WHEN REPENTANCE ISN'T REAL (5 OF 8)
by Jim Perdue
Scripture: Hosea 6, Hosea 7
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When Repentance Isn't Real (5 of 8)
Series: Hosea
Jim Perdue
Hosea 6-7
Intro/Attention
Open your Bibles to Hosea 6 and 7. We're in a series on Sunday mornings through the Book of Hosea. I'm calling this series, Boundless: God's relentless love. Let me remind you
If you remember from the last few weeks, Hosea was preaching and writing during the 8th century BC to the Northern kingdom of Israel. Israel was experiencing great material prosperity at the time, but it resulted in spiritual complacency, drift, and ultimately full-blown idolatry. God called Hosea to preach a painful action sermon. He was told to go marry an unfaithful woman and then to buy her back out of the slave trade after years of prostitution and adultery. All of this was supposed to point out the reality that God's people had been unfaithful but that God had been consistently faithful. Last week, in chapter 4 and 5, we saw how God brought His people to court and pronounced them guilty. Once we get to chapters 6 and 7, these first few verses seem encouraging. The people of God have finally come to their senses and are ready to repent. But the reality is, what we see here is not true repentance. It's just saying words, not really meaning it. READ 6:1-6: 7:1-2, 10, 13, 15-16
*Have you ever heard of a ''nonpology''? A nonpology is an almost apology. It's like an apology, only without the really being sorry part. Let me give you a few common examples. ''I am sorry you heard it that way...I am sorry if that hurt your feelings...I am sorry if you were offended...I am sorry if you are upset...I am sorry that you feel that way...I am sorry if you interpreted my words that way...I am not sure what I did or said, but I am sorry for whatever it was that has made you mad, or hurt, or whatever it is that you are.'' Those are all great examples of fake apologies, or ''nonpologies.'' I am sure you have been on the receiving end of one of those at some point in your life. If you have, I am guessin ...
Series: Hosea
Jim Perdue
Hosea 6-7
Intro/Attention
Open your Bibles to Hosea 6 and 7. We're in a series on Sunday mornings through the Book of Hosea. I'm calling this series, Boundless: God's relentless love. Let me remind you
If you remember from the last few weeks, Hosea was preaching and writing during the 8th century BC to the Northern kingdom of Israel. Israel was experiencing great material prosperity at the time, but it resulted in spiritual complacency, drift, and ultimately full-blown idolatry. God called Hosea to preach a painful action sermon. He was told to go marry an unfaithful woman and then to buy her back out of the slave trade after years of prostitution and adultery. All of this was supposed to point out the reality that God's people had been unfaithful but that God had been consistently faithful. Last week, in chapter 4 and 5, we saw how God brought His people to court and pronounced them guilty. Once we get to chapters 6 and 7, these first few verses seem encouraging. The people of God have finally come to their senses and are ready to repent. But the reality is, what we see here is not true repentance. It's just saying words, not really meaning it. READ 6:1-6: 7:1-2, 10, 13, 15-16
*Have you ever heard of a ''nonpology''? A nonpology is an almost apology. It's like an apology, only without the really being sorry part. Let me give you a few common examples. ''I am sorry you heard it that way...I am sorry if that hurt your feelings...I am sorry if you were offended...I am sorry if you are upset...I am sorry that you feel that way...I am sorry if you interpreted my words that way...I am not sure what I did or said, but I am sorry for whatever it was that has made you mad, or hurt, or whatever it is that you are.'' Those are all great examples of fake apologies, or ''nonpologies.'' I am sure you have been on the receiving end of one of those at some point in your life. If you have, I am guessin ...
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