WEBVTT 00:00:00.260 --> 00:00:02.660 turned into months away. 00:00:04.960 --> 00:00:07.540 Mr O'Shea looked out the window, 00:00:08.279 --> 00:00:11.160 as he always did before going to bed, 00:00:12.200 --> 00:00:16.339 hoping, longing, that she would come home. 00:00:17.760 --> 00:00:20.100 A picture on the windowsill caught his eye. 00:00:21.120 --> 00:00:23.679 She looked so beautiful in her wedding dress, 00:00:24.379 --> 00:00:26.560 and he remembered those vows. 00:00:27.519 --> 00:00:29.359 Never will I leave you. 00:00:30.699 --> 00:00:33.320 Never will I forsake you. 00:00:35.119 --> 00:00:37.259 Of course he knew where to find her. 00:00:37.939 --> 00:00:39.320 He had heard the rumours. 00:00:39.640 --> 00:00:40.820 He knew it was true. 00:00:42.259 --> 00:00:43.519 Awkward and embarrassed, 00:00:44.140 --> 00:00:46.299 he walked into the strip club. 00:00:47.659 --> 00:00:50.460 The sight of his wife in the arms of another man 00:00:50.460 --> 00:00:53.179 cut to his heart. 00:00:54.480 --> 00:00:57.219 Putting cash into the hand of her pimp, 00:00:57.219 --> 00:01:01.920 Mr O'Shea gently put his coat around his beloved Morag, 00:01:02.539 --> 00:01:04.420 and led her out the door, 00:01:05.359 --> 00:01:07.620 amidst jeering and laughing. 00:01:07.620 --> 00:01:12.060 hurt and ashamed. 00:01:12.939 --> 00:01:15.760 But how could he leave her? 00:01:16.660 --> 00:01:18.120 He loved her. 00:01:18.120 --> 00:01:21.439 she was his wife. 00:01:21.439 --> 00:01:26.460 Now that's a true story. 00:01:26.459 --> 00:01:29.939 In fact, it's my story, 00:01:29.939 --> 00:01:32.559 and it's your story. 00:01:33.559 --> 00:01:35.780 Remember what God had said to Hosea. 00:01:35.780 --> 00:01:39.000 Have a look back at chapter 1 and verse 2. 00:01:41.099 --> 00:01:42.640 Chapter 1 and verse 2. 00:01:42.640 --> 00:01:45.280 When the Lord began to speak through Hosea, 00:01:45.340 --> 00:01:46.599 the Lord said to him, 00:01:47.900 --> 00:01:48.700 Hosea, 00:01:49.280 --> 00:01:52.799 go take to yourself an adulterous wife 00:01:52.799 --> 00:01:55.819 and children of unfaithfulness, 00:01:56.219 --> 00:01:57.159 because the land, 00:01:57.280 --> 00:01:58.040 that is the people, 00:01:58.140 --> 00:02:00.219 is guilty of the vilest adultery 00:02:00.219 --> 00:02:02.079 in departing from the Lord. 00:02:02.079 --> 00:02:05.959 So he married Gomer. 00:02:07.480 --> 00:02:09.699 It's what theologians call 00:02:09.699 --> 00:02:11.780 enactment prophecy. 00:02:13.060 --> 00:02:15.139 The prophet not only speaks 00:02:15.139 --> 00:02:17.219 God's word to the people, 00:02:17.800 --> 00:02:20.680 his life becomes a visible illustration 00:02:20.680 --> 00:02:23.659 of God's word to the people. 00:02:24.280 --> 00:02:26.120 Hosea's marriage to Gomer 00:02:26.120 --> 00:02:30.379 plays out God's marriage to Israel. 00:02:30.379 --> 00:02:34.719 You see, Israel is Gomer. 00:02:35.079 --> 00:02:37.000 She is an adulterous wife. 00:02:37.379 --> 00:02:39.120 Israel has turned her back 00:02:39.120 --> 00:02:42.240 on God's faithful, loyal love. 00:02:43.199 --> 00:02:46.099 She is chased after other gods. 00:02:47.960 --> 00:02:50.479 But God is not about to give up 00:02:50.479 --> 00:02:51.319 on his loved one. 00:02:52.699 --> 00:02:55.479 God is like Hosea. 00:02:56.280 --> 00:02:59.879 He is that loyal, faithful husband. 00:03:00.379 --> 00:03:02.859 And through an act of grace 00:03:02.859 --> 00:03:04.000 and redemption, 00:03:04.460 --> 00:03:07.159 Hosea takes back his adulterous wife 00:03:07.159 --> 00:03:09.840 to show us 00:03:09.840 --> 00:03:14.639 the depth of God's love for us. 00:03:15.699 --> 00:03:17.500 You see, this is my story. 00:03:18.699 --> 00:03:20.659 And this is your story. 00:03:20.659 --> 00:03:25.780 First, an act of grace 00:03:25.780 --> 00:03:28.699 towards an adulterous people. 00:03:29.259 --> 00:03:31.659 Look at chapter 3, verse 1. 00:03:31.659 --> 00:03:36.099 The Lord said to me, 00:03:36.099 --> 00:03:37.359 to Hosea, 00:03:37.719 --> 00:03:42.340 go show your love to your wife again. 00:03:43.139 --> 00:03:43.620 Again? 00:03:44.460 --> 00:03:48.180 You want me to love her again? 00:03:48.879 --> 00:03:51.240 Do you not know what she's like? 00:03:52.240 --> 00:03:53.579 Do you not know the men 00:03:53.579 --> 00:03:55.039 that she slept with? 00:03:55.039 --> 00:04:00.799 Hosea had loved his wife again and again. 