Hosea is known as a prophet of love…

Hosea is known as a prophet of love, and he prophesied the relationship between God and humanity based on his and his wife's experiences.

...The people of Northern Israel...
Became captivated by idols, knelt before Baal, and became sexually immoral...
They fell into depravity 😥.
...God bought and redeemed these people of Northern Israel.
...The price of a slave was... 15 shekels of silver...
...In Northern Israel...it was only half that price.

The people had fallen so deeply,
...they had lost all value...
...and God bought them.

And He seeks to keep them close to Himself with love.

...We too are those who were bought by Jesus' cross ✝️.

We were bought at a price.

…Hosea said,
"Come, let us turn away from Baal and the false spirits of the gods and return to God, our true Creator."
…When I was in high school…🤔
I was being rebellious😤
and deliberately…skipped church.
The following Sunday, when I was about to…skip the service…
"Come, let us return to the Lord"…
These words…caught my eye🧐
"God is calling me❗️"
I instinctively…and…returned to church😅
…I'm glad I was able to return to God.
Shalom😄

This page archives a Morning Word message shared by Pastor Peter Sunagawa on LINE. The English prose is a translation of the Japanese source message. For Scripture wording, use the BSB link above.