Thank you for joining us for our time of worship here at Chapel City Church. We would love to know how we can be praying for you, your family, or your circumstances. This week we will be in Hosea 9-12. We have been working through a long section that deals with God’s righteous judgement of the sins of his people. They have clearly violated their covenant with him. They have absolutely failed to worship God like he called them to. They deserve to be cast off and rejected. But chapter 11 reveals a striking truth. God loves his people. Through their rebellion and rejection, he loves them and longs for their restoration. And because he is faithful, he will not destroy them completely. Their sin will be dealt with, but God will bring them to repentance and reconciliation.
How can I give you up, O Ephraim? How can I hand you over, O Israel? How can I make you like Admah? How can I treat you like Zeboiim? My heart recoils within me; my compassion grows warm and tender.I will not execute my burning anger; I will not again destroy Ephraim; for I am God and not a man, the Holy One in your midst, and I will not come in wrath.
Hosea 11:8-9
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