00:04:00.799 --> 00:04:05.039 And now he must love her again. 00:04:06.599 --> 00:04:10.120 It's an act of scandalous grace. 00:04:10.120 --> 00:04:12.920 The Lord said to me, 00:04:13.039 --> 00:04:15.700 go show your love to your wife again, 00:04:16.079 --> 00:04:18.379 though she is loved by another 00:04:18.379 --> 00:04:21.540 and is an adulteress. 00:04:22.680 --> 00:04:25.500 How can Hosea trust her? 00:04:26.139 --> 00:04:28.879 What if she runs off again? 00:04:29.740 --> 00:04:32.240 After all, you can't trust an adulteress. 00:04:32.540 --> 00:04:34.600 Everyone knows you're asking for trouble 00:04:34.600 --> 00:04:36.360 if you take back someone 00:04:36.360 --> 00:04:38.300 who has had multiple affairs. 00:04:40.560 --> 00:04:42.960 You see, the law was crystal clear. 00:04:44.100 --> 00:04:46.800 You don't welcome back an adulterous wife. 00:04:47.680 --> 00:04:48.980 You stone her. 00:04:51.080 --> 00:04:54.460 But yet Hosea reaches out. 00:04:55.560 --> 00:04:58.340 He remembers the vows on their wedding day. 00:04:58.780 --> 00:05:00.120 Never will I leave you. 00:05:00.540 --> 00:05:02.040 Never will I forsake you. 00:05:02.040 --> 00:05:05.560 And he shows his love again. 00:05:06.920 --> 00:05:08.400 It's scandalous. 00:05:09.700 --> 00:05:12.720 Can you imagine the shame Hosea felt 00:05:12.720 --> 00:05:15.700 as he walked hand in hand with his wife? 00:05:16.860 --> 00:05:18.960 Taking her back in. 00:05:19.259 --> 00:05:20.100 The jokes. 00:05:20.600 --> 00:05:21.720 Pointing of fingers. 00:05:22.060 --> 00:05:22.900 He's an idiot. 00:05:23.900 --> 00:05:24.939 What a fool. 00:05:27.420 --> 00:05:29.520 But it's not just scandalous. 00:05:29.519 --> 00:05:33.000 It's also reckless. 00:05:34.439 --> 00:05:36.740 Look what God commands Hosea to do 00:05:36.740 --> 00:05:38.159 the second part of verse 1. 00:05:39.120 --> 00:05:39.859 Love her 00:05:39.859 --> 00:05:42.560 as the Lord loves the Israelites 00:05:42.560 --> 00:05:45.159 though they turn to other gods 00:05:45.159 --> 00:05:47.359 and love the sacred raisin cakes. 00:05:48.000 --> 00:05:49.959 Well, I think we all get the loving 00:05:49.959 --> 00:05:51.199 the other gods bit. 00:05:51.399 --> 00:05:54.159 But what on earth are these sacred raisin cakes? 00:05:54.979 --> 00:05:56.079 Where do you get them? 00:05:56.159 --> 00:05:57.279 Down in Lidl or where? 00:05:57.279 --> 00:06:00.719 Well, when the Israelites wanted something 00:06:00.719 --> 00:06:02.859 instead of turning to God 00:06:02.859 --> 00:06:04.839 they went to their made-up gods. 00:06:05.559 --> 00:06:08.019 And to provoke the gods in the heavens 00:06:08.019 --> 00:06:10.259 to bring blessing down on the people 00:06:10.259 --> 00:06:11.719 they would bring 00:06:11.719 --> 00:06:13.639 well, one of their acts of sacrifice 00:06:13.639 --> 00:06:15.059 was to bring food. 00:06:16.119 --> 00:06:17.059 Raisin cakes. 00:06:17.060 --> 00:06:19.480 And they would feed 00:06:19.480 --> 00:06:20.720 these lifeless 00:06:20.720 --> 00:06:22.300 stone wooden gods 00:06:22.300 --> 00:06:23.199 so that they would 00:06:23.199 --> 00:06:24.139 in return 00:06:24.139 --> 00:06:25.360 get better crops 00:06:25.360 --> 00:06:26.300 and their animals 00:06:26.300 --> 00:06:27.139 would reproduce 00:06:27.139 --> 00:06:29.000 and the rains would fall. 00:06:29.699 --> 00:06:31.639 They went to their made-up gods 00:06:31.639 --> 00:06:32.519 instead of turning 00:06:32.519 --> 00:06:33.459 to the only 00:06:33.459 --> 00:06:34.680 true God. 00:06:38.399 --> 00:06:39.240 Now we 00:06:39.240 --> 00:06:40.199 mightn't be into 00:06:40.199 --> 00:06:41.519 baking raisin cakes 00:06:41.519 --> 00:06:44.479 but we have all turned 00:06:44.479 --> 00:06:45.240 from God 00:06:45.240 --> 00:06:46.519 to other things 00:06:46.519 --> 00:06:47.919 and other people. 00:06:49.439 --> 00:06:51.000 We sacrifice 00:06:51.000 --> 00:06:52.079 our lives 00:06:52.079 --> 00:06:53.379 to the God of work 00:06:53.379 --> 00:06:55.399 in search 00:06:55.399 --> 00:06:56.299 or in return 00:06:56.299 --> 00:06:57.159 for joy 00:06:57.159 --> 00:06:57.899 and happiness. 