LOVE FOR THE UNDESERVING (1 OF 2)
by Jeff Strite
Scripture: Hosea 1:1-11
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Sermon: Love For The Undeserving (1 of 2)
Series: Relentless Lover
Author: Jeff Strite
Text: Hosea 1:1-11
In 1990, there was a romantic comedy that hit big screen called "Pretty Woman". It was marketed as a modern update of the story of Cinderella. Richard Gere played an unscrupulous businessman who was on a business trip and - on a lark - picks up a hooker (played by Julia Roberts). As the movie unfolds, the two fall deeply in love and they end up living happily ever-after... although it's left to your imagination if they actually get married.
The film saw the highest amount of sales ever in US for a romantic comedy.
And worldwide, at the time of its release, it was the 4th-highest-grossing film of all time.
The top 3 movies at the time were: E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial - $619 million at the time; Star Wars - $530 million at the time; and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade - $474 million at the time.
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pretty_Woman)
But "Pretty Woman" was built on a classic Hollywood concept:
A hooker with a heart of gold, forced into a wayward life by adverse circumstances - but longing to be delivered by the handsome leading man who discovered her true worth - falls in love with her, and they settled down to raise a happy family.
Now that was a movie.
That was a classic Hollywood script.
However, in Hosea, we see a real-life script being played out. A drama in real time.
A man marries a prostitute (who does NOT have a heart of gold) they have 3 kids and she leaves him for other men and, when her life falls apart, he goes, he buys her back and restores her status as his wife.
The point of the book of Hosea is that the prostitute (Gomer) symbolized the spiritual problems that Israel had.
Hosea 4:9-10 "I will punish (the people of Israel) for their ways, and reward them for their deeds. For they shall eat, but not have enough; They shall commit harlotry (prostitution), but not increase; Because ...
Series: Relentless Lover
Author: Jeff Strite
Text: Hosea 1:1-11
In 1990, there was a romantic comedy that hit big screen called "Pretty Woman". It was marketed as a modern update of the story of Cinderella. Richard Gere played an unscrupulous businessman who was on a business trip and - on a lark - picks up a hooker (played by Julia Roberts). As the movie unfolds, the two fall deeply in love and they end up living happily ever-after... although it's left to your imagination if they actually get married.
The film saw the highest amount of sales ever in US for a romantic comedy.
And worldwide, at the time of its release, it was the 4th-highest-grossing film of all time.
The top 3 movies at the time were: E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial - $619 million at the time; Star Wars - $530 million at the time; and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade - $474 million at the time.
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pretty_Woman)
But "Pretty Woman" was built on a classic Hollywood concept:
A hooker with a heart of gold, forced into a wayward life by adverse circumstances - but longing to be delivered by the handsome leading man who discovered her true worth - falls in love with her, and they settled down to raise a happy family.
Now that was a movie.
That was a classic Hollywood script.
However, in Hosea, we see a real-life script being played out. A drama in real time.
A man marries a prostitute (who does NOT have a heart of gold) they have 3 kids and she leaves him for other men and, when her life falls apart, he goes, he buys her back and restores her status as his wife.
The point of the book of Hosea is that the prostitute (Gomer) symbolized the spiritual problems that Israel had.
Hosea 4:9-10 "I will punish (the people of Israel) for their ways, and reward them for their deeds. For they shall eat, but not have enough; They shall commit harlotry (prostitution), but not increase; Because ...
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