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 Alright, I want you guys to imagine you're 20 years old again.

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 And if you're not 20 yet, then just pretend you're 20 years old.

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 Suffered a tragic loss, and this loss really brought you two closer together.

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 In the past few months, you've been able to share your dreams with her, your fears with her.

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 You've helped her to understand what is meaningful to you.

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 You know her laugh, you know her favorite song, and you know the way her eyes light up when she's excited.

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 You've invested so much time into this relationship.

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 It's almost as if your lives are intertwined.

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 After a few months, you propose to this lovely lady.

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 And then shortly after that, you get married.

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 And you continue to get to know this lady.

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 And each day, you understand her more and more.

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 What she likes, what she doesn't like.

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 But after a couple years, you notice a shift.

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 You notice that she starts to say less.

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 There's less laughter when she's around.

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 And sometimes you wonder if she even notices you.

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 Maybe she's just stressed or tired.

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 So you give her the space that she needs.

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 After all, you were warned that in marriage there would be rough patches.

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 And maybe this is just one of those.

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 But the distance continues to grow.

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 And the conversations continue to become more brief.

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 The smiles, they become rare.

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 And the feelings that you once shared are slowly slipping away.

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 You notice that her attention turns to other things.

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 And she starts making choices without you.

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 Those little gestures that used to show love are now absent.

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 Every day, the life that you built together.

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 The dreams you shared.

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 The laughter.

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 The late night talks.

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 The sacrifices.

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 They all seem to be fading away.

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 The closeness that once brought joy to your life and to this relationship.

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 That same closeness now brings aching.

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 You wonder, does she even remember that you love her?

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 And then one day, you experience tightness in your chest.

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 The betrayal that you suspected has been confirmed.

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 Your wife has been unfaithful.

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 Turning away from the love and intimacy that you two have built over time.

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 The pain is sharp because you've invested so much into this relationship.

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 And the love and trust that you've built is now shattered.

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 It feels like your heart has been ripped out.

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 The love that you thought was all good now brings discomfort as well.

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 At its highest, this love is something that you may only experience through marriage.

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 But at its lowest, it leaves you filled with doubt and regret.

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 You have a choice.

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 Do you walk away from this relationship that you once held so dear?

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 Or do you hold on to hope of restoration?

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 This is the picture that God paints with Israel.

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 He loved them and they continued to walk away.

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 Chasing after idols and turning away from that relationship that they once had.

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 God's heart was aching.

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 But he was still longing for a return.

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 Before we jump in to the passage,

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 I'm just going to give you some context to help you understand how shocking this truly is.

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 So Hosea lived in the northern kingdom of Israel.

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 This was about 750 years before Jesus.

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 On the surface, Israel was a very prosperous land.

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 The economy was booming.

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 Cities were being built.

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 Everyone was comfortable.

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 It was a great time in Israel.

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 At least on the outside.

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 But on the inside, they were straying from God.

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 They were chasing after idols.

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 Going through the motions.

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 They still brought sacrifices to the temple.

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 They still sang songs.

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 But they started to worship Baal.

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 Who was a Canaanite god of fertility and rain.

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 They believed that Baal would give them good crops, strong herd, and wealth.

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 The Israelites would say that they trusted in Yahweh.

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 But their idol worship would say otherwise.

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 They wanted God's blessing, not his lordship.

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 That is where Hosea comes in.

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 Let's turn to Hosea 1, verses 2 to 11.

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 When the Lord began to speak through Hosea, the Lord said to him,

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 Go marry a promiscuous woman and have children with her.

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 For like an adulterous wife, this land is guilty of unfaithfulness to the Lord.

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 She has married Gomer, daughter of Diblim.

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 And she conceived and bore him a son.

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 Then the Lord said to Hosea,

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 Call him Jezreel,

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 because I will soon punish the house of Jehu for the massacre at Jezreel.

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 And I will put an end to the kingdom of Israel.

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 In that day, I will break Israel's bow in the valley of Jezreel.

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 Gomer conceived again and gave birth to a daughter.

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 Then the Lord said to Hosea,

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 Call her Loruhema, which means not loved.

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 For I will no longer show love to Israel,

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 that I should at all forgive them.

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 Yet I will show love to Judah,

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 and I will save them,

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 not by bow, sword, or battle,

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 or by horses and horsemen.

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 But I, the Lord their God, will save them.

