God’s Redeeming LoveGod’s Redeeming LovePart 8: “The Madness of Sin”

Hosea 8:1-14

Ecclesiastes 9:3

“The hearts of men, moreover, are full of evil and there is

madness in their hearts while they live…”

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The Big Question

“Why do we do what we do?”

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HOSEA 7:11

Ephraim is like a dove, easily deceived and senseless-

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1 Corinthians 10:11

11These things happened to them as examples and were written

down as warnings for us.

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Hosea 8:1-6 “Sin rejects God and worships self.”

 1 "Put the trumpet to your lips!        An eagle is over the house of the LORD because the people have broken my covenant and rebelled against my law.

 2 Israel cries out to me,        'O our God, we acknowledge you!'

 3 But Israel has rejected what is good;        an enemy will pursue him.

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 4 They set up kings without my consent;        they choose princes without my approval. With their silver and gold        they make idols for themselves        to their own destruction.

 5 Throw out your calf-idol, O Samaria!        My anger burns against them.        How long will they be incapable of purity?

6 They are from Israel!        This calf—a craftsman has made it;        it is not God. It will be broken in pieces, that calf of Samaria.

Donald Macleod “All shallow views of the atonement are

the consequence of shallow perception of sin and superficial awareness of spiritual need. If we know something of the depth of our own depravity and the extent of our own guilt we shall readily appreciate God’s provision in the blood of His Son.”

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Deuteronomy 8“Beware that you do not forget the LORD your God by not keeping His commandments, his judgments, and His statutes which I command you today…If you by any means forget the LORD your God, and follow other gods, and serve them and worship them, I testify against you this day that you shall surely perish.”

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James 2:10

“For whoever keeps the whole law and yet stumbles at just one point is guilty of breaking all of

it.”

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Walter Kaiser

“This is a lack of apprehension of the truth about God and the

nonexistence of any personal experience or relationship with

Him.”

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John 3:19

“This is the verdict: Light has come into the world, but men loved

darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil.”

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Idolatry“That God regards idolatry of any sort or fashion as

an abomination and a personal insult is obvious from the most cursory of Bible reading. Paul’s assessment of Gentile guilt is just as appropriate for Israel, who suppressed the truth God had revealed to them, traded it for a lie, and changed the glory of the incorruptible God into an image made like corruptible man (Rom. 1:18,23, 25). Idolatry facilitates worship since it is always easier to operate by sight than by faith, but it is dark and serious sin.”

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Exodus 32:20

20 And Moses took the calf they had made and burned it in the fire; then he ground it to powder, scattered it

on the water and made the Israelites drink it.

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Hosea 7:15-16

“I trained them and strengthened them, but they plot evil against me. They do not turn to the Most High.”

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Paul (Romans 9)

“Theirs is the adoption as sons; theirs the divine glory, the covenants, the receiving of the law, the temple worship and the promises. 5Theirs are the patriarchs, and from them is traced the human ancestry of Christ, who is God over all, forever praised!”

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Hosea 8:7-14 “Sowing sin, reaping God’s displeasure.”

7"They sow the wind        and reap the whirlwind.        The stalk has no head;        it will produce no flour.        Were it to yield grain,        foreigners would swallow it up.

 8 Israel is swallowed up;        now she is among the nations        like a worthless thing.

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9 For they have gone up to Assyria        like a wild donkey wandering alone.        Ephraim has sold herself to lovers.

 10 Although they have sold themselves among the nations, I will now gather them together. They will begin to waste away under the oppression of the mighty king.

 11 "Though Ephraim built many altars for sin offerings, these have become altars for sinning.

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12 I wrote for them the many things of my law, but they regarded them as something alien.

 13 They offer sacrifices given to me        and they eat the meat,        but the LORD is not pleased with them. Now he will remember their wickedness and punish their sins:        They will return to Egypt.

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14 Israel has forgotten his Maker        and built palaces; Judah has fortified many towns. But I will send fire upon their cities that will consume their fortresses."

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Hosea 5:15“And they will seek my

face; in their misery they will earnestly seek

me.”

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Jesus

“These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts

are far from me.”

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