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Sheet:
Hosea
Summer
2012
Bible
Study
Series:
Hosea
8/2/2012
Theme:
Were
spending
our
summer
looking
at
the
lives
of
different
prophets
and
asking
the
question,
what
does
it
look
like
what
God
calls
you
to
something?
So
as
we
read
make
special
note
of
things
that
stand
out.
Reading:
Hosea
1-3
Talking
points:
What
happens
in
this
story?
Why
does
God
tell
Hosea
to
marry
a
promiscuous
woman?
o The
people
of
Israel
have
been
promiscuous
in
their
love.
o Points
to
the
reality
that
the
story
between
God
and
his
people
is
a
love
story.
o After
the
fall
every
persons
tendency
is
to
become
an
adulterer
to
give
worship
to
those
who
are
not
gods.
o What
if
God
asked
you
to
forsake
a
marriage
to
a
faithful
spouse
and
to
faithfully
love
a
whore?
What
is
the
significance
of
the
names
of
Hoseas
three
children?
o 1)
Jezreel
means
God
will
disperse
Israel
is
going
into
exile.
o 2)
Lo
Ru-Hamah
means
Not
loved
For
hundreds
of
years
Israel
has
been
loved,
despite
her
unfaithfulness,
but
now
the
nation
will
feel
Gods
wrath
at
their
idolatry.
o 3)
Lo
Ammi
means
Not
my
people
read
Exodus
6:6-8.
Israel
was
a
nation
set
apart,
literally
taken
out
of
Egypt,
by
God.
His
original
promise
to
them
was
that
they
would
be
His
people
and
He
would
be
their
God.
Why
is
God
angry
with
Israel?
(Ch.
4:
1-3,
10-13)
o By
mixing
worship
of
YHWH
with
worship
of
other
gods
(syncretism),
the
people
started
accepting
other,
evil,
cultural
practices.
o God
starts
putting
things
in
the
way
of
their
idols
in
2:6-7,
why
does
he
do
this?
(2:14-23)
o Has
God
ever
blocked
a
path
you
wanted
to
go
down,
one
that
would
have
led
to
idolatry?
If
you
were
Hosea,
how
would
you
have
responded
to
this
command?
Go,
show
your
love
to
your
wife
again,
though
she
is
loved
by
another
and
is
an
adulteress.
What
does
Hosea
have
to
do
with
Jesus?
Life
Lessons
from
the
life
of
Hosea:
1. For
the
prophets,
there
was
no
difference
between
saying
Gods
word
and
doing
Gods
word.
Hoseas
marriage
to
his
wife
and
the
names
of
his
children
became
walking
parables
of
Gods
love
for
unfaithful
people.
As
disciples
of
Jesus,
God
calls
us
not
just
to
know
how
He
loves
us,
but
to
go
and
live
that
love
out.
As
weve
seen
this
summer,
this
is
not
an
easy
calling,
but
it
can
change
the
world.
2. Gods
love
will
never
change
or
go
away.
There
are
still
costs
for
rejecting
that
love
though.
Hosea
had
to
pay
another
man
to
buy
his
wife
back.
Much
later,
Jesus
bought
his
bride,
the
church,
at
the
expense
of
his
own
life.
God
will
seek
you
out
if
you
wander
but
why
wander
from
a
love
as
great
as
this?
3. Dont
look
to
other
people
for
reasons
to
love
people.
Look
to
Jesus.
He
loves
Gomers
into
Hoseas,
so
they
can
go
love
other
Gomers
into
Hoseas.
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