Sermons on Hosea
Children of the Living God (Hosea 1:10-2:1)
God has called Hosea to warn Israel both verbally and visually. Hosea was calledto marry a wife of whoredom and to have children of whoredom as an expressionof God’s judgment. But the chapter concludes with a word of hope.Pray and Read Hosea 1:10-2:1.Remember 2020? Murder hornets. Firenadoes. Killer asteroids. Millions ofCicadas. And there was one other thing…Every week brought another warning.Eventually we stopped reacting. We just shrugged and said, “What’s next?”Israel had done the same thing. Hosea had been warning…
Children of Whoredom (Hosea 1:3b-9)
God warns the unfaithful nation of Israel through Hosea’s marriage, children, andmessage.Pray and Read Hosea 1:2-9.Introductions of the family would have been super awkward: “This is my wifeGomer, you’ve probably seen her around town…anyways. This is our sonBloodshed, he’s just turned 7 and we can’t get him to stop playing with knives!The little tyrant. This is Unloved, honestly, we hardly notice her really. What isshe now…5? Last (and certainly least—wink, wink) is our son, Rejected. He’sjust entering the terrible twos—you…