1. If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation;
the old has gone, the new has come.
II Corinthians 5:17

2. Coming up… July 16 – Overview of Hosea Key lessons; key verses
What happens next?
“10 Lost Tribes of Israel”
Sovereignty of God and the Assyrians…
July 23 – Living in Forgiveness
July 30 – The Christian and Government
August 6 – New series: Ephesians

3. The Sweetness of Returning to God
Hosea 14

4. Applying the prophets to our lives today…
Understand its message in its original setting.
How does the NT understand this prophet?
Be using: Study Bible Commentary
Biblehub.com Gotquestions.org
All Scripture is God-breathed, and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting, and training in righteousness…
II Timothy 3:16

5. Applying the prophets to our lives today…
Understand its message in its original setting.
How does the NT understand this prophet?
Ask: What do I learn about God?
Is there a command for me to obey?
Is there a sin for me to avoid?
Are there principles to live by?
All application must be done in light of:
the New Covenant
the New Testament

6. The Sweetness of Returning to God
Hosea 14

7. Baal

8. The Sweetness of Returning to God
A heart that desires to be restored back to God: Asks forgiveness v. 2 Appeals to God’s grace v.2

10. The Sweetness of Returning to God
A heart that desires to be restored back to God: Asks forgiveness v. 2 Appeals to God’s grace v.2 Confession and repentance of specific sin v. 3

11. The Sweetness of Returning to God
A heart that desires to be restored back to God: Asks forgiveness v. 2 Appeals to God’s grace v.2 Confession and repentance of specific sin v. 3 How sweet it is! v. 4 – 8

12. Vs. 4 There still needs to be a sacrifice for sin.
In the New Covenant, Christ is the final sacrifice for sin:
...so Christ was sacrificed once to take way the sins of many people...." Hebrews 9:28
“I will…love them freely…”

13. Romans 5:5
And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out His love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom He has given us. 

20. 930 – 722 B.C. Hosea’s wife = spiritual adultery of Israel
Graphic details…
Grace of God – promising
restoration to the land

21. The ways of the Lord are right;

22. The ways of the Lord are right;
the righteous walk in them,

23. The ways of the Lord are right;
the righteous walk in them,
but the rebellious stumble in them.

24. Ezekiel 18:25
"Yet you say, 'The way of the Lord is not just.'  Hear, O house of Israel: Is my way unjust?  Is it not your ways that are unjust?"  

26. If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation;
the old has gone, the new has come.
II Corinthians 5:17