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 After she had weaned Loruhema,

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 Gomer had another son.

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 Then the Lord said,

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 Call him Loamai,

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 which means not my people.

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 For you are not my people,

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 and I am not your God.

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 Yet the Israelites will be like the sand on the seashore,

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 which cannot be measured or counted

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 in the place where it was said to them,

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 You are not my people.

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 They will be called children of the living God.

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 The people of Judah and the people of Israel will come together.

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 They will appoint one leader,

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 and will come up out of the land.

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 For great will be the day of Jezreel.

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 Let's pray.

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 Lord, I thank you for this day that you've given to us,

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 and just the opportunity that we can come and gather together,

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 and just hear from your word.

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 And I pray that these words that you've given to us in Hosea,

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 that we would be open to hearing what you want us to hear from this passage,

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 and that you would just give me the words to speak,

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 and that I would be able to just share what you want me to share.

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 I pray these things in your name.

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 Amen.

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 All right.

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 Sin is not just breaking God's rules.

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 It's breaking God's heart.

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 When the Lord began to speak through Hosea,

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 the Lord said to him,

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 Go marry a promiscuous woman and have children with her.

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 For like an adulterous wife,

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 this land is guilty of unfaithfulness to the Lord.

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 In verse 2, God tells Hosea to marry a promiscuous woman.

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 That word means having many partners.

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 This is a living picture of Israel's spiritual adultery.

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 Why would God want someone to marry such a sinner?

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 Like, that doesn't make sense.

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 Hosea is a prophet of God,

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 and he's using this prophet to marry a sinner,

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 a promiscuous woman.

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 But what is more shocking

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 is that this is a picture of God's relationship with Israel.

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 Israel disobeyed.

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 They betrayed a covenant of love.

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 They wandered morally,

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 and they wandered relationally.

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 They traded the God who brought them out of Egypt

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 for gods made of wood and stone.

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 They were chasing after idols,

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 trusting foreign alliances,

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 seeking satisfaction in things that couldn't love them back.

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 This brought a lot of pain to God.

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 The pain of being replaced.

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 The ache of loving someone who runs away

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 and keeps running away.

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 Hosea shows us

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 that sin

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 doesn't just offend God's holiness.

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 It wounds his heart.

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 Have you ever been in a conversation

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 with somebody

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 who's glued to their phone?

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 Maybe you're pouring your heart out

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 or sharing something important,

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 and mid-sentence you hear that ding.

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 Their eyes flick down.

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 Their thumbs start moving.

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 Right then you notice that you've lost them.

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 What you're telling them now

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 is just going over their head.

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 They're focused on their phone

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 and what's in front of them.

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 They're there physically,

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 but they're not very present.

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 If you've ever been on the receiving end of this,

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 this isn't a great feeling.

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 You might wonder,

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 are they even listening?

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 Or do they even care what I have to say?

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 This is a glimpse

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 of how God felt with Israel.

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 They still went to the temple.

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 They still offered sacrifices.

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 They still said the right things.

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 But their hearts were somewhere else.

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 How often do we do the same?

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 Show up to church,

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 sing the songs,

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 read our Bible,

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 but our hearts are miles away.

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 God doesn't want half of our hearts.

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 He wants the whole heart.

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 God doesn't just want our attendance,

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 but he wants our affection.

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 He doesn't just want our obedience,

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 but he wants our heart.

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 We may not bow to idols of stone,

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 but our hearts can still chase after things like success

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 or money,

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 pleasure,

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 control,

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 comfort,

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 approval.

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 I want you to ask yourself,

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 where has your heart drifted?

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 When we treat God like a background app,

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 open but not active,

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 we betray a relationship with him.

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 Even in our half-heartedness,

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 God continues to call us to come home.

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 God's love is so real

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 that he refuses to ignore our sin.

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 Each of Hosea's children

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 receive names that symbolize judgment.

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 Then the Lord said to Hosea,

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 call him Jezreel,

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 because I will soon punish the house of Jehu

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 for the massacre at Jezreel,

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 and I will put an end to the kingdom of Israel.

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 And that day I will break Israel's bow

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 in the valley of Jezreel.

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 Gomer conceived again

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 and gave birth to a daughter.

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 Then the Lord said to Hosea,

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 call her Loruhema,

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 which means not loved,

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 for I will no longer show love to Israel,

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 that I should at all forgive them.

