

Look at the accusations for all the people in terms of the lack of knowledge for God, God calls on them to repent and seek him. They will face exile and judgement for their unfaithfulness and turning to other things in life. What are the things that we turn to for healing and cure instead of the Lord.

#292 Hosea 4

Hosea 4

Today we look at the start of the accusations against Israel. Hosea starts with the priests and the prophets to stress how the nation has been led into no knowledge of God, no love, and no faithfulness. The rest of the book will highlight these three areas. 

#291 Hosea 3

Hosea 3

As we look at the command to love again, who is our Gomer? Who is it that God calls us to love that have been unfaithful to the relationship? By symbolizing his own love for the people of Israel, God shows Hosea how to love his wayward wife. 

#290 Hosea 2

Hosea 2:2-23

Chapter 2 deals with the beginning accusations against Israel and Gomer. We also see 2 sections of the promise of restoration. God's desire is for us to know him, and when we are caught chasing other things, it will impact all of our relationships. 

#289 Hosea 1

Hosea 1:1-2:1 

Today we begin our look into Hosea and cover some background information and look through the overview of the first chapter. We discover the important themes of an unfaithful people and a long-suffering God symbolized by the marriage of Hosea and Gomer.  

#288 Preparing for the New Year

Philippians 3:12-4:1 Looking at Paul's words to the Philippians, we carry on his message to bring us into a firm faith for the upcoming year