Love her as the lord loves the israelites, though they turn to other gods and love the sacred raisin cakes hosea 3. The story is great and the picture of how the people were breaking gods heart with their unfaithfulness came across loud and clear. Audio sermon archives center for excellence in preaching. Haddon robinson preached a strong and beautiful message to the audience at the moody church. When a confrontation occurs amongst the youth group, stuart takes the opportunity to share with the group the touching story of the old testament prophet hosea.
Haddon robinson videos you can see three lectures from haddon robinson given in 2011 for the john broadus lectures on preaching at anderson university. This sunday night we listed to a message called the greatest love story by dr. The incredible scandal of gods perfect love found in hosea. The lord said to me, go, show your love to your wife again, though she is loved by another and is an adulteress. According to the book, the apostasy of the people was rampant, having turned away from god in order to serve both the calves of jeroboam and baal, a canaanite god. T here are many who believe that the story of hosea and gomer should not be taken. Haddon robinson began his message with three stories, to illustrate that the facts of life sometimes come into conflict with faith. Third, chapter 3 is the conclusion of the first major section of the book and would appear to serve as the climax of the story. Watch this amazing modernday depiction of the love story found in the book of hosea. How to love people enough to like them by developing the art of unconditional acceptance.
The book of hosea is a deeply personal and passionate love story, yet its a difficult story. The story of the prophet hoseas troubled marriage is a powerful testimony to two things. He was to use his marriage as a pageant or an object lesson for israel because they were deep into sin and far, far away from god. Some teenage kids, steve, carrie, cooper, and gameboy set out on a weekend of camping led by their church youth group leader stuart sean astin and his wife beth erin bethea. Use this video as an intro to gods unfailing love for the church or for a series on forgiveness. The first concerns the nature of the story told in chs. I first heard this message at moody bible institutes founders week in 2011. Hosea 1 new international version niv bible gateway. But r eal love is on display in this chapter in the story of hoseas love for gomer which is itself a reflection of gods love for israel. Jul 18, 2006 love surely doesnt mean the same thing in all of these situations. The setting for the story of hosea takes place in the city of samaria, the capital city of the northern kingdom of israel. Hosea, an oldtestament prophet, preached his own life message using his marriage as the sermon illustration. When a confrontation occurs amongst the youth group, stuart takes the opportunity to share with the group the touching story of.
Hear the word of the lord, you israelites, because the lord has a charge to bring against you who live in the land. Audio sermon archives audio sermons the center for excellence in preaching has collected a number of audio sermons and a few audio reflections on preaching to help inspire other preachers in their ongoing task of proclaiming gods word. Throughout the book, hosea pictured the people turning away from the lord and turning toward other gods 4. When love is rooted in christ, it will hope and endure in all things. Each year a group of pastors gather for a week of intense study covenant harbor camp near lake geneva, wi. In amazing love, a group of teenagers are confronted with gods unconditional love in the story of hosea. Hosea, a young preacher, is led by god to meet and woo and win a young woman by the name of gomer. A story of gods amazing love diakonia christian church. Spurned by his wife, hoseas family becomes an object lesson of gods intense love for his people. Hosea was asked by god to marry a woman who would prove to be unfaithful to him later on. Book of hosea, the first of 12 old testament books that bear the names of the minor prophets, considered as one book, the twelve, in the jewish canon. Hosea prophesied during a dark and melancholic era of israels history, the period of the northern kingdoms decline and fall in the 8th century bc.
While i really appreciate the head long dive into the indescribable depths of gods love, grace and mercy, i must confess, i find this perspective two dimensional and lacking in regards to the multifaceted manifold wisdom of god. Hosea message summary widely respected and even called one of the most influential christians of the twentieth century, dr. Amazing love the story of hosea dvd christian movies. Encouragement spiritual growth we live for god because we love him, and we realize that he died for our sins. This love is shown in chapter 3 to be a reclaiming love, a. Hosea appears to have had the temperament of a poet. Robinson preaching collection, you too can benefit from his engaging. Learn how to be a better biblical preacher under the guidance of haddon w. Gomer had humiliated hosea by pursuing prostitution and empty promises of love from other men. But i want you to love her just as i love the people of israel.
Gomer gomer was the wife of the prophet hosea 8th century bc, mentioned in the hebrew bibles book of hosea. The word of the lord that came to hosea son of beeri during the reigns of uzziah, jotham, ahaz and hezekiah, kings of judah, and during the reign of jeroboam son of jehoash king of israel. Gomer was part of a soft, easy going life of her time, but hosea brought much to this marriage. Teaching and writing extensively on expository preaching for many years, robinson is a widely respected expert in the fieldequipping pastors, bible teachers, and every day christians to better teach the word. While some interpreters have thought the story to be merely an allegory of the relation between god and israel, others claim. Love surely doesnt mean the same thing in all of these situations. The book of hosea is a story of the amazing love of god for us. Christian husbands are commanded to love their wives as christ loved the church eph. This we are studying the old testament books of hosea, amos, and micah under the instruction of wheatons danny carroll. With sean astin, elijah alexander, kenton duty, sammi hanratty. Joining them is teen outsider ashely, who is materialistic and selfinvolved, and whose bad attitude separates her from the rest of the group. Use this video as an intro to gods unfailing love for the church or for a. God keeps pursuing us and waiting for us to cast ourselves on his faithful love. Preaching today provides pastors and preachers sermon prep help with sermon illustrations, sermons, sermon ideas, and preaching articles.