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 Yet I will show love to Judah,

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 and I will save them,

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 not by bow, sword, or battle,

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 or by horses and horsemen,

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 but I, the Lord their God,

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 will save them.

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 After she had weaned Loruhema,

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 Gomer had another son.

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 Then the Lord said,

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 call him Loamai,

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 which means not my people,

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 for you are not my people,

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 and I am not your God.

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 So the first one we see is Jezreel.

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 This is a reminder

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 that violence and bloodshed

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 will bring Israel's downfall.

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 And then the second child,

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 we see Loruhema,

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 which means not loved,

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 representing God's withdrawal of mercy.

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 And the third child,

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 Loamai,

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 which means not my people,

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 symbolizing a broken relationship.

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 Imagine naming your kids

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 names like this.

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 Not loved,

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 not my people.

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 Like,

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 in this world,

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 I can't imagine anybody doing that.

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 And if they did,

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 we would wonder if they're a psycho.

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 But this just truly shows

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 how serious God was in this moment.

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 Each name shows the heartbreak of God.

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 These names aren't random,

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 but it shows that God's love

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 is not sentimental,

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 it is holy.

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 His justice

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 flows from his love,

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 because his love knows

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 how harmful sin is.

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 God's judgment is a father

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 who refuses

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 to let children ruin themselves.

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 God is saying,

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 you have broken my covenant,

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 and I will let you feel the weight of it,

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 not to crush you,

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 but to awaken you.

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 When I was younger,

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 I didn't understand

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 the rules I was given.

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 There were things

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 that I wanted to do,

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 like run out onto the street

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 to go and grab a ball,

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 or stay up all night

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 and watch TV.

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 I didn't understand

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 why I wasn't allowed to do that,

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 but when I pushed those rules,

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 there was discipline.

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 And it felt unfair.

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 Sometimes I wondered,

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 why do my parents not like me?

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 They don't let me do these things.

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 But what I couldn't see

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 is that they're actually

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 doing it out of love.

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 These boundaries

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 weren't punishment,

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 but they are protection.

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 If they were to just

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 let me do what I wanted to do,

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 I could have ended up

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 getting hurt

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 or doing something

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 that I would regret doing.

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 That's the kind of love

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 that God has for His people.

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 He sees us living in sin,

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 and He doesn't just sit there

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 and say,

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 I'll let sin destroy you.

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 But He wants us to come to Him,

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 and He wants to protect us,

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 and that's why there is judgment.

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 We often think

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 that the worst thing God can do

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 is discipline us,

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 but the real tragedy

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 is if He stopped caring enough

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 to confront us.

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 When God confronts us,

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 it's grace in disguise.

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 Think about it.

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 Grace doesn't always feel good at first.

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 God's plan is always redemption.

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 Instead of asking,

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 why are you doing this to me?

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 Ask God,

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 what are you doing in me?

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 I'm going to repeat that.

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 Instead of asking,

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 God,

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 why are you doing this to me?

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 The question we should ask is,

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 God,

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 what are you doing in me?

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 When we feel the sting of conviction,

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 we're truly feeling the touch

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 of a God who still loves us.

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 Even after heartbreak

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 and correction,

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 the story doesn't end in despair.

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 The same God

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 who shows judgment

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 in verses 4 to 9

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 is the same God

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 who brings hope

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 in verses 10 to 11.

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 Even when God's people

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 break His heart,

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 He refuses to let the story

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 end in rejection.

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 His love moves towards restoration.

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 After all,

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 the heartbreak,

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 the warnings,

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 the names of judgment,

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 God's tone changes.

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 It's like the storm clouds break

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 and light shines through.

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 Yet the Israelites

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 will be like the sand

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 on the seashore,

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 which cannot be measured

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 or counted.

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 In the place where I was said to them,

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 You are not my people.

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 They will be called

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 children of the living God.

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 The people of Judah

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 and the people of Israel

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 will come together.

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 They will appoint one leader

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 and will come up

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 out of the land,

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 for great will be the day

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 of Jezreel.

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 This tells us

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 that God's mercy

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 has the final word.

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 Love doesn't ignore sin.

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 This is the gospel

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 foreshadowed

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 through Hosea.

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 Judgment isn't the destination,

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 but it is the doorway

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 to restoration.

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 God's love runs

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 towards His people.

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 I want you to turn

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 to Luke 15,

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 the story of the prodigal son.

