Tag - Gomer
05Jul

You Want Me To What?

S. O. A. P. Here’s Your 90 second AM Devotional! S-cripture: Hosea 3:1 The Lord said to me, “Go, show your love to your wife again, though she is loved by another man and is an adulteress. Love her as the Lord loves the Israelites, though they turn to other gods and love the sacred raisin cakes.” O-bservation: This is the story of God’s undying love for His people, and the loving Prophet Hosea, whom The Lord used to show how much He loves us. Israel’s record of chasing after other gods is notorious. At one point, God told His prophet Hosea to marry the...

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05Jul

I’ll Take You Back

S. O. A. P. Here’s Your 90 second AM Devotional! S-cripture: Hosea 2:19 I will betroth you to me forever; I will betroth you in righteousness and justice, in love and compassion. O-bservation: The Prophet Hosea had been instructed by God to marry the prostitute Gomer. Gomer was a type of Israel. God, like Hosea, would experience Israel's constant backslidings in favor of other gods. Hosea would experience the unfaithfulness of his wife, Gomer, with other men. It was an illustration for Israel and "Followers of Jesus" for all time. Even so, here we see the Lord telling Israel ... "‘I'll Take You Back!' I...

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05Jul

I’ll Do Anything For Your Love

S. O. A. P Here's your 90 second AM devotional! S-cripture: Hosea 3:2 So I bought her for fifteen shekels of silver and about a homer and a lethek of barley. O-bservation: As a sign of God's love for His beloved, yet wayward nation of Israel, He used the marriage of His prophet Hosea to the prostitute named Gomer. YES, THAT'S CORRECT. God told the prophet to marry a prostitute to show in an analogous way just how wayward Israel was. After marrying Hosea, Gomer went back to chasing other lovers. In a broken state, Hosea went to where she was and bought her back...

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