00:06:58.899 --> 00:07:00.099 We search 00:07:00.099 --> 00:07:00.839 for a partner 00:07:00.839 --> 00:07:01.879 or a spouse 00:07:01.879 --> 00:07:03.199 hoping that they 00:07:03.199 --> 00:07:04.000 will provide 00:07:04.000 --> 00:07:04.939 the love 00:07:04.939 --> 00:07:06.299 that we long for. 00:07:06.300 --> 00:07:09.639 We spend 00:07:09.639 --> 00:07:10.180 our money 00:07:10.180 --> 00:07:10.980 to the gods 00:07:10.980 --> 00:07:11.900 of upgrading 00:07:11.900 --> 00:07:12.579 our home 00:07:12.579 --> 00:07:13.000 and getting 00:07:13.000 --> 00:07:14.000 the latest gadget 00:07:14.000 --> 00:07:15.160 or fashion items 00:07:15.160 --> 00:07:16.319 in search 00:07:16.319 --> 00:07:18.040 of acceptance 00:07:18.040 --> 00:07:19.220 of other people. 00:07:21.300 --> 00:07:22.180 You see 00:07:22.180 --> 00:07:23.060 just like 00:07:23.060 --> 00:07:23.720 Gomer 00:07:23.720 --> 00:07:25.480 just like 00:07:25.480 --> 00:07:26.080 she went 00:07:26.080 --> 00:07:26.680 after her 00:07:26.680 --> 00:07:27.439 other lovers 00:07:27.439 --> 00:07:29.379 just as Israel 00:07:29.379 --> 00:07:30.259 went after 00:07:30.259 --> 00:07:31.699 their gods 00:07:31.699 --> 00:07:33.660 so we 00:07:33.660 --> 00:07:34.259 have turned 00:07:34.259 --> 00:07:34.879 our back 00:07:34.879 --> 00:07:35.720 on the faithful 00:07:35.720 --> 00:07:36.780 loyal love 00:07:36.780 --> 00:07:37.760 of God. 00:07:39.540 --> 00:07:40.260 I 00:07:40.260 --> 00:07:41.620 am Gomer 00:07:41.620 --> 00:07:44.460 and you 00:07:44.460 --> 00:07:45.900 are Gomer. 00:07:47.520 --> 00:07:48.520 But look 00:07:48.520 --> 00:07:49.240 at the story. 00:07:50.240 --> 00:07:51.300 Now Hosea 00:07:51.300 --> 00:07:52.140 must love 00:07:52.140 --> 00:07:52.880 his wife 00:07:52.880 --> 00:07:53.600 again. 00:07:54.320 --> 00:07:55.040 Why? 00:07:56.060 --> 00:07:56.500 Well look 00:07:56.500 --> 00:07:57.040 what it says 00:07:57.040 --> 00:07:57.880 in the middle 00:07:57.880 --> 00:07:58.580 of verse 1. 00:07:59.000 --> 00:07:59.860 Love her 00:07:59.860 --> 00:08:01.160 as the Lord 00:08:01.160 --> 00:08:02.020 loves 00:08:02.020 --> 00:08:03.040 the Israelites. 00:08:03.500 --> 00:08:04.060 Hosea 00:08:04.060 --> 00:08:04.940 is to take 00:08:04.940 --> 00:08:05.380 back 00:08:05.379 --> 00:08:06.279 his adulterous 00:08:06.279 --> 00:08:06.680 wife 00:08:06.680 --> 00:08:07.779 because that 00:08:07.779 --> 00:08:08.600 is exactly 00:08:08.600 --> 00:08:09.420 what God 00:08:09.420 --> 00:08:10.259 does with 00:08:10.259 --> 00:08:11.360 unfaithful 00:08:11.360 --> 00:08:12.159 Israel. 00:08:12.159 --> 00:08:13.139 By taking 00:08:13.139 --> 00:08:13.779 back his 00:08:13.779 --> 00:08:14.620 promiscuous 00:08:14.620 --> 00:08:15.079 wife 00:08:15.079 --> 00:08:15.920 Hosea 00:08:15.920 --> 00:08:16.600 enacts 00:08:16.600 --> 00:08:17.459 the grace 00:08:17.459 --> 00:08:18.699 God shows 00:08:18.699 --> 00:08:19.860 towards his 00:08:19.860 --> 00:08:20.620 people. 00:08:21.579 --> 00:08:22.100 It's 00:08:22.100 --> 00:08:22.740 reckless. 00:08:23.459 --> 00:08:24.159 It makes 00:08:24.159 --> 00:08:25.300 no sense. 00:08:25.639 --> 00:08:26.219 There's no 00:08:26.219 --> 00:08:26.819 guarantee 00:08:26.819 --> 00:08:27.719 that Gomer 00:08:27.719 --> 00:08:28.259 is going 00:08:28.259 --> 00:08:29.120 to stay 00:08:29.120 --> 00:08:30.259 and stop 00:08:30.259 --> 00:08:31.120 her adulterous 00:08:31.120 --> 00:08:31.680 behaviour. 00:08:31.680 --> 00:08:32.980 but that's 00:08:32.980 --> 00:08:33.980 the point. 00:08:35.200 --> 00:08:35.720 That's 00:08:35.720 --> 00:08:36.560 the reckless 00:08:36.560 --> 00:08:37.340 grace 00:08:37.340 --> 00:08:38.700 God shows 00:08:38.700 --> 00:08:39.320 to people 00:08:39.320 --> 00:08:40.080 like you 00:08:40.080 --> 00:08:41.379 and me. 00:08:44.200 --> 00:08:45.240 You see 00:08:45.240 --> 00:08:45.860 if we are 00:08:45.860 --> 00:08:46.639 in any 00:08:46.639 --> 00:08:47.220 doubt 00:08:47.220 --> 00:08:49.799 about God's 00:08:49.799 --> 00:08:50.440 act of 00:08:50.440 --> 00:08:50.940 grace 00:08:50.940 --> 00:08:53.720 just look 00:08:53.720 --> 00:08:54.060 at what 00:08:54.060 --> 00:08:54.680 God has 00:08:54.680 --> 00:08:55.060 done 00:08:55.060 --> 00:08:56.539 for us. 00:08:57.379 --> 00:08:57.740 The 00:08:57.740 --> 00:08:58.659 scandalous 00:08:58.659 --> 