As we continue reading through the Bible by the end of this year I trust you are finding this project helpful and enriching. The Bible declares over and over again, God is love. Nowhere is this more graphically portrayed than in the prophetical book Hosea, where you’ll see God’s love in agony, action and accomplishment.
God cannot condone sin. He must condemn it and the sinner. Condemning the object of His love, however, is agonizing. God’s strong love, however, spurns Him to action directed toward convincing the sinner of his utter need for help. He sets up one blockade after another in the sinner’s path until the sinner is utterly frustrated and friendless, desperate and in despair. It is then God extends His loving invitation to receive and reconcile the sinner unto Himself. The accomplishment of God’s love is seen when the sinner comes to Him in full surrender.
Hosea teaches us that God loves with a love that will not let go. We should, therefore, turn from self and sin and let God be Lord of all, once for all, and all the time. Only then will we know Him as our ever-loving Lord and Savior.
If you turn from God and go your own rebellious way you’ll experience the lonely despair of rejection and hurt.
God is patient and waiting for you to turn to Him by faith. He wants you to experience His love, so turn to Him with all your heart and trust in His Son Jesus. Do it now!
