Eternity Baptist Church

I. First of Minor Prophets: Their Length; Have Major Messages
   A. God Kept His Promises and His Word
   B. Show Unfaithful Israel Was and How Faithful God Was
   C. God Wants Us to Know Up Front He Faithfully Loves
II. Who? From Israel, Hosea 1:1
    When? During and After Time Israel Fell to Assyria
III. God Told Hosea to Marry an Impure Woman, Why? Hosea 1:2-2:1
   A. Because the Land Commits Adultery, Forsaking the LORD
   B. Had Hosea do so to Be Qualified to Speak for Him
IV. Significance of Names
   A. Jezreel: God Will Scatter
       1. Place of Violence, Bloodshed
       2. Break the Bow, Defeated 722BC
   B. Lo-Ruhama=No Pity or Mercy, Did Deliver Judah
   C. Lo-Ammi=Not My People
   D. First: Bore Him a Son; Second & Third: Bore and Conceived
   E. Yet Will Restore Covenant Hope, Genesis 22:15-17
V. Plead=Contend, Bring Charges, Language of Court, Hosea 2:2
   A. All These Other Men Had Given Her Everything, Hosea 2:5
   B. God Stopped the Rain to Show Baal is Not God. Hosea 2:7-13
   C. God's Goal: Romance Her Back
VI.  God Instructed Hosea to Take Her Back, Hosea 3:1-5
VII. Detailed Description of Same Basic Pattern, Hosea 4:1-14:9
VIII. Quotes in New Testament
   A. Promise to Change Name, Romans 9:25-27, 1 Peter 2:10
   B. What is Important to God, Matthew 9:13; 12:7, Hosea 6:6
   C. How Upcoming Judgment Will Be, Luke 23:30, Hosea 10:8
   D. Deal with Death and Sin, 1 Corinthians 15:55, Hosea 13:14
IX. How Are We to Respond to the Loyal Love of the LORD?
   A. Recognize His Faithful Love
   B. Repent of Your Rejection
   C. Let Him Redeem You from Sin
   D. Tell Him What He Longs to Hear
   E. Give Him What's Most Importance
   F. Don't Keep Him Waiting