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00:15:05.080 then is 00:15:05.080 --> 00:15:05.639 God's 00:15:05.639 --> 00:15:06.200 redemption 00:15:06.200 --> 00:15:07.120 of us? 00:15:08.220 --> 00:15:08.420 You 00:15:08.420 --> 00:15:08.660 see 00:15:08.660 --> 00:15:08.940 when 00:15:08.940 --> 00:15:09.400 God 00:15:09.400 --> 00:15:09.960 redeems 00:15:09.960 --> 00:15:10.340 us 00:15:10.340 --> 00:15:10.780 it's 00:15:10.780 --> 00:15:10.920 for 00:15:10.920 --> 00:15:11.160 the 00:15:11.160 --> 00:15:11.580 purpose 00:15:11.580 --> 00:15:11.840 of 00:15:11.840 --> 00:15:12.520 redeeming 00:15:12.520 --> 00:15:12.680 the 00:15:12.680 --> 00:15:13.360 relationship 00:15:13.360 --> 00:15:13.960 and 00:15:13.960 --> 00:15:14.300 guess 00:15:14.300 --> 00:15:14.700 what? 00:15:14.920 --> 00:15:15.200 There 00:15:15.200 --> 00:15:15.620 are 00:15:15.620 --> 00:15:15.920 no 00:15:15.920 --> 00:15:16.600 conditions. 00:15:18.259 --> 00:15:18.879 God 00:15:18.879 --> 00:15:19.300 doesn't 00:15:19.300 --> 00:15:19.660 look at 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00:16:03.819 --> 00:16:05.100 relationship. 00:16:06.159 --> 00:16:07.519 The past 00:16:07.519 --> 00:16:08.740 put behind 00:16:08.740 --> 00:16:10.639 our sin 00:16:10.639 --> 00:16:11.600 dealt 00:16:11.600 --> 00:16:12.059 with. 00:16:12.059 --> 00:16:14.579 God 00:16:14.579 --> 00:16:15.779 is 00:16:15.779 --> 00:16:16.479 worthy 00:16:16.479 --> 00:16:17.559 Schweiz. 00:16:17.559 --> 00:16:17.899 The reason 00:16:17.899 --> 00:16:19.839 we 00:16:19.839 --> 00:16:20.319 drift 00:16:20.319 --> 00:16:20.759 from 00:16:20.759 --> 00:16:21.299 God 00:16:21.299 --> 00:16:22.159 like 00:16:22.159 --> 00:16:22.599 Gomer 00:16:22.599 --> 00:16:23.139 drifted 00:16:23.139 --> 00:16:23.359 from 00:16:23.359 --> 00:16:23.939 Hosea 00:16:23.939 --> 00:16:25.739 is 00:16:25.739 --> 00:16:25.899 why 00:16:25.899 --> 00:16:26.119 we 00:16:26.119 --> 00:16:26.559 chase 00:16:26.559 --> 00:16:26.899 after 00:16:26.899 --> 00:16:27.239 other 00:16:27.239 --> 00:16:27.739 things 00:16:27.739 --> 00:16:27.939 and 00:16:27.939 --> 00:16:28.279 people 00:16:28.279 --> 00:16:28.479 is 00:16:28.479 --> 00:16:28.939 because 00:16:28.939 --> 00:16:29.879 we 00:16:29.879 --> 00:16:30.459 don't 00:16:30.459 --> 00:16:31.019 believe 00:16:31.019 --> 00:16:31.299 that 00:16:31.299 --> 00:16:31.579 what 00:16:31.579 --> 00:16:32.159 God 00:16:32.159 --> 00:16:32.459 has 00:16:32.459 --> 00:16:32.679 to 00:16:32.679 --> 00:16:33.159 offer 00:16:33.159 --> 00:16:33.519 is 00:16:33.519 --> 00:16:33.939 truly 00:16:33.939 --> 00:16:34.899 satisfying 00:16:34.899 --> 00:16:35.199 and 00:16:35.199 --> 00:16:35.619 fulfilling. 00:16:36.639 --> 00:16:37.359 Our 00:16:37.359 --> 00:16:37.759 sinful 00:16:37.759 --> 00:16:38.199 hearts 00:16:38.199 --> 00:16:38.839 continually 00:16:38.840 --> 00:16:41.519 tell us that God is not sufficient, 00:16:42.580 --> 00:16:44.300 that his love is not enough, 00:16:44.580 --> 00:16:46.860 we must go in search of it elsewhere. 00:16:49.680 --> 00:16:52.540 Well, listen to what God offers. 00:16:52.680 --> 00:16:54.780 We read it at the very beginning 00:16:54.780 --> 00:16:56.180 of this morning. 00:16:57.000 --> 00:16:58.180 The psalmist wrote, 00:16:58.320 --> 00:16:59.420 Apart from you, Lord, 00:16:59.500 --> 00:17:01.360 I have no good thing, 00:17:02.259 --> 00:17:04.519 for you have made known to me 00:17:04.519 --> 00:17:05.799 the path of life. 00:17:06.799 --> 00:17:09.460 You will fill me with joy 00:17:09.460 --> 00:17:11.000 in your presence, 00:17:11.480 --> 00:17:13.960 with eternal pleasures 00:17:13.960 --> 00:17:16.399 at your right hand. 00:17:17.899 --> 00:17:20.740 We do not need to play the gomer. 00:17:21.480 --> 00:17:24.200 We do not need to run from God. 00:17:25.000 --> 00:17:28.500 In him our deepest longings are met. 00:17:28.500 --> 00:17:34.299 He alone will fully satisfy us. 00:17:35.799 --> 00:17:41.240 So, an act of grace, 00:17:42.440 --> 00:17:43.700 an act of redemption, 00:17:45.059 --> 00:17:47.579 and third, an act of repentance 00:17:47.579 --> 00:17:50.980 towards a faithful God. 00:17:52.480 --> 00:17:55.399 You see, while God acts in grace 00:17:55.399 --> 00:17:56.879 and redemption, 00:17:57.960 --> 00:17:59.899 we must respond 00:17:59.899 --> 00:18:01.980 with repentance. 