Threaded – Week 7
Hosea and Gomer
16 For this is how God loved the world: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.
John 3:16
6 When we were utterly helpless, Christ came at just the right time and died for us sinners.
Romans 5:6
7 Now, most people would not be willing to die for an upright person, though someone might perhaps be willing to die for a person who is especially good. Romans 5:7
8 But God showed his great love for us by sending Christ to die for us while we were still sinners.Romans 5:8
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Biblical Illustrations of God
– God is our father
– God is our Shepherd
– God is our King
– God is our Husband
1 Then the Lord said to me, “Go and love your wife again, even though she commits adultery with another lover. This will illustrate that the Lord still loves Israel, even though the people have turned to other gods and love to worship them. Hosea 3:1
2 So I bought her back for fifteen pieces of silver and five bushels of barley and a measure of wine.Hosea 3:2
3 Then I said to her, “You must live in my house for many days and stop your prostitution. During this time, you will not have sexual relations with anyone, not even with me. Hosea 3:3
4 This shows that Israel will go a long time without a king or prince, and without sacrifices, sacred pillars, priests, or even idols!Hosea 3:4
5 But afterward the people will return and devote themselves to the Lord their God and to David’s descendant, their king.In the last days, they will tremble in awe of the Lord and of his goodness.Hosea 3:5
The story of Hosea and Gomer:
- A marriage
- A bad Marriage
- What it cost to heal the marriage
Hosea is in Love / God is in Love
Hosea has been Betrayed / God has been Betrayed
Hosea pays the Price / God pays the Price
12 When Jesus heard this, he said, “Healthy people don’t need a doctor—sick people do.”
Matthew 9:12
13 Then he added, “Now go and learn the meaning of this Scripture: ‘I want you to show mercy, not offer sacrifices.’For I have come to call not those who think they are righteous, but those who know they are sinners.”
Matthew 9:13
9 God showed how much he loved us by sending his one and only Son into the world so that we might have eternal life through him. 10 This is real love—not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as a sacrifice to take away our sins.
1 John 4:9-10
Next steps:
- Let God be your Hosea
- Recommit to the one that paid the price
- Make Gomer’s your purpose