A LOVE WORTH WAITING FOR (3 OF 4)
by Scott Maze
Scripture: Hosea 3:1-5
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A Love Worth Waiting For (3 of 4)
Series: A Christmas Worth Waiting For
Scott Maze
Hosea 3:1-5
Merry Christmas to you all. Find Hosea 3, if you will - page 955 in your pew Bibles. I'm looking forward to tonight's Christmas celebration with the Cross Church. I hope many of you will join my family and me for a wonderful time.
Centuries before Mary and Joseph, the Wise Men, or the Shepherds ... the story of Christmas was written across the pages of the Bible. Our story takes places seven centuries before appearance of Jesus at Bethlehem. Christmas was predicted and Christmas is a major turning point in the timeline of the plot of the Bible. Today, we seek the hidden truth of Christmas, concealed in the most unlikely of places - in a story about illicit sex and the God who pursues us. My aim is to place this power of Christmas within your reach.
There are three to four powerful metaphors throughout the Bible to describe our relationship with God. Often, God is seen as a great King, who rules over us. At other times, He is a Shepherd, who guides us, His sheep. Still other times, He is a Father loving His children. But in a startling picture, Hosea tells us God is not only our Shepherd and our King, He is also our Husband. You'll never understand God if you ONLY approach Him as your King, your Shepherd, or even your Father. While each of these biblical metaphors are important to understand the true nature of God... It's not until you see Him as your Husband that you can understand how intimate and personal your relationship with God truly is.
Today's Scripture
And the Lord said to me, ''Go again, love a woman who is loved by another man and is an adulteress, even as the Lord loves the children of Israel, though they turn to other gods and love cakes of raisins.'' 2 So I bought her for fifteen shekels of silver and a homer and a lethech of barley. 3 And I said to her, ''You must dwell as mine for many days. You shall not play the whore, or b ...
Series: A Christmas Worth Waiting For
Scott Maze
Hosea 3:1-5
Merry Christmas to you all. Find Hosea 3, if you will - page 955 in your pew Bibles. I'm looking forward to tonight's Christmas celebration with the Cross Church. I hope many of you will join my family and me for a wonderful time.
Centuries before Mary and Joseph, the Wise Men, or the Shepherds ... the story of Christmas was written across the pages of the Bible. Our story takes places seven centuries before appearance of Jesus at Bethlehem. Christmas was predicted and Christmas is a major turning point in the timeline of the plot of the Bible. Today, we seek the hidden truth of Christmas, concealed in the most unlikely of places - in a story about illicit sex and the God who pursues us. My aim is to place this power of Christmas within your reach.
There are three to four powerful metaphors throughout the Bible to describe our relationship with God. Often, God is seen as a great King, who rules over us. At other times, He is a Shepherd, who guides us, His sheep. Still other times, He is a Father loving His children. But in a startling picture, Hosea tells us God is not only our Shepherd and our King, He is also our Husband. You'll never understand God if you ONLY approach Him as your King, your Shepherd, or even your Father. While each of these biblical metaphors are important to understand the true nature of God... It's not until you see Him as your Husband that you can understand how intimate and personal your relationship with God truly is.
Today's Scripture
And the Lord said to me, ''Go again, love a woman who is loved by another man and is an adulteress, even as the Lord loves the children of Israel, though they turn to other gods and love cakes of raisins.'' 2 So I bought her for fifteen shekels of silver and a homer and a lethech of barley. 3 And I said to her, ''You must dwell as mine for many days. You shall not play the whore, or b ...
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