Bible Readings:
1 Thessalonians 4:1 – 18
Hosea 5:1 – 6:3
Sermon Outline:
Hosea 5:1 (NKJV)
1 “Hear this, O priests! Take heed, O house of Israel! Give ear, O house of the king! For yours is the judgment, Because you have been a snare to Mizpah And a net spread on Tabor.
Hosea 5:3 (NKJV)
3 I know Ephraim, And Israel is not hidden from Me; For now, O Ephraim, you commit harlotry; Israel is defiled.
I Heart and deeds
Hosea 5:4 (NKJV)
4 “They do not direct their deeds Toward turning to their God, For the spirit of harlotry is in their midst, And they do not know the Lord.
Hosea 5:4 (NASB95)
4 Their deeds will not allow them To return to their God. For a spirit of harlotry is within them, And they do not know the Lord.
II Moth and Lion
Hosea 5:12 (NKJV)
12 Therefore I will be to Ephraim like a moth, And to the house of Judah like rottenness.
Hosea 5:14 (NKJV)
14 For I will be like a lion to Ephraim, And like a young lion to the house of Judah. I, even I, will tear them and go away; I will take them away, and no one shall rescue.
III Turn and live
Hosea 6:1–3 (NKJV)
1 Come, and let us return to the Lord; For He has torn, but He will heal us; He has stricken, but He will bind us up.
2 After two days He will revive us; On the third day He will raise us up, That we may live in His sight.
3 Let us know, Let us pursue the knowledge of the Lord. His going forth is established as the morning; He will come to us like the rain, Like the latter and former rain to the earth.