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 We're going to read

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 verses 20 to 24.

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 So He got up

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 and went to His father.

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 While He was still

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 a long way off,

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 His father saw Him

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 and was filled

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 with compassion for Him.

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 He ran to His son,

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 threw His arms around Him

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 and kissed Him.

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 The son said to Him,

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 Father,

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 I have sinned against heaven

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 and against You.

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 I am no longer worthy

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 to be called Your son.

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 But the father said

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 to his servant,

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 Quick,

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 bring the best robe

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 and put it on him.

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 Put a ring on his finger

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 and sandals on his feet.

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 Bring the fattened calf

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 and kill it.

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 Let's have a feast

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 and celebrate.

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 For this son of mine

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 was dead

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 and is alive again.

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 He was lost

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 and is found.

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 So they began

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 to celebrate.

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 So in this story,

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 we see a young man

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 who demands

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 his inheritance early

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 and then runs off

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 and wastes it all,

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 leaving him broke

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 and starving.

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 And when he realizes

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 how far he has fallen,

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 he walks home

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 feeling unworthy,

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 feeling shame,

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 feeling judgment.

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 But his father sees him

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 and he doesn't just wait

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 for him to come to him.

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 He runs to him.

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 The act of him running

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 shows that he's excited

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 to see him.

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 He isn't just waiting

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 there for him.

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 And he gives him

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 a robe,

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 a ring,

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 feast,

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 and he says,

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 my son was lost.

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 Now he is found.

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 This is what Hosea 1,

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 10 to 11 is describing.

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 God doesn't wait

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 at a distance,

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 but he runs

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 towards his people.

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 He doesn't just ignore sin,

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 but his mercy

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 is stronger.

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 Maybe you've walked away

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 from God.

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 Maybe your love for him

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 has grown cold.

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 And maybe you feel

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 like you're too far gone

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 to return.

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 But both Hosea

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 and Luke 15

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 show us that God's heart

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 still beats for his people,

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 including those who wander.

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 The same God who said,

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 you are not my people,

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 is the same God who says

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 that you are sons and daughters

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 of the living God.

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 His mercy doesn't rewrite

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 the past,

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 but it redeems it.

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 So as we look at Hosea 1,

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 we can feel the weight

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 of it pressing down.

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 Each name,

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 Jezreel,

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 Lo-Ruhema,

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 Lo-Ami,

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 all of these

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 feel like a final verdict,

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 like God has given up.

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 Maybe it feels like

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 that covenant is shattered,

00:18:34.240 --> 00:18:35.400
 the intimacy is gone,

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 but just when you think

00:18:36.920 --> 00:18:37.920
 it is over,

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 we see the word yet.

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 Yet,

00:18:42.259 --> 00:18:42.859
 the Israelites

00:18:42.859 --> 00:18:44.099
 will be like the sand

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 on the seashore,

00:18:45.279 --> 00:18:46.240
 which cannot be measured

00:18:46.240 --> 00:18:46.819
 or counted,

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 in the place

00:18:47.939 --> 00:18:48.879
 where it was said to them,

00:18:49.119 --> 00:18:50.000
 you are not my people,

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 they will be called

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 children of the living God.

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 The people of Judah

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 and the people of Israel

00:18:55.939 --> 00:18:56.919
 will come together.

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 They will appoint one leader

00:18:58.839 --> 00:19:00.019
 and will come up

00:19:00.019 --> 00:19:00.899
 out of the land,

00:19:01.460 --> 00:19:02.179
 for great will be

00:19:02.179 --> 00:19:03.480
 the day of Jezreel.

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 The word yet

00:19:06.419 --> 00:19:08.259
 shows the divine mercy

00:19:08.259 --> 00:19:09.500
 breaking through the silence.

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 A God who refuses

00:19:11.259 --> 00:19:12.359
 to let sin

00:19:12.359 --> 00:19:13.279
 have the last word.

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 God is saying,

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 yes,

00:19:15.579 --> 00:19:15.639
 yes,

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 they've been unfaithful,

00:19:17.240 --> 00:19:17.859
 yes,

00:19:17.939 --> 00:19:18.699
 they've turned away,

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 but I'm not done,

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 my covenant still stands.

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 And then if you look

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 at Hosea 3,

00:19:27.439 --> 00:19:28.019
 verse 1,

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 the Lord said to me,

00:19:30.019 --> 00:19:31.019
 go show your love

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 to your wife again.

