AN UNLIKELY LOVE STORY (1 OF 8)
by Jim Perdue
Scripture: Hosea 1:1-11
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An Unlikely Love Story (1 of 8)
Series: Hosea
Jim Perdue
Hosea 1:1-11
Intro/Attention
This morning, I'm beginning a brand new sermon series entitled Boundless: God's relentless love. It's a sermon series through the Old Testament prophecy of Hosea. Find the first chapter of the book of Hosea and let's read it together as we consider the sermon subject this morning, An Unlikely Love Story. READ TEXT
The last twelve books of the Old Testament are known as the Minor Prophets. They begin with Hosea and go all the way to Malachi. It's not that their message is minor, they're just shorter than some others.
The first of these Minor Prophets is a man named Hosea. We do not know a great deal about Hosea. We do that his name means ''salvation.'' But we really don't know much about him as an individual.
Prophets sometimes do strange things. For three years, Isaiah embarrassed people by walking the streets dressed like a prisoner of war. For several months, Jeremiah carried a yoke on his shoulders. The prophet Ezekiel acted like a little boy and ''played war,'' and once he used a haircut as a theological object lesson. When his wife suddenly died, Ezekiel even turned that painful experience into a sermon. Why did these men do these peculiar things? ''These peculiar things'' were really acts of mercy. The people of God had become deaf to God's voice and were no longer paying attention to His covenant. The Lord called His servants to do these strange things in hopes that the people would wake up and listen to what they had to say. Only then could the nation escape divine discipline and judgment.
But no prophet preached a more painful ''action sermon'' than Hosea. He was instructed to marry a prostitute named Gomer who subsequently bore him three children, and he wasn't even sure the last two children were his. Then Gomer left him for another man, and Hosea had the humiliating responsibility of buying back his own wife.
What was this all about? It wa ...
Series: Hosea
Jim Perdue
Hosea 1:1-11
Intro/Attention
This morning, I'm beginning a brand new sermon series entitled Boundless: God's relentless love. It's a sermon series through the Old Testament prophecy of Hosea. Find the first chapter of the book of Hosea and let's read it together as we consider the sermon subject this morning, An Unlikely Love Story. READ TEXT
The last twelve books of the Old Testament are known as the Minor Prophets. They begin with Hosea and go all the way to Malachi. It's not that their message is minor, they're just shorter than some others.
The first of these Minor Prophets is a man named Hosea. We do not know a great deal about Hosea. We do that his name means ''salvation.'' But we really don't know much about him as an individual.
Prophets sometimes do strange things. For three years, Isaiah embarrassed people by walking the streets dressed like a prisoner of war. For several months, Jeremiah carried a yoke on his shoulders. The prophet Ezekiel acted like a little boy and ''played war,'' and once he used a haircut as a theological object lesson. When his wife suddenly died, Ezekiel even turned that painful experience into a sermon. Why did these men do these peculiar things? ''These peculiar things'' were really acts of mercy. The people of God had become deaf to God's voice and were no longer paying attention to His covenant. The Lord called His servants to do these strange things in hopes that the people would wake up and listen to what they had to say. Only then could the nation escape divine discipline and judgment.
But no prophet preached a more painful ''action sermon'' than Hosea. He was instructed to marry a prostitute named Gomer who subsequently bore him three children, and he wasn't even sure the last two children were his. Then Gomer left him for another man, and Hosea had the humiliating responsibility of buying back his own wife.
What was this all about? It wa ...
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