Aug 02, 2011 god tells hosea to do the unthinkable. Hosea and gomera sermon about the love of god steven. The book of hosea has at least two perplexing problems. There is no faithfulness, no love, no acknowledgment of god in the land. Going along for the trip is ashley, a troubled teen whose snobbish and materialistic attitude creates a gap between her and the group of teenagers. The third story was a retelling of king davids anointing by the prophet samuel. Teenagers steve, carrie, cooper, and gameboy embark on a weekend camping trip led by their church youth group leader stuart sean astin and his wife beth erin bethea. The second greatest love story ever exposition of hosea 3. The precise details of hoseas troubled marriage are sketchy and we are left to fill in some of the details with our continue reading the story of hosea and a glimpse into the heart of god. So he began his search, driven by that indestructible divine love, love that bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things, love that never ends. Robinson has served as the president of gordonconwell theological seminary, president of the evangelical. This love is shown in chapter 3 to be a reclaiming love, a redeeming love, a renewing love and a restoring love. Mar 18, 2012 watch this amazing modernday depiction of the love story found in the book of hosea. There is only cursing, lying and murder, stealing and adu.
I am again privileged to be part of the haddon robinson study retreat. When a confrontation occurs between ashley and carrie, this division. How to slay a giant october 15, 2006 jay robison 1 samuel 17. The remainder of the book of hosea consists of a collection of miscellaneous statements expressing hoseas convictions concerning the character of yahweh and yahwehs relation to the people of israel.
The story of the prophet hosea and his troubled marriage are a powerful testimony to us of our own tendency to be unfaithful to god but also of gods passionate love for us. According to the superscription, hosea began his prophetic activity during the reign of jeroboam ii c. In his loyal love, jesus takes our acts of devotion, tarnished and polluted though they be, and sanctifies them and brings them to the father. It is painful because its story is all too real in our world. In this message we hear the story of hosea and gomer. He joined gordonconwell in 1991 and served as interim president from july 2007 to august 2008. And as they began their renewed life together, hosea insisted on a renewed pledge of faithfulness.
Gods love for israel, a nation of people more interested in themselves than in gods direction for their lives, shines through clearly against the darkness of their idolatry and injustice hosea 14. Book of hosea overview insight for living ministries. A video series on april 2nd, 2012 preaching through a book of the bible requires a commitment to both the hard work of exegeting a text and the challenging task of bringing its message to life within a given cultural context. If youve ever been rejected by another or been the prodigal, hosea will bring back memories that only gods grace can heal. The video production is pretty basic, but haddon robinson usually has some things worth hearing. As an account full of harsh judgment unfolds, we find in its midst a rare and pure gem. It covers areas like selecting and studying the bible passage, determining the sermons purpose, outlining the sermon and making the sermon come alive for your listeners. While some interpreters have thought the story to be merely an allegory of the relation between god and israel, others claim, more plausibly, that the story is to be taken literally. This interpretation of hoseas story is well written and gives a cogent voice to a common homiletic approach to this subject. We do well to recall the story, especially given the great debate among some in the church. The regret of her past haunts her and the choice sits in front of her. Hoseas wife and children when the lord began to speak through hosea, the lord said to him, go. We do well to recall the story, especially given the great debate among some in the church today over the question of divorce and remarriage. According to the book, the apostasy of the people was rampant, having turned away from god in order to serve both.
Haddon robinson is the harold john ockenga distinguished professor of preaching and senior director of the doctor of ministry program at gordonconwell theological seminary. Preaching today sermon illustrations, sermons, and sermon. Widely regarded as an expert in the area of preaching, haddon also has extensive experience in radio and. Hosea continues to pursueat times gomer would return to the safety and comfort of hosea but would leave him again. Free access to sermons on haddon robinson, church sermons, illustrations on haddon robinson, and powerpoints for preaching on haddon robinson. Biblical preaching by haddon robinson sermons that work. The love and integrity that hosea displayed in the movie was incredible you see the love he has, the patience, the heartbreak, and the compassion. Hoseas wife and children when the lord began to speak through hosea, the lord said to him, go, marry a promiscuous woman and have children with her, for like an adulterous wife this land is guilty of. Hoseas love betrayal and judgement by chris appleby if youre familiar with the story of les miserables, then youll know that the story begins with jean valjean, a convict on parole, coming to a town where the only person wholl give him a room and a meal is the local bishop, bp myriel. Fourth, the analogy of hosea restoring gomer parallels the story of god and israel, for god re stores israel both historically and in the predictions of the prophet see hos. These times lead to doubtsometimes, very deep doubt. Pastor gary desalvo, senior pastor, temple bible church, temple, tx, uses hoseas pursuit of gomer as a model to encourage us to embrace gods unconditional love. If you are into preaching, then this is a book you should have in your library. Our response hosea 6 gomer is battling her past while all the while hosea beacons her home.
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