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A study on Hosea 4-6

You’ll be helped in this study by taking time to pick up on the accompanying sermon Learn what this means!

We took an overview of three chapters this week and reading the whole of the text before divining in to study might be a challenge. Instead after seeking the Lord in prayer, take the approach we took in the service and read through a section then ponder on and discuss:
1. what was going on;
2. what was the Lord saying to the original hearers and why;
3. where is the application for us today.
Read Matthew 9: 9-13 discuss verse 13 – why is it important for us to do what Jesus commands there?

You might want to take a look at our Introduction to the Minor Prophets and check out the sermon that accompanies this study: Hosea and the local tart.

Reading Hosea 1-2

What do we know about Hosea (family, time of ministry, who was ministering at the same time, where was he etc.)?
How do you think Hosea’s relationship with God was before his marriage, and when he was called to prophesy in the way he was what kind of thoughts and reactions might he have had?
What does the way we live our lives show others about our relationship with God?
Chapter 1: verse 7 – discuss the different attitudes of Israel and Judah (at least at that time)
Chapter 1: verses 10 and 11 – what have we seen so far of this happening in our era?
Chapter 2: verses 6 to 16 – God will often use our sin to bring us to the lowest point and back to him – why should Christians be wary of trying to ‘protect’ people in these situations?