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 Though she is loved

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 by another man

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 and is an adulteress,

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 love her

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 as the Lord

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 loves the Israelites.

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 Though they turn

00:19:41.180 --> 00:19:42.160
 to other gods

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 and love the sacred

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 raisin cakes.

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 Hosea 3,

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 1

00:19:46.920 --> 00:19:48.200
 helps tie the whole

00:19:48.200 --> 00:19:49.039
 passage together.

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 God tells Hosea

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 to love your wife again.

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 The Hebrew word

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 for show your love

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 is talking about compassion,

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 not just a passive feeling,

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 but it's a deliberate choice

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 to love someone

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 who has wounded you.

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 This story here

00:20:06.240 --> 00:20:07.319
 that we see in Hosea

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 is the same story

00:20:09.059 --> 00:20:09.680
 that we see

00:20:09.680 --> 00:20:10.799
 throughout the gospel.

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 A God

00:20:12.380 --> 00:20:13.120
 who chooses

00:20:13.120 --> 00:20:14.500
 to love his people

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 even when they choose

00:20:15.779 --> 00:20:16.480
 to fall away

00:20:16.480 --> 00:20:17.559
 and stray from him.

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 Throughout Hosea

00:20:20.879 --> 00:20:22.259
 1-3,

00:20:22.859 --> 00:20:23.940
 God isn't trying

00:20:23.940 --> 00:20:24.759
 to shame Israel,

00:20:25.119 --> 00:20:26.159
 but he is revealing

00:20:26.159 --> 00:20:26.919
 brokenness

00:20:26.919 --> 00:20:28.039
 in hopes that

00:20:28.039 --> 00:20:28.639
 they will return

00:20:28.639 --> 00:20:29.259
 home to him.

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 God's goal

00:20:31.279 --> 00:20:32.859
 is always redemption,

00:20:33.299 --> 00:20:33.940
 not rejection.

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 Imagine Hosea

00:20:37.200 --> 00:20:38.259
 standing in the marketplace

00:20:38.259 --> 00:20:39.859
 and he hears that

00:20:39.859 --> 00:20:40.759
 Gomer has been sold

00:20:40.759 --> 00:20:41.359
 to slavery.

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 The woman

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 who was once

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 his wife

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 sharing that table

00:20:46.980 --> 00:20:47.480
 with him

00:20:47.480 --> 00:20:48.700
 is now being sold

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 to strangers.

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 He could have said

00:20:51.059 --> 00:20:52.500
 she made her bed,

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 let her lie in it.

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 But we see

00:20:56.539 --> 00:20:58.099
 in Hosea 2,

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 So I bought her

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 for 15 shekels

00:21:01.299 --> 00:21:01.799
 of silver

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 and about a homer

00:21:03.380 --> 00:21:04.120
 and a lethic

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 of barley.

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 Then I told her,

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 You are to live

00:21:07.539 --> 00:21:07.960
 with me

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 many days.

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 You must not

00:21:10.140 --> 00:21:10.980
 be a prostitute

00:21:10.980 --> 00:21:12.059
 or be intimate

00:21:12.059 --> 00:21:13.000
 with any man

00:21:13.000 --> 00:21:13.860
 and I will behave

00:21:13.860 --> 00:21:14.480
 the same way

00:21:14.480 --> 00:21:15.099
 towards you.

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 So he walks

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 into that marketplace

00:21:18.899 --> 00:21:20.219
 and there was

00:21:20.219 --> 00:21:20.799
 probably people

00:21:20.799 --> 00:21:21.819
 whispering like,

00:21:21.959 --> 00:21:23.539
 Oh, that's Hosea.

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 That's the husband

00:21:24.299 --> 00:21:26.119
 of this slave here

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 that's choosing

00:21:27.319 --> 00:21:28.219
 to live this way.

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 But yet,

00:21:29.719 --> 00:21:30.459
 he decides

00:21:30.459 --> 00:21:31.359
 to buy her back

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 and we see

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 verse 3

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 showing

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 what Hosea

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 said to her.

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 You are to live

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 with me

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 many days.

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 You must not

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 be a prostitute

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 or be intimate

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 with any man

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 and I will behave

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 the same way

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 towards you.

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 This is not just

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 Hosea's voice

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 but this is also

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 God's voice

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 when we see

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 the gospel.

