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Nov 17, 2013

A Look into the Heart of God

Passage: Hosea 11:8

Preacher: Pastor Tim W. Young

Series: An Introduction to the Minor Prophets

Category: Hosea

Summary:

Main Text - Hosea 11:8; OT Reading - Hosea 11:1-12; NT Reading -Matthew 2:13-15

Detail:

Hosea 11:1-12 - “A Look Into the Heart of God”

Hosea 11:8 My heart is changed within me

 

1. God’s Covenant Love Spurned Brings Just and Deserved Judgment – 1-7

 

               God’s love in action – vss 1-4

 

                              It is a picture of...

 

               Israel’s response in action – vs 2

 

                              It is a picture of...

 

               God’s judgment in action – 5-7

 

                              Unlike their experience in Egypt.... they...

                                             Ezra 6:17 & 8: 35

 

2. God’s Covenant Love Expressed Brings Undeserved Gracious Deliverance – 8 – 11

 

               God’s fatherly love in conflict – 8-9

 

               God’s Covenant love in action 10-11

 

                              The Lion instead of devouring as in 5:14...

 

               Are you thinking what I am thinking?

 

Exodus 34:6- 7

 

3. The Basis For Covenant Love To Covenant Breakers

 

               They have no merit of their own –

 

               The reason is found in...

              

Is there any clue in this chapter?

 

                              vs 1 - and out of Egypt I called my son

 

                                             Mat 2:13-14

 

               Romans 3:26   .

 

               How far does God’s Covenant Love extend?

 

                              To the West –     Egypt –                Assyria -