1. The God of Amazing Grace! Hosea 1-3
Superior Pleasures - #4
The God of Amazing Grace! Hosea 1-3

2. Hosea:
750 BC
Addressed the Northern kingdom of Israel

3. The God of Amazing Grace! Hosea 1-3
Hosea told by God to marry a woman with ‘a reputation’
Hosea’s marriage was a living image of his message.
Three children
‘Jezreel’ - a by word for battle and violence.
‘Not loved’
‘Not my people’.
Names symbolised God’s reaction to the countries unfaithfulness.

4. The God of Amazing Grace! Hosea 1-3
Gomer leaves Hosea and returns to old way of life
This typifies how we often treat God
God calls it spiritual adultery
Hosea buys Gomer back – and loves her again as his wife
This is what God does for his people - then and now!
He goes out to tenderly win us back - 2v14
He promises hope and safety - 2v15
He promises to wipe the slate clean – 2v16, 19 & 20