INTRODUCTION: Hosea

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INTRODUCTIONHosea

• Hosea 11

Jeff Noblit
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Nehemiah 88

• They read from the book, from the law of God,
  translating to give the sense so that they
  understood the reading.

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Nehemiah 85-6

• 5 Ezra opened the book in the sight of all the
  people for he was standing above all the people
  and when he opened it, all the people stood up.
• 6 Then Ezra blessed the LORD the great God. And
  all the people answered, "Amen, Amen!" while
  lifting up their hands then they bowed low and
  worshiped the LORD with their faces to the
  ground.

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The Human Author Hosea
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The Time 755-710 B.C.
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The Setting
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The Purpose

• Call to Repentance
• Announcing a Remnant
• Revealing to Gods church types of His severe
  judgment, and His unquenchable mercy

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The Commission
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Conclusions for Practical Application (CPAs)

• Parents should so live that their children are
  honored to bear their name
• God purposes to make more prominent some
  ministries
• Staying true to your calling is a key to a long
  life
• Christians will encounter mountains and valleys
• Faithful ministers will be vindicated
• Knowing your God called is the strength for
  perseverance
• God is rich in mercy

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II Kings 2219

• "because your heart was tender and you humbled
  yourself before the LORD when you heard what I
  spoke against this place and against its
  inhabitants that they should become a desolation
  and a curse, and you have torn your clothes and
  wept before Me, I truly have heard you," declares
  the LORD.

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Jeremiah 3623-24

• 23 When Jehudi had read three or four columns,
  the king cut it with a scribe's knife and threw
  it into the fire that was in the brazier, until
  all the scroll was consumed in the fire that was
  in the brazier.
• 24 Yet the king and all his servants who heard
  all these words were not afraid, nor did they
  rend their garments.

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Acts 1336

• "For David, after he had served the purpose of
  God in his own generation, fell asleep, and was
  laid among his fathers and underwent decay"

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II Kings 1717

• Then they made their sons and their daughters
  pass through the fire, and practiced divination
  and enchantments, and sold themselves to do evil
  in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him.

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I Corinthians 916

• For if I preach the gospel, I have nothing to
  boast of, for I am under compulsion for woe is
  me if I do not preach the gospel.

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Isaiah 426-7

• 6 "I am the LORD, I have called You in
  righteousness, I will also hold You by the hand
  and watch over You, and I will appoint You as a
  covenant to the people, as a light to the
  nations,
• 7 To open blind eyes, to bring out prisoners from
  the dungeon and those who dwell in darkness from
  the prison."

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II Kings 1524

• He did evil in the sight of the LORD he did not
  depart from the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat,
  which he made Israel sin.

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INTRODUCTIONHosea

• Hosea 11

Jeff Noblit