Love Has A Price (3 of 8)
Series: Hosea
Jim Perdue
Hosea 3:1-5
Intro/Attention
A few weeks ago, I began a sermon series on the Old Testament book of Hosea entitled Boundless: God's relentless love. God asked this prophet Hosea to preach a painful action sermon. *Hosea is a brokenhearted preacher. His wife, Gomer, has decided to leave the home and has gone back to a life of prostitution. He doesn't know what to do. He?loves her, yet she has gone away and he hears the reports that she is gone progressively downward and downward. He now hears that she has hit the bottom and he has lost track of her. He doesn't really know where she is. In addition to that, he is now faced with the responsibility of being a father and a mother to children which are not even his. Every morning he gets up early and gets them ready for school, and gives them their breakfast. He loads them up in the station wagon and carries them to school. Then he goes on to his responsibilities for the day. Picks them up at the end of the day, takes them home, helps them with their homework, gets them bathed and then puts them in the bed. Totally exhausted now, Hosea, the preacher, goes to bed himself and he cries himself to sleep over a wayward, prodigal wife.*
In a very unique and special way, the Lord used this marital tragedy in the life of Hosea to teach important lessons to you and to me about sin and about love. In Gomer we see the picture of a sinning people. In Hosea we see the picture of a loving God.
*Have you ever noticed how some people have more money than sense? For instance, celebrities find some strange ways to spend their money. In 2010 Katy Perry bought her then-fiancé, Russell Brand a ticket into outer space. It's not really clear what happened to the ticket since the couple divorced, but it wouldn't be surprising if Perry still wants to send him to outer space. Beyoncé spent $100,000 on gold leggings that she wore during her performance at the 2007 BET Awards. Vict ...
Series: Hosea
Jim Perdue
Hosea 3:1-5
Intro/Attention
A few weeks ago, I began a sermon series on the Old Testament book of Hosea entitled Boundless: God's relentless love. God asked this prophet Hosea to preach a painful action sermon. *Hosea is a brokenhearted preacher. His wife, Gomer, has decided to leave the home and has gone back to a life of prostitution. He doesn't know what to do. He?loves her, yet she has gone away and he hears the reports that she is gone progressively downward and downward. He now hears that she has hit the bottom and he has lost track of her. He doesn't really know where she is. In addition to that, he is now faced with the responsibility of being a father and a mother to children which are not even his. Every morning he gets up early and gets them ready for school, and gives them their breakfast. He loads them up in the station wagon and carries them to school. Then he goes on to his responsibilities for the day. Picks them up at the end of the day, takes them home, helps them with their homework, gets them bathed and then puts them in the bed. Totally exhausted now, Hosea, the preacher, goes to bed himself and he cries himself to sleep over a wayward, prodigal wife.*
In a very unique and special way, the Lord used this marital tragedy in the life of Hosea to teach important lessons to you and to me about sin and about love. In Gomer we see the picture of a sinning people. In Hosea we see the picture of a loving God.
*Have you ever noticed how some people have more money than sense? For instance, celebrities find some strange ways to spend their money. In 2010 Katy Perry bought her then-fiancé, Russell Brand a ticket into outer space. It's not really clear what happened to the ticket since the couple divorced, but it wouldn't be surprising if Perry still wants to send him to outer space. Beyoncé spent $100,000 on gold leggings that she wore during her performance at the 2007 BET Awards. Vict ...
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