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 We are those

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 people,

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 we are Gomer

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 in that marketplace

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 and Jesus

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 comes in

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 and decides

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 to buy us

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 back.

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 We're bought

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 with a price

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 and we see

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 that when we

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 look at Jesus

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 on the cross

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 and this price

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 is not just

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 15 shekels,

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 this price

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 is so much

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 more.

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 This is what

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 Hosea foreshadows,

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 not God

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 walking away

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 but God

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 walking towards

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 us and pursuing

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 us.

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 In Hosea's

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 day,

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 he said,

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 You are not

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 my people,

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 I am not

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 your God.

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 And Paul

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 picks up

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 these same

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 words in

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 Romans 9,

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 25 to 26.

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 As he says

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 in Hosea,

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 I will call

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 them my

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 people who

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 are not

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 my people

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 and I will

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 call her

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 my loved

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 one who

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 is not

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 my loved

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 one.

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 And in

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 the very

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 place where

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 it was said

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 to them,

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 you are not

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 my people,

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 there they

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 will be

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 called children

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 of the

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 living God.

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 What Hosea

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 foreshadows

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 in his book,

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 Jesus fulfills

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 a love that

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 goes further,

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 that pays

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 an even

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 bigger price

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 and welcomes

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 even more.

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 So will

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 you choose

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 to keep

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 running or

00:23:09.099 --> 00:23:09.400
 will you

00:23:09.400 --> 00:23:09.940
 return to

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 Christ?

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 Will you

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 choose comfort

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 and distraction

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 or will you

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 surrender to

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 a love that

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 restores?

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 Are you

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 okay with

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 being called

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 not my

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 people or

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 do you want

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 to be called

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 children of

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 God?

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 This story

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 doesn't end

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 in shame,

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 it ends

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 in hope.

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 These people

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 were once

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 called not

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 my people,

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 now they

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 are called

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 children of

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 God.

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 Even in

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 unfaithfulness,

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 God is

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 faithful.

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 Even when

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 we run

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 far,

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 his mercy

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 runs further.

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 Even though

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 we broke

00:23:43.079 --> 00:23:43.539
 a covenant,

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 God's

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 covenant

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 still remains.

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 Maybe your

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 heart feels

00:23:48.399 --> 00:23:48.799
 distant,

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 maybe you

00:23:50.859 --> 00:23:51.220
 have gone

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 through the

00:23:51.559 --> 00:23:51.960
 motions,

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 still showing

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 up to

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 church,

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 still singing

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 the songs,

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 but inside

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 your heart

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 has grown

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 cold.

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 I want

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 this story

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 here from

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 Hosea,

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 to be a

00:24:01.519 --> 00:24:02.480
 reminder and

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 an invitation

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 from God

00:24:03.740 --> 00:24:04.279
 to return.

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 God is

00:24:05.559 --> 00:24:06.099
 calling us

00:24:06.099 --> 00:24:06.599
 to return

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 to him.

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 Let's

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 pray.

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 Lord,

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 I thank

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 you for

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 these words

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 that you've

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 given to

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 us in

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 the scripture

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 and I

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 pray that

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 we would

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 just

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 throughout

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 this day

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 and throughout

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 this week

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 be able to

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 reflect on

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 the ways

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 in which we

00:24:24.099 --> 00:24:24.599
 may have

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 strayed from

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 you or

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 wandered

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 from you

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 and just

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 be able to

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 reflect on

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 which idols

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 we're chasing

00:24:31.519 --> 00:24:32.019
 after.

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 It may not

00:24:32.880 --> 00:24:33.539
 be idols

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 of wood

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 or stone

00:24:35.660 --> 00:24:36.740
 but idols

00:24:36.740 --> 00:24:37.440
 like comfort

00:24:37.440 --> 00:24:38.319
 or approval

00:24:38.319 --> 00:24:38.859
 or money

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 and I pray

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 that we

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 would just

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 be able to

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 reflect upon

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 those and

00:24:43.259 --> 00:24:43.940
 turn to you

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 with everything

00:24:44.720 --> 00:24:45.380
 and that we

00:24:45.380 --> 00:24:45.819
 wouldn't

00:24:45.819 --> 00:24:46.920
 continue to

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 run but

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 that we

00:24:48.119 --> 00:24:48.460
 would love

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 you wholeheartedly.

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 Praise things

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 in your name.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.