00:18:01.980 --> 00:18:04.480 God is loving. 00:18:06.799 --> 00:18:08.640 But part of his love means 00:18:08.640 --> 00:18:10.140 he will not overlook 00:18:10.140 --> 00:18:12.059 or ignore our sin. 00:18:13.099 --> 00:18:14.579 We must deal 00:18:14.579 --> 00:18:16.039 with our sin. 00:18:17.799 --> 00:18:18.880 You see, just as 00:18:18.880 --> 00:18:21.019 Hosea had said to Gomer 00:18:21.019 --> 00:18:22.180 in verse 3, 00:18:22.299 --> 00:18:23.220 You must wait 00:18:23.220 --> 00:18:24.900 for me many days. 00:18:25.240 --> 00:18:26.960 So God says to Israel, 00:18:26.960 --> 00:18:27.920 look at verse 4, 00:18:27.920 --> 00:18:30.800 For the Israelites 00:18:30.800 --> 00:18:33.300 will live for many days. 00:18:34.259 --> 00:18:35.680 They too must wait 00:18:35.680 --> 00:18:39.740 without king or prince, 00:18:40.320 --> 00:18:42.240 without sacrifice 00:18:42.240 --> 00:18:44.039 or sacred stone 00:18:44.039 --> 00:18:45.380 where they had their idols, 00:18:45.779 --> 00:18:46.940 without ephod, 00:18:47.019 --> 00:18:49.180 which was what the priest wore, 00:18:49.640 --> 00:18:50.900 or idol. 00:18:51.900 --> 00:18:52.660 In a sense, 00:18:52.759 --> 00:18:54.220 God is saying to the people, 00:18:54.220 --> 00:18:56.259 you are going to live 00:18:56.259 --> 00:18:57.759 many days 00:18:57.759 --> 00:18:59.039 without me. 00:18:59.799 --> 00:19:01.680 God is going to strip Israel 00:19:01.680 --> 00:19:03.440 of everything they have 00:19:03.440 --> 00:19:05.319 and all that they rely on. 00:19:05.559 --> 00:19:06.779 And history tells us 00:19:06.779 --> 00:19:08.500 that within a few short years, 00:19:08.860 --> 00:19:10.059 Assyria would come 00:19:10.059 --> 00:19:11.860 and they would invade the nation 00:19:11.860 --> 00:19:13.120 and crush them. 00:19:13.460 --> 00:19:15.519 And they will have nothing left. 00:19:16.380 --> 00:19:19.240 Not even God. 00:19:19.240 --> 00:19:23.319 You want to live 00:19:23.319 --> 00:19:24.819 life without me? 00:19:25.680 --> 00:19:27.220 You want to chase 00:19:27.220 --> 00:19:28.620 after your own lovers? 00:19:29.740 --> 00:19:31.700 Then a life without me 00:19:31.700 --> 00:19:33.279 you shall have. 00:19:34.779 --> 00:19:35.480 Judgment 00:19:35.480 --> 00:19:36.920 will come. 00:19:38.019 --> 00:19:39.319 The people of Israel 00:19:39.319 --> 00:19:40.319 will be removed 00:19:40.940 --> 00:19:42.720 from God's presence. 00:19:44.400 --> 00:19:45.420 You see, 00:19:45.579 --> 00:19:47.339 sin cannot be ignored. 00:19:47.339 --> 00:19:50.720 and it cannot be overlooked. 00:19:52.259 --> 00:19:54.779 We cannot live in sin 00:19:54.779 --> 00:19:57.079 and at the same time 00:19:57.079 --> 00:19:59.139 live in God's presence. 00:20:00.319 --> 00:20:01.859 Adam and Eve knew that 00:20:01.859 --> 00:20:02.799 right at the beginning. 00:20:03.980 --> 00:20:05.399 They were shut out, 00:20:05.980 --> 00:20:07.659 removed from God's presence, 00:20:08.240 --> 00:20:09.720 guarded from going back 00:20:09.720 --> 00:20:10.579 into the garden. 00:20:11.639 --> 00:20:13.199 And that's what's happened to us 00:20:13.199 --> 00:20:14.879 and the whole human race. 00:20:15.500 --> 00:20:17.079 We have ignored him. 00:20:17.079 --> 00:20:19.000 We have pushed God away. 00:20:19.659 --> 00:20:20.480 And God is saying, 00:20:20.619 --> 00:20:22.139 if you want to live without me, 00:20:22.339 --> 00:20:24.359 then a life you shall have 00:20:24.359 --> 00:20:25.519 without me. 00:20:27.919 --> 00:20:30.059 We cannot have God 00:20:30.059 --> 00:20:33.059 while we ignore our sin. 00:20:34.059 --> 00:20:36.980 We must deal with it. 00:20:37.779 --> 00:20:39.980 We must repent. 00:20:39.980 --> 00:20:43.299 You see, 00:20:43.420 --> 00:20:43.900 repentance 00:20:43.900 --> 00:20:46.140 is not just 00:20:46.140 --> 00:20:46.799 stopping 00:20:46.799 --> 00:20:48.319 some kind of behaviour 00:20:48.319 --> 00:20:49.299 or habit. 00:20:50.880 --> 00:20:51.819 It's not 00:20:51.819 --> 00:20:53.200 just stopping 00:20:53.200 --> 00:20:55.380 some kind of behaviour 00:20:55.380 --> 00:20:56.099 or habit. 