Peter Barnes | Hosea 5:1-15
SERMON NOTES
A MOTH AND A LION
Hosea 5:1-15; Hebrews 10:26-39
1. God is like a moth as Israel decays.
– 5:1 (priests, people, princes); 5:12
– decay through sexual immorality (5:3-4), pride (5:5), religious activity without faith (5:6, 7, 11; note 6:6; see too 5:4b and 8:2); land-grabbing (5:10a; Deut.27:17); looking to the pagans for help (5:13)
– 2 Thess.2:11-12
2. God is like a lion as Israel is punished.
– 5:14; Amos 1:2; Hos.5:2, 9, 10b
– Isa.10:5; God is behind the destruction of Israel by Assyria in 722 B.C.
– 2 Thess.1:7-9
3. Israel’s only hope is in repentance.
– 5:15; the prodigal son comes to his senses in the pig sty
– Matt.4:17