The name Hosea means salvation. In this final chapter, we must ask ourselves if we understand the things spoken in this book to attain it. Hosea 14:9 “Who is wise, and he shall understand these things? prudent, and he shall know them? for the ways of the LORD are right, and the just shall walk in them: but the transgressors …
The prosperity of our people is in the Heavenly Father. Job 36:11 “If they obey and serve him, they shall spend their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures.” An example of this is our father Jacob. After being blessed by his father Isaac, he fled from his brother Esau (whom he battled from the womb). This caused him …
Earlier chapters of this book, undoubtedly informs us of the Messiah (Christ) directly. Matthew 2:15 “And was there until the death of Herod: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, Out of Egypt have I called my son.” Some background is needed to understand what this verse is speaking of, Herod was …
Christ taught that we would be known by our fruits. Matthew 7:15 “Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.” Verse 16: “Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?” Keeping in mind what we learned yesterday of the analogy of our …
It would be very strange for a person to reject money; in fact many seek and even pay for financial advice. Debt, and misuse of finances is one of the causes of poverty. The truth is that no one likes to take accountability for their actions therefore they do not seek to rectify and give themselves a chance. People do not want to hear the truth for free but they will pay to hear something that they cannot achieve in relation to money. It takes discipline and diligence to make progress. Proverbs 22:11 “He that loveth pureness of heart, for the grace of his lips the king shall be his friend.” Otherwise if you do not like to be spoken words from a pure heart there will be nothing but waste. Luke 15:13 “And not many days after the younger son gathered all together, and took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living.”