00:20:56.940 --> 00:20:58.819 It's returning to 00:20:58.819 --> 00:21:00.440 and a seeking 00:21:00.440 --> 00:21:01.500 after God. 00:21:02.480 --> 00:21:03.920 And that's what God 00:21:03.920 --> 00:21:05.500 promises Israel will do. 00:21:05.799 --> 00:21:06.940 But look at who 00:21:06.940 --> 00:21:08.059 they are to seek. 00:21:08.180 --> 00:21:09.059 Look at verse 5. 00:21:09.059 --> 00:21:10.220 Afterwards, 00:21:11.579 --> 00:21:12.839 the Israelites 00:21:12.839 --> 00:21:14.399 will return 00:21:14.399 --> 00:21:15.980 and seek 00:21:15.980 --> 00:21:16.679 the Lord 00:21:16.679 --> 00:21:17.500 their God 00:21:17.500 --> 00:21:19.399 and David 00:21:19.399 --> 00:21:20.460 their king. 00:21:21.819 --> 00:21:22.480 Now, 00:21:22.879 --> 00:21:24.000 does that strike you 00:21:24.000 --> 00:21:25.200 as something a bit odd? 00:21:27.079 --> 00:21:27.700 David, 00:21:27.859 --> 00:21:28.419 the king, 00:21:29.220 --> 00:21:30.379 is long since 00:21:30.379 --> 00:21:30.960 dead. 00:21:31.819 --> 00:21:32.879 How can they 00:21:32.879 --> 00:21:33.799 seek a king 00:21:33.799 --> 00:21:34.659 who has died, 00:21:34.940 --> 00:21:35.259 what, 00:21:35.379 --> 00:21:36.679 some 200 years 00:21:36.679 --> 00:21:37.099 before? 00:21:37.099 --> 00:21:37.319 war? 00:21:38.579 --> 00:21:39.419 What do you mean 00:21:39.419 --> 00:21:40.299 they're to seek 00:21:40.299 --> 00:21:40.899 and return 00:21:40.899 --> 00:21:41.539 to David 00:21:41.539 --> 00:21:42.059 their king? 00:21:42.240 --> 00:21:43.379 This is not 00:21:43.379 --> 00:21:44.539 a call to return 00:21:44.539 --> 00:21:45.480 to their old 00:21:45.480 --> 00:21:46.359 king of Israel 00:21:46.359 --> 00:21:47.539 and to go back 00:21:47.539 --> 00:21:48.240 to his tomb 00:21:48.240 --> 00:21:49.139 or his grave. 00:21:49.699 --> 00:21:50.819 This is a call 00:21:50.819 --> 00:21:51.500 to return 00:21:51.500 --> 00:21:52.839 to the king 00:21:52.839 --> 00:21:53.480 who would come 00:21:53.480 --> 00:21:54.699 from David's line, 00:21:54.819 --> 00:21:56.139 the ultimate king. 00:21:56.140 --> 00:21:56.240 king. 00:21:59.920 --> 00:22:00.580 The king, 00:22:01.000 --> 00:22:02.020 Jesus Christ. 00:22:03.600 --> 00:22:04.940 For he is the one 00:22:04.940 --> 00:22:05.960 we are to seek. 00:22:07.360 --> 00:22:08.540 Jesus is the one 00:22:08.540 --> 00:22:09.560 we are to return 00:22:09.560 --> 00:22:09.920 to 00:22:09.920 --> 00:22:11.600 because Jesus 00:22:11.600 --> 00:22:12.920 alone can deal 00:22:12.920 --> 00:22:14.400 with our sin. 00:22:14.759 --> 00:22:15.400 When Jesus 00:22:15.400 --> 00:22:17.160 died for our sin, 00:22:17.480 --> 00:22:18.300 he was the one 00:22:18.300 --> 00:22:19.360 who was shut 00:22:19.360 --> 00:22:21.160 out of God's 00:22:21.160 --> 00:22:22.460 presence for us. 00:22:22.460 --> 00:22:24.279 He was the one 00:22:24.279 --> 00:22:25.740 separated for God. 00:22:26.160 --> 00:22:27.259 He was without 00:22:27.259 --> 00:22:28.779 God for us, 00:22:29.180 --> 00:22:30.140 suffering hell 00:22:30.140 --> 00:22:31.140 so that we 00:22:31.140 --> 00:22:31.940 could be welcomed 00:22:31.940 --> 00:22:33.220 in and enjoy 00:22:33.220 --> 00:22:34.460 his presence 00:22:34.460 --> 00:22:35.660 forever. 00:22:39.860 --> 00:22:41.200 But in returning 00:22:41.200 --> 00:22:41.920 to Jesus, 00:22:43.340 --> 00:22:44.579 it's not just 00:22:44.579 --> 00:22:45.079 a dealing 00:22:45.079 --> 00:22:45.740 with sin. 00:22:47.180 --> 00:22:48.100 In a seeking 00:22:48.100 --> 00:22:48.960 after our 00:22:48.960 --> 00:22:49.840 true king, 00:22:50.259 --> 00:22:51.180 Jesus Christ, 00:22:51.180 --> 00:22:52.620 we are fully 00:22:52.620 --> 00:22:53.460 satisfied 00:22:53.460 --> 00:22:54.900 so that we 00:22:54.900 --> 00:22:55.500 do not 00:22:55.500 --> 00:22:56.920 have to sin. 00:22:59.400 --> 00:23:00.200 Have a look 00:23:00.200 --> 00:23:00.820 at John's 00:23:00.820 --> 00:23:01.200 Gospel, 00:23:01.460 --> 00:23:02.320 chapter 4. 00:23:05.539 --> 00:23:06.140 John's 00:23:06.140 --> 00:23:06.519 Gospel, 00:23:06.700 --> 00:23:07.400 chapter 4. 00:23:09.340 --> 00:23:10.200 You might 00:23:10.200 --> 00:23:11.100 know this story 00:23:11.100 --> 00:23:14.440 because John 00:23:14.440 --> 00:23:15.580 records for us 00:23:15.580 --> 00:23:16.259 the story 00:23:16.259 --> 00:23:17.840 about a woman. 00:23:18.680 --> 00:23:19.259 We don't know 00:23:19.259 --> 00:23:19.720 her name. 00:23:19.720 --> 00:23:22.120 from Samaria. 