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WEEK 02

HOSEA

GOD'S RELENTLESS PURSUITOF

HIS PEOPLE

HAVE YOU FORGOTTEN?

January 30, 2022

Hosea 2:1-13

Pastor Phil Ward

I. OUR RECEIVED IDENTITY SHAPES OUR LIVES (HOSEA 2:1)

A. God is speaking to individual Israelites about other Israelites (Hosea 2:1)

1. The call is to remember who you are (Exodus 19:4-6)

2. We should help each other remember who we are (1 Peter 2:9-10)

B. God has graciously redeemed a people, given them a new identity, and

called them to live in light of that reality (Genesis 1:28, Exodus 19:4-6; 20:2)

1. As our awareness of sin increases, grace abounds all the more!

(Romans 5:20-21)

2. The grace of God trains us in righteousness, evidencing its rule in our

lives (Titus 2:11-14)

3. Beware of those who pervert God's grace Jude 1:4, Romans 6:1-2;

Hebrews10:26-29)

II. BLESSINGS MISUNDERSTOOD AND MISAPPLIED (HOSEA 2:2-8)

A. God pleads His case against Israel (Hosea 2:2-5)

1. Israel is not acting as a faithful covenant partner, but God still wants

reconciliation (Hose 2:2; Jeremiah 3:12, 7:5-10)

2. Failure to repent will lead to public shame (Hosea 2:3-4)

3. How is Israel being unfaithful? (Hosea 2:5)

B. What God will do to win back His bride (Hosea 2:6-8)

1. Israel will be frustrated, adrift and unsatisfied (Hosea 2:6-7b)

2. Israel has misunderstood and misapplied God's blessing (Hosea 2:7c-8;

Deuteronomy 8:1-20); Deuteronomy 28:45-48)

III. A LOVING FATHER DISCIPLINES HIS BELOVED CHILDREN (HOSEA 2:9-13)

A. If we are children of the Living God (Hosea 1:10), then we can expect the

loving discipline of God (Deuteronomy 8:5; Hebrews 12:5-11)

1. Our discipline proves the legitimacy of our status as God's children

(Hebrews 12:5-8)

2. God's discipline is motivated by love and is an act of grace to train us in

righteousness (Hebrews 12:9-11)

B. The things Israel trusted in for their identity and meaning in life, will be

taken back (Hosea 2:9-12)

C. God will strip us bare in order to get our attention and return our focus back