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Sep 22, 2013

God's Pursuing Love

Passage: Hosea 2:1-23

Preacher: Pastor Tim W. Young

Series: An Introduction to the Minor Prophets

Category: Hosea

Summary:

Main Text - Hosea 2:1-23; OT Reading - Hosea 2:1-23; Luke 15:11-32

Detail:

“The Pursuing Love of God”

Hosea 2:1-23

 

   God Often Gives You What You Want So You Want What Only he Can Give

 

1. The Run Away – 1-5

 

               1-2 – Gomer ran away into another’s arms.

              

 

               3 – Hosea threatens divorce

 

              

               4-5 – Israel’s Leaders are guilty of three ugly sins:

 

                              Corrupting the

 

                              Attributing the

 

                              Claiming ownership of

 

               But there is still hope - vs 2 -

              

2. The Pursuit – 6-15

 

God’s relentless intensifying pursuit has three stages:           Three “Therefores”

 

                              God will put– vss 6-7

 

                              God will remove– vss 9-13

 

                              God will remind you of His blessings that will satisfy – vss 14

                             

              

3. The Catch – 15- 23

 

               Grace is shocking – vs 14

 

               Three “In That Day’s”

 

                              God woos and subdues us

 

                              God delivers us and marries us

 

                              God establishes us in the faith we so often want to run from

 

                             

               How can a Righteous and Just God do this?   John 10:9