00:23:24.440 --> 00:23:25.360 She's feeding 00:23:25.360 --> 00:23:26.259 or giving 00:23:26.259 --> 00:23:27.079 water to 00:23:27.079 --> 00:23:27.980 her livestock. 00:23:31.480 --> 00:23:32.460 But we know 00:23:32.460 --> 00:23:33.400 from the place 00:23:33.400 --> 00:23:33.940 where she's 00:23:33.940 --> 00:23:34.460 come from, 00:23:34.579 --> 00:23:34.980 Samaria, 00:23:35.160 --> 00:23:36.120 if you could 00:23:36.120 --> 00:23:36.960 trace her 00:23:36.960 --> 00:23:37.940 family line, 00:23:39.519 --> 00:23:40.039 she would 00:23:40.039 --> 00:23:40.680 find her 00:23:40.680 --> 00:23:41.259 roots 00:23:41.259 --> 00:23:42.960 among the 00:23:42.960 --> 00:23:43.400 people 00:23:43.400 --> 00:23:44.799 of Israel, 00:23:44.940 --> 00:23:45.579 the very 00:23:45.579 --> 00:23:46.759 people Hosea 00:23:46.759 --> 00:23:47.940 has been 00:23:47.940 --> 00:23:48.599 ministering 00:23:48.599 --> 00:23:48.920 to. 00:23:49.559 --> 00:23:50.339 The people 00:23:50.339 --> 00:23:51.440 Hosea had 00:23:51.440 --> 00:23:51.900 said, 00:23:52.900 --> 00:23:53.519 Assyria is 00:23:53.519 --> 00:23:53.940 going to 00:23:53.940 --> 00:23:54.640 come and 00:23:54.640 --> 00:23:55.299 deal with 00:23:55.299 --> 00:23:55.500 you, 00:23:55.619 --> 00:23:56.720 but afterwards 00:23:56.720 --> 00:23:58.819 you will 00:23:58.819 --> 00:23:59.500 return to 00:23:59.500 --> 00:23:59.920 me and 00:23:59.920 --> 00:24:00.400 you will 00:24:00.400 --> 00:24:01.019 seek me. 00:24:05.099 --> 00:24:05.859 She is 00:24:05.859 --> 00:24:06.379 one of the 00:24:06.379 --> 00:24:07.099 ones God 00:24:07.099 --> 00:24:07.740 promised 00:24:07.740 --> 00:24:09.420 who would 00:24:09.420 --> 00:24:10.279 return and 00:24:10.279 --> 00:24:10.859 seek the 00:24:10.859 --> 00:24:11.180 Lord. 00:24:12.240 --> 00:24:13.079 We're told a 00:24:13.079 --> 00:24:13.640 little bit of 00:24:13.640 --> 00:24:14.379 what her life 00:24:14.380 --> 00:24:14.960 is like. 00:24:15.280 --> 00:24:15.800 In fact, 00:24:16.220 --> 00:24:16.740 this woman 00:24:16.740 --> 00:24:17.220 is not 00:24:17.220 --> 00:24:17.640 unlike 00:24:17.640 --> 00:24:18.040 Gomer, 00:24:18.140 --> 00:24:18.520 is she? 00:24:19.020 --> 00:24:19.600 She had 00:24:19.600 --> 00:24:20.880 five husbands 00:24:20.880 --> 00:24:22.320 and the 00:24:22.320 --> 00:24:22.900 man she 00:24:22.900 --> 00:24:23.500 was with 00:24:23.500 --> 00:24:24.980 is not 00:24:24.980 --> 00:24:25.720 presently 00:24:25.720 --> 00:24:26.300 her husband. 00:24:28.800 --> 00:24:29.640 And she 00:24:29.640 --> 00:24:30.520 offers Jesus 00:24:30.520 --> 00:24:31.320 a drink and 00:24:31.320 --> 00:24:32.120 Jesus says 00:24:32.120 --> 00:24:32.800 these words 00:24:32.800 --> 00:24:33.340 to her, 00:24:33.840 --> 00:24:34.640 chapter 4, 00:24:34.800 --> 00:24:36.000 verse 13. 00:24:36.000 --> 00:24:37.740 Jesus 00:24:37.740 --> 00:24:38.220 answered 00:24:38.220 --> 00:24:38.519 her, 00:24:39.740 --> 00:24:40.299 Everyone 00:24:40.299 --> 00:24:41.359 who drinks 00:24:41.359 --> 00:24:42.460 this water 00:24:42.460 --> 00:24:43.859 will be 00:24:43.859 --> 00:24:44.500 thirsty 00:24:44.500 --> 00:24:45.039 again, 00:24:46.039 --> 00:24:47.099 but whoever 00:24:47.099 --> 00:24:47.940 drinks the 00:24:47.940 --> 00:24:48.779 water I 00:24:48.779 --> 00:24:49.400 give him 00:24:49.400 --> 00:24:50.200 will never 00:24:50.200 --> 00:24:50.759 thirst. 00:24:52.420 --> 00:24:52.960 Indeed, 00:24:53.119 --> 00:24:53.680 the water 00:24:53.680 --> 00:24:54.819 I give him 00:24:54.819 --> 00:24:56.440 will become 00:24:56.440 --> 00:24:57.279 in him a 00:24:57.279 --> 00:24:57.940 spring of 00:24:57.940 --> 00:24:58.380 water, 00:24:59.660 --> 00:25:00.420 welling up 00:25:00.420 --> 00:25:01.960 to eternal 00:25:01.960 --> 00:25:02.480 life. 00:25:02.480 --> 00:25:05.900 we do 00:25:05.900 --> 00:25:06.640 not need 00:25:06.640 --> 00:25:07.519 to chase 00:25:07.519 --> 00:25:09.380 after other 00:25:09.380 --> 00:25:09.759 lovers. 