WHAT PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW (6 OF 8)
by Jim Perdue
Scripture: Hosea 8, Hosea 9, Hosea 10
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What People Need to Know (6 of 8)
Series: Hosea
Jim Perdue
Hosea 8-10
Intro/Attention
Open your Bibles to Hosea 8-10. We're in a series on Sunday mornings through the Book of Hosea. I'm calling this series, Boundless: God's relentless love. Hosea is preaching to the unfaithful people of God and reminding them that God has always been faithful to them. The last part of this book depicts Hosea preaching several sermons to the people of Israel.
*When you come to church each Sunday you typically come with some basic assumptions. You assume that you will be greeted by some friendly people. You assume you will see some friends and fellow Christians. You assume that there will be workers scurrying about busy with the work of ministry. You assume that there will be coffee available to help you wake up and engage. You assume that the worship music will be encouraging and will point you away from the problems, stress, and worries of your week and towards the Lord. You also assume that the Pastor will preach a sermon; a new sermon. Imagine if you will, going to a church, where for five decades, give or take a decade, you have heard the same sermon every single Sunday. Imagine your Pastor just preached about the very same thing and the very same Bible verses Sunday after Sunday with passion and conviction as if he had never preached it before. Can you imagine that? Well, that is what Hosea's ministry was all about and that is exactly the way that God wanted it to be.*
So why preach the same sermon over and over again for all of those years? Well, because his sermon on the sinfulness of Israel, the judgment that was coming for it and the need to repent and begin to walk with the Lord was the most important thing they would hear in their lifetimes. He preached it over and over because they never responded to it. After fifty years or more of preaching the same sermon, Israel was still in sin, idolatrous, spiritually adulteress, and in love with the world. God ...
Series: Hosea
Jim Perdue
Hosea 8-10
Intro/Attention
Open your Bibles to Hosea 8-10. We're in a series on Sunday mornings through the Book of Hosea. I'm calling this series, Boundless: God's relentless love. Hosea is preaching to the unfaithful people of God and reminding them that God has always been faithful to them. The last part of this book depicts Hosea preaching several sermons to the people of Israel.
*When you come to church each Sunday you typically come with some basic assumptions. You assume that you will be greeted by some friendly people. You assume you will see some friends and fellow Christians. You assume that there will be workers scurrying about busy with the work of ministry. You assume that there will be coffee available to help you wake up and engage. You assume that the worship music will be encouraging and will point you away from the problems, stress, and worries of your week and towards the Lord. You also assume that the Pastor will preach a sermon; a new sermon. Imagine if you will, going to a church, where for five decades, give or take a decade, you have heard the same sermon every single Sunday. Imagine your Pastor just preached about the very same thing and the very same Bible verses Sunday after Sunday with passion and conviction as if he had never preached it before. Can you imagine that? Well, that is what Hosea's ministry was all about and that is exactly the way that God wanted it to be.*
So why preach the same sermon over and over again for all of those years? Well, because his sermon on the sinfulness of Israel, the judgment that was coming for it and the need to repent and begin to walk with the Lord was the most important thing they would hear in their lifetimes. He preached it over and over because they never responded to it. After fifty years or more of preaching the same sermon, Israel was still in sin, idolatrous, spiritually adulteress, and in love with the world. God ...
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