God’s loving kindness is everlasting, and His loving kindness is long-suffering
THREE: HOSEA DISCUSSION
God’s loving kindness is everlasting, and His loving kindness is long-suffering. God loves his people even when His people do not love Him. There are profound messages within the book of Hosea. One of the most vivid messages that we see in this book of Hosea is his love for his unfaithful wife Gomer. Can you picture her in the slave market and Hosea buys her back? There are strong profound messages in this short book of the Bible.
Read the entire Book of Hosea in your ESV Bible
Read Introductions and the Global Message articles in the ESV Global Study Bible notes for the following books (How to Navigate the ESV Website ):
Hosea
Amos
Obadiah
Read Dr. Long’s notes, “Introduction to the Prophets”
Discuss the following points related to this topic:
What is Hosea’s viewpoint?
What is Gomer’s viewpoint?
What is the message God is giving in this story?
How does the message of Hosea remind us that we are called to “love the unlovely”?
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