Hosea chapter 5.

Hosea Chapter 5-"Waiting for them to feel guilty"

? Through the prophet, God repeatedly called, "Listen to me, priests! Listen, O house of Israel! Wang Jia, pay attention! The judgment will come to you ... "(1) But God's people are in a strange situation. They "heard, but didn't know; You see, I saw it, but I didn't understand it. " The prophet said, this is only because "they have desires." (Article 4)

"Erotic Heart" is really a terrible thing. Once a man in a family has an "outside heart" and a "colorful flag fluttering" outside, although the red flag does not fall inside, he always feels that "home flowers are not as good as wild flowers", that is, he always thinks that "lovers are lovers and wives are wives" and never thinks about divorce, but his heart is no longer at home. If the woman in the family has an affair, then a moth will put out the fire, and it will not be far from "family destruction"; You see, was Gege Gege once so sure? This is true in real life, and so is faith. The Lord Jesus once taught, "The eyes are your lamp. If your eyes are bright, your whole body will be bright; " If your eyes are dim, your whole body will be dark. "Of course, Jesus is not talking about your eyesight, but" the light inside ". The word "bright" in this passage can be translated as "single-minded". It turns out that the Lord said that your eyes are single-minded, and the light in your heart is bright. On the contrary, "how dark it is! Gomer's eyes only look at "the person she loves" and "my bread, water and wool" ... "The eyes of the Israeli family are only puppets, only Egypt and only Assyria. The scripture says, "When Ephraim saw that he was sick and Judah saw that he was injured, he sent people to Assyria to see King Jereb ..." () You can make a true confession to this "faithful Lord" and say, "Lord, you are the only one in my eyes and my heart. "

? Israel's "rebellion" (v 2), "pride" (v 5) and "deceit" (v 7) not only provoked God's wrath, but also greatly aroused God's love. Because of God's righteousness, God never thinks that "the guilty are innocent", that is, a group of people he brought out of the "slave house of Egypt" at any cost, so God said, "I made Ephraim like a moth and the house of Judah like a rotten wood; (section 12) "I will be like a lion to Ephraim and like a young lion to the house of Judah. I want to tear it up, I want to take it away, and no one will save it. " (Section 14) Dear friends, have you seen Worm-eaten Things and Rotten Wood? If you haven't seen it before, please imagine ... God has never "tolerated and supported traitors", and of course, the Lord God will not "throw stones when they are down" or "stand by". He expects "when they feel guilty" and "admit their sins", and he expects "they will seriously seek me when they are in trouble." (Section 15)

? God has promised "because he loves me with all his heart, I will save him;" Because he knows my name, I will put him on high. If he calls me, I will answer him; When he is in trouble, I will accompany him; I will save him and make him respectable. " (Psalm 9 1: 14- 15)

God's servant also experienced his faithfulness in this way. In my distress, I called on the Lord and my God. He heard my voice from the temple; My cry in front of him reached his ears. "(Psalm 18:6)

"He saved me from all the troubles; My eyes have seen the retribution of my enemies. " (Ps。 54:7)

? Dear, come on, let's go back to the Lord! He tore it to pieces in order to heal; He was injured by entanglement. (Hos 6: 1) Let's cry while the Lord is still alive! Repent! Turn around. Get rid of our "lust" and focus on him, and he will have truly satisfying joy. Bless you and bless yourself!