00:25:10.880 --> 00:25:11.880 In Jesus 00:25:11.880 --> 00:25:12.480 we are 00:25:12.480 --> 00:25:13.700 fully satisfied, 00:25:14.240 --> 00:25:14.880 in him 00:25:14.880 --> 00:25:15.740 our thirst 00:25:15.740 --> 00:25:16.500 is fully 00:25:16.500 --> 00:25:17.039 quenched, 00:25:17.420 --> 00:25:18.120 we do 00:25:18.120 --> 00:25:19.120 not have 00:25:19.120 --> 00:25:20.180 to sin. 00:25:22.120 --> 00:25:23.099 You see 00:25:23.099 --> 00:25:23.779 the story 00:25:23.779 --> 00:25:24.400 of Gomer, 00:25:25.259 --> 00:25:26.500 the story 00:25:26.500 --> 00:25:27.180 of Israel, 00:25:28.039 --> 00:25:28.839 the story 00:25:28.839 --> 00:25:29.319 of this 00:25:29.319 --> 00:25:29.980 woman from 00:25:29.980 --> 00:25:30.599 Samaria, 00:25:30.599 --> 00:25:32.539 it's my 00:25:32.539 --> 00:25:33.139 story, 00:25:33.859 --> 00:25:34.719 and it's 00:25:34.719 --> 00:25:35.679 your story. 00:25:36.659 --> 00:25:37.459 We are 00:25:37.459 --> 00:25:38.939 just like 00:25:38.939 --> 00:25:39.740 them. 00:25:41.199 --> 00:25:41.899 And like 00:25:41.899 --> 00:25:42.279 them, 00:25:42.839 --> 00:25:43.959 we have a 00:25:43.959 --> 00:25:44.579 faithful, 00:25:44.980 --> 00:25:45.599 loyal husband 00:25:45.599 --> 00:25:46.359 in Jesus 00:25:46.359 --> 00:25:47.439 who comes 00:25:47.439 --> 00:25:48.399 searching for 00:25:48.399 --> 00:25:48.659 us, 00:25:49.079 --> 00:25:49.679 seeking us 00:25:49.679 --> 00:25:49.919 out, 00:25:50.259 --> 00:25:51.279 knowing exactly 00:25:51.279 --> 00:25:51.799 what our 00:25:51.799 --> 00:25:52.339 lives are 00:25:52.339 --> 00:25:52.719 like, 00:25:53.000 --> 00:25:53.539 and in an 00:25:53.539 --> 00:25:54.039 act of 00:25:54.039 --> 00:25:54.719 grace and 00:25:54.719 --> 00:25:55.240 redemption, 00:25:55.699 --> 00:25:56.559 he provides 00:25:56.559 --> 00:25:57.099 the way 00:25:57.099 --> 00:25:57.819 home for 00:25:57.819 --> 00:25:58.259 you and 00:25:58.259 --> 00:25:58.659 for me. 00:25:58.660 --> 00:26:01.060 so the 00:26:01.060 --> 00:26:02.220 invitation is 00:26:02.220 --> 00:26:03.920 return 00:26:03.920 --> 00:26:05.900 to Jesus, 00:26:07.340 --> 00:26:08.000 seek 00:26:08.000 --> 00:26:09.380 Jesus, 00:26:10.320 --> 00:26:11.200 for he 00:26:11.200 --> 00:26:12.180 alone deals 00:26:12.180 --> 00:26:12.800 with sin 00:26:12.800 --> 00:26:15.220 and satisfies 00:26:15.220 --> 00:26:16.000 us 00:26:16.000 --> 00:26:17.380 completely. 00:26:19.000 --> 00:26:20.200 Let's pray 00:26:20.200 --> 00:26:20.820 together. 00:26:20.820 --> 00:26:20.920 Amen. 00:26:20.920 --> 00:26:20.980 Amen. 00:26:20.980 --> 00:26:21.019 Amen. 00:26:21.019 --> 00:26:21.040 Amen. 00:26:21.040 --> 00:26:21.080 Amen. 00:26:21.080 --> 00:26:21.120 Amen. 00:26:21.120 --> 00:26:22.960 Amen. 00:26:22.960 --> 00:26:22.980 Amen. 00:26:22.980 --> 00:26:24.920 Amen. 00:26:24.920 --> 00:26:24.960 Amen. 00:26:24.960 --> 00:26:24.980 Amen. 00:26:24.980 --> 00:26:25.019 Amen. 00:26:25.019 --> 00:26:25.060 Amen. 00:26:28.660 --> 00:26:29.240 Amen. 00:26:35.720 --> 00:26:36.840 We can hear 00:26:36.840 --> 00:26:37.480 the rain 00:26:37.480 --> 00:26:38.480 on the 00:26:38.480 --> 00:26:38.840 roof 00:26:38.840 --> 00:26:42.620 as we 00:26:42.620 --> 00:26:43.180 listen to 00:26:43.180 --> 00:26:43.740 the rain. 00:26:43.920 --> 00:26:44.500 Think of 00:26:44.500 --> 00:26:45.140 that rain 00:26:45.140 --> 00:26:45.560 as the 00:26:45.560 --> 00:26:46.100 water 00:26:46.100 --> 00:26:49.259 that 00:26:49.259 --> 00:26:49.759 Jesus 00:26:49.759 --> 00:26:50.460 gives 00:26:50.460 --> 00:26:52.820 so that 00:26:52.820 --> 00:26:53.180 we will 00:26:53.180 --> 00:26:53.920 never ever 00:26:53.920 --> 00:26:54.500 thirst 00:26:54.500 --> 00:26:55.000 again, 00:26:55.200 --> 00:26:55.660 flowing 00:26:55.660 --> 00:26:56.200 down 00:26:56.200 --> 00:26:57.840 upon us. 00:26:57.839 --> 00:27:00.279 the invitation to drink 00:27:00.279 --> 00:27:04.859 that we might know him fully. 00:27:06.819 --> 00:27:08.439 Father, help us 00:27:08.439 --> 00:27:11.939 that we would return to you 00:27:11.939 --> 00:27:13.819 the source of all life, 00:27:14.720 --> 00:27:18.059 the one who gives us joy, 00:27:19.439 --> 00:27:20.639 eternal pleasures. 00:27:22.679 --> 00:27:25.259 Forgive us when we do run from you. 00:27:25.259 --> 00:27:29.119 Help us that we may seek you 00:27:29.119 --> 00:27:30.259 all our days 00:27:30.259 --> 00:27:35.440 as the perfect, loving, faithful 00:27:35.440 --> 00:27:37.500 and loyal husband. 00:27:40.019 --> 00:27:42.319 We pray this in Jesus' name. 00:27:43.599 --> 00:27:43.960 Amen.