HOW CAN I GIVE YOU UP?

HOSEA
Support Group Central: Study Launch
10th January 2011

Why Does Hosea Matter?

The God who is Faithful to his Covenant

Exodus 3:11-­15
Heb 13:8

A People who Need Saving

Lev 18:28

A God who Wants to Save

Why Does Hosea’s Context Matter?

A Tricky Time To Live NORTH SOUTH

1 Ki 11:6
Name Israel, Ephraim Judah
Capital Samaria Jerusalem
Never David’s Always David’s
Monarchy
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The Verdict on Israel’s Kings

Jehoash 2 Ki 13:11 He did evil in the eyes of the Lord and did not turn away from any of the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat,
which he had caused Israel to commit; he continued in them.
Jeroboam II -­ 2 Ki 14:24 He did evil in the eyes of the Lord...
Zechariah -­ 2 Ki 15:9 He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, as his fathers had done. He did not turn away from the sins...
Menahem -­ 2 Ki 15:18 He did evil in the eyes of the Lord. During his entire reign he did not turn away from the sins
Pekahiah -­ 2 Ki 15:24 Pekahiah did evil in the eyes of the Lord. He did not turn away from the sins of Jeroboam
Pekah -­ 2 Ki 15:28 He did evil in the eyes of the Lord. He did not turn away from the sins of Jeroboam
Hoshea -­ 2 Ki 17:2 He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, but not like the kings of Israel who preceded him.
2 Ki 17:3-­41

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A Tricky Place To Live In

Tiglath-­Pileser III (reigned 745-­727)

Shalmaneser V (727-­722)

Why Does Hosea’s Life Matter?

So What Was Hosea On About?

HOSEA LEARNS THE HARD WAY (1:1-­3:5)

Hosea hears from God (1:1)

And at key historical events 7:7, 8:4, 13:11 cf 2 Ki 15).

Jezreel (v4-­5).
Lo-­Ruhamah (v6)
Lo-­Ammi (v9)

2:2ff

But there’s hope:

1:10-­11
2:14, 16, 23
2:17 but v19

3:1
3:2-­3

3:4-­5

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ISRAEL MUST LEARN THE HARD WAY (4:1-­11:1)

4:1

5:1-­14 YHWH is a stranger (5:7)

5:15-­6:6 Love like evaporating dew in 6:4 (cf Mt 9:13 & 12:7)

6:7-­7:16 Promiscuously unfaithful

foreign peoples (7:8-­9)
foreign powers (7:11)
foreign gods (7:16)

8:1-­9:17 A whirlwind of judgment cf (9:3)

10:1-­13 Drifting far from God & Reaping what they’ve sown (eg 10:3-­5)

11:1-­11 How can God give them up?

ISRAEL MUST TRUST THERE IS HOPE (11:12-­14:9)

12:1-­13:16 Almost unparalleled ferocity of God’s wrath

14:1-­8 Lessons learned

14:9 A parting proverb

What makes Hosea important in 2011

Idolatry is alive and well

Our sin is agony for God

God’s love is our only hope

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