God Goes to Court
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Jul 2, 2017
by: Dale Thiele |
Series: Hosea
Scripture: Hosea 4:1-19 Tags: love, knowledge, company, faithfulness, ten commandments, priests, pleasure, warning
MESSAGE - Pastor Dale Thiele
Hosea
God Goes to Court
- God Lays Out His Case
- Spiritual Leaders’ Impact on Knowledge
- Beware The Company You Keep
Questions for Further Study or Group Discussion:
- Read Hosea 4:1-19. What is God’s contention with Israel? Why are faithfulness, steadfast love, and knowledge so important?
- Verse 2 sounds like a repetition of the ten commandments. How does lack of knowledge of God lead to disobedience of the commandments?
- Why does God single out the priests in verses 4-9? What did they do that was wrong? How do we safe guard against spiritual abuse from spiritual leaders today?
- Consider verses 10-11. How is every sin essentially a replacement of God with a different pleasure? How does this help us fight against sin?
- What is God warning Judah to do in verses 15-18? How do we heed this warning today?
Memory Verse of the Week:
Hosea 4:1 Hear the word of the LORD, O children of Israel, for the LORD has a controversy with the inhabitants of the land. There is no faithfulness or steadfast love, and no knowledge of God in the land; (ESV)
