• “You Can’t Have Your Cake and Eat it too!” • Can’t Practice Spiritual Adultery (Idolatry) without Suffering the Consequences from God
God’s Resolution in Judgment (Chapters 9 & 10)
1. Israel Cast Away/Blessings Withheld (Chapter 9) • Israel Attributed God’s Blessings to Baal (v. 1; Hosea 2:8) • Two Ways in which the Blessings of the Lord will be Withheld (vs. 3-6) o By removing them from the Land (vs. 3-4, 15, 17; Revelation 3:16) o By Causing the Land to Cease from Producing and their Children taken away (vs. 5-6, 10-14, 16)
2. Golden Calf Carried Away/The King Cut Off (Chapter 10) • The “Glory of Israel” is will taken Away – Their Comfort (vs. 1-2, 5-6, 8; Luke 23:30; Revelation 6:16; 9:1-9) • The Kings will also Cease – Their Security “Cut Off” (v. 7, 9-11; Romans 13:1-4)
D. God’s Resolution in Mercy (Chapters 11 – 13)
Conclusion/Application (10:12)
• “Break Up Our Own Fallow Ground” “Sow” the Seed of the Righteousness of Christ/Reap in Mercy
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