1. REASONS FOR ISRAEL’S DOWNFALL HOSEA 4:1-5 - TEXT

2. WHY ISRAEL FELL LACK OF KNOWLEDGE – HOSEA 4:6 –ROM. 3:1-2 – IT WAS NOT THE LORD’S FAULT –JER. 6:10 – NO DELIGHT IN THE WORD OF GOD –2 TIM. 2:15 – STUDY IS REQUIRED –MATT. 7:21-23 – DENOMINATIONS AND FALSE TEACHERS FLOURISH ON IGNORANCE –MARK 16:15-16 – WE CANNOT TEACH WHAT WE DO NOT KNOW

3. WHY ISRAEL FELL PRIDE – HOSEA 5:5 –PROV. 29:23 – ARE WE TO FULL OF PRIDE? –JAMES 4:6 – GOD’S REACTION TO PRIDE –LUKE 18:9-14 – DID THE PHARISEE PERFORM GOOD WORKS?

4. WHY ISRAEL FELL INABILITY TO REMAIN STEADFAST – HOSEA 6:4 –JAMES 1:5-8 – HAVE SINGLENESS (FOCUS) OF MIND –1 COR. 15:58 – MUST PUT KNOWLEDGE TO WORK SO WE CAN BE STEADFAST

5. WHY ISRAEL FELL MIXING WITH THE WORLD – HOSEA 7:8 –EZRA 9:1-2, 5-12 – RESULT OF DISOBEDIENCE –JAMES 4:4 – FRIEND OF THE WORLD OR FRIEND OF GOD? –2 COR. 6:14-17 – DO NOT YOKE YOURSELF TO THE WORLD –1 TIM. 6:17 – WHOM DO WE TRUST?

6. WHY ISRAEL FELL CORRUPTION OF MORALS – HOSEA 9:9 –HOSEA 13:2-4 – NOTICE WHAT HAPPENS WHEN OUR MORALS ARE CORRUPTED –MATT. 23:25-28 – WHAT IS THE TRUE CONDITION OF YOUR HEART? –MATT. 15:7-9 – END RESULT OF CORRUPTION –MATT. 7:24-27 – IT IS GOD’S WILL THAT WE BE PURE AND SUBMIT TO HIS AUTHORITY

7. WHY ISRAEL FELL BACKSLIDING – HOSEA 11:7 –JAMES 1:12-16 – OUTWARD ACTIONS REFLECT INWARD DESIRES –MATT. 15:18-20 – THE ONLY WAY TO CURE BACKSLIDING IS TO CURE THE CAUSE.