Thursday, June 25, 2015
Hosea 10:1-8 KJV
1 Israel [is] an empty vine, he bringeth forth fruit unto himself: according to the multitude of his fruit he hath increased the altars; according to the goodness of his land they have made goodly images. 2 Their heart is divided; now shall they be found faulty: he shall break down their altars, he shall spoil their images. 3 For now they shall say, We have no king, because we feared not the LORD; what then should a king do to us? 4 They have spoken words, swearing falsely in making a covenant: thus judgment springeth up as hemlock in the furrows of the field. 5 The inhabitants of Samaria shall fear because of the calves of Bethaven: for the people thereof shall mourn over it, and the priests thereof [that] rejoiced on it, for the glory thereof, because it is departed from it. 6 It shall be also carried unto Assyria [for] a present to king Jareb: Ephraim shall receive shame, and Israel shall be ashamed of his own counsel. 7 [As for] Samaria, her king is cut off as the foam upon the water. 8 The high places also of Aven, the sin of Israel, shall be destroyed: the thorn and the thistle shall come up on their altars; and they shall say to the mountains, Cover us; and to the hills, Fall on us.
OBSERVATION QUESTIONS
1) The Lord God had blessed His people. Though their blessings had dwindled, because of their transgressions, what were the people doing with their abundance? (v.1)
2) Why and how would God's people be judged? (v.2-4)
3) Bethaven means "house of wickedness." How would the people of Samaria respond when their calves (idols) would be carried to Assyria? (v.5-6a)
4) What would become of the people of God and their place(s) of worship? Why? (v.6b-8)
APPLICATION QUESTIONS
5) Have you, any one you know, trusted in the works of your (their) hands more than you (they) trusted in God?
6) if so, what has happened to that which you (they) revered more than the Lord?
LIFE LESSONS
7) The Lord gives us the power to get wealth, but not to trust in more than the Lord.
8) The Lord will diminish or destroy whatever we rely upon more than Himself.
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