I AM CONVINCED GOD'S MESSAGE THROUGH THE PROPHET HOSEA IS THE SAME AS HIS MESSAGE TO US TODAY. IT IS ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL FOR EACH OF US--MAN OR WOMAN, YOUNG OR OLD--TO UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE AND VALUE OF KNOWING THE TRUTH. IN OTHER WORDS, YOU MUST KNOW THE WORD OF GOD, THE BIBLE. AND I THINK YOU BLIEVE IT IS IMPORTAMT ALSO WHEN YOU OPEN THE PAGES OF THE BIBLE, YOU KNOW GOD HAS MUCH MORE TO TEACH YOU FROM ITS PAGES SO YOU CAN DISCOVER TRUTH FOR YOURSELF. THE WORD OF GOD IS AN INCREDIBLE, LIFE-CHANGING WAY.
WHEN JESUS PRAYED FOR YOU (THE BIBLE TELL YOU GOD KNEW YOU BEFORE YOU WERE EVER BORN) HE ASKED THE FATHER TO KEEP YOU FROM THE EVIL ONE BY SETTING YOU APART THROUGH HIS TRUTH. THEN JESUS, WHO CANNOT LIE BECAUSE HE IS THE TRUTH, MADE THE STATEMENT THAT GOD'S WORD IS TRUTH. YOU"LL FIND JESUS' PRAYER FOR YOU IN JOHN 17:15-17.
I DO NOT ASK YOU TO TAKE THEM OUT OF THE WORLD, BUT TO KEEP THEM FROM THE EVIL ONE. THEY ARE NOT OF THE WORLD, EVEN AS I AM NOT OF THE WORLD. SANCTIFY THEM IN THE TRUTH: YOUR WORD IS TRUTH.
THE BIBLE EXPLAINS IN MANY WAYS THROUGHOOUT THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS THAT IT IS THE VERY WORD OF GOD, NOT THAT IT CONTAINS HIS WORDS, BUT THAT IT IS "MY WORD--WHICH GOES FORTH FROM MY MOUTH" (ISAIAH 55:11) THE WRODS ARE RECORDED BY MEN USING THEIR OWN PERSONALITY AND VOCABUARY, BUT IN GOD'S DIVINE MYSTERY, HE SUPERINTENED OVER THE WRITERS AS HE MOVED THEM BY HIS SPIRIT. (2 PETER 1:20-21) GOD INSPIRED (BREATHED) THE WORDS, AS 2 TIMOTHY 3:l16 SAYS.
GOD SAID THROUGH HIS MESSENGER, HOSEA, ABOUT THE STATE OF HIS CHOSEN PEOPLE, THE ISRAELITES. (LATER REFERRED TO AS THE JEWS). IN GOD'S MESSAGE TO THEM, HE HAS A MESSAGE FOR US.
HOSEA 4:1 3-6
. LISTEN TO THE WORD OF THE LORD, O SONS OF ISRAEL, FOR THE LORD HAS A CASE AGAINST THE INHABAITANTS OF THE LAND, BECAUSE THERE IS FAITHFULNESS , KINDNESS OR KNOWLEDGE OF GOD IS THE LAND.
. THERE IS SWEARING, DECEPTION, MURDER, STEALING AND ADULTRY. THEY EMPLY VIOLENCE, SO THAT BLOODSHED FOLLOWS BLOODSHED.
. THEREFORE THE LAND MOURNS, AND EVERYONE WHO LIVES IN IT LANGUISHES ALONG WITH THE BEATS OF THE FIELD AND THE BIRDS OF THE SKY, AND ALSO THE FISH OF THE SEA DISAPPEAR.
MY PEOPLE ARE DESTROYED FOR LACK OF KNOWLEDGE. BECAUSEYOU HAVE REJEUCTED KNOWLEDGE, I ALSO WILL REJECT YOU FROM BEING MY PRIEST, SINCE YOU HAVE FORGOTTEN THE LAW OF YOUR GOD, I ALSO WILL FORGET YOUR CHILDREN.
IN VERSE 3-----LANGUISHES MEANS "WASTE AWAY" THAT IS PRETTY SAD.
GOD TELLS US IN ROMANS 15:4 THAT WHAT WAS WRITTEN IN EARLIER TIMES WAS WRITTEN FOR OUR INSTRUCTIONS SO THAT THROUGH PERSERVERANCE AND THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE SCRIPTURES WE MIGHT HAVE HOPE.
WHAT INSTRUCTION IN THESE VERSES IN HOSEA 4 WILL HELP US TO PERSERVE IN DOING WHAT GOD SAYS, ENCOURAGE US, AND GIVE US HOPE? THIS, BY THE WAY IN APPLICATION. APPLICATION IS STUDYING GOD'S WORD AND THEN ORDERING YOUR LIFE AND YOUR THINKING IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TRUTH.
Love the doggie! 
. The picture of the Lord's hands feeding the sparrows is lovely. That is what I did the church bulletin on Sun - God cares!Enjoyed coming by. I just made a new post on my journal, maybe you can come check it out sometime. 
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