DAY 178 Read Hosea 5 through 9.
Today's reading: The prophet faithfully delivers his warnings, but almost in agony he pleads with the people to turn from their ways.
Memory gem: "Come, and let us return unto the Lord: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up" (Hosea 6:1).
Thought for today:
"My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children" (Hosea 4:6).
People reject the Word of God, do not live for Christ, have no regard for the church; and then they wonder why their children so often drift out into a life of sin. One big reason for the tide of crime on earth today is the lack of religious and moral training in the homes. A true, consistent, Christian life of the parents in the home will do more to hold John and Mary for God than all the preaching they are likely to hear. The power of example is a mighty power; and when Father or Mother, or both, disregard the Ten Commandments in life and word and forget Christ in the homelife, it's a sad day for the children.
In how many homes--I mean Christian homes--is family worship a regular thing? Millions of children have never heard Father or Mother pray. You say you are too busy--you have no time for family prayer, no time for training the young. There is time to feed the body, but no time to feed the soul. No wonder the home is broken down, when God is not honored.
If we reject, ignore, or forget the divine law, we must receive the consequences. As men sow, they shall reap--always.
But when we turn to God in faith, He forgets our sins, but He does not forget us (see 1 John 1:9; Micah 7:18; Isaiah 49:15). In an age of profound skepticism, the greatest need of each one of us is a return to faith in God.
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Difficult or obscure words:
Hosea 5:13. "Jareb"--probably a descriptive term meaning "great" or "exalted" king, or possibly the king "who contends."
Hosea 6:9. "By consent"--better: toward Shechem.
Today's reading: The prophet faithfully delivers his warnings, but almost in agony he pleads with the people to turn from their ways.
Memory gem: "Come, and let us return unto the Lord: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up" (Hosea 6:1).
Thought for today:
"My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children" (Hosea 4:6).
People reject the Word of God, do not live for Christ, have no regard for the church; and then they wonder why their children so often drift out into a life of sin. One big reason for the tide of crime on earth today is the lack of religious and moral training in the homes. A true, consistent, Christian life of the parents in the home will do more to hold John and Mary for God than all the preaching they are likely to hear. The power of example is a mighty power; and when Father or Mother, or both, disregard the Ten Commandments in life and word and forget Christ in the homelife, it's a sad day for the children.
In how many homes--I mean Christian homes--is family worship a regular thing? Millions of children have never heard Father or Mother pray. You say you are too busy--you have no time for family prayer, no time for training the young. There is time to feed the body, but no time to feed the soul. No wonder the home is broken down, when God is not honored.
If we reject, ignore, or forget the divine law, we must receive the consequences. As men sow, they shall reap--always.
But when we turn to God in faith, He forgets our sins, but He does not forget us (see 1 John 1:9; Micah 7:18; Isaiah 49:15). In an age of profound skepticism, the greatest need of each one of us is a return to faith in God.
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Difficult or obscure words:
Hosea 5:13. "Jareb"--probably a descriptive term meaning "great" or "exalted" king, or possibly the king "who contends."
Hosea 6:9. "By consent"--better: toward Shechem.
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