REDEEMED!
Hosea 3:2-3
"So I bought her for myself for fifteen shekels of silver, and one and one-half homers of barley. And I said to her, 'You shall stay with me many days; you shall not play the harlot, nor shall you have a man – so, too, will I be toward you.' "
The thing that strikes me in this picture God gave through Hosea's life is His great love toward His people, Israel. Gomer [Israel] had left Hosea [God] to go after other lovers, and had become enslaved to them. Hosea sought her out and redeemed her at a price, and brought her back to his home to live with him. This is a picture of me. I have strayed from God and gone after the things of this world. But God loves me, and He redeemed me at a great price, with the precious blood of Jesus (I Peter 1:18-19). He loves me and wants me to live with Him. "Now I belong to Jesus, and Jesus belongs to me, not for the years of time alone, but for eternity." Oh what a precious Savior!
TODAY'S PRINCIPLE: God loves His people and has redeemed them to Himself so that they will live with Him, and so that He will be their God.
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Have a "redeemed" day. Love you.
Hosea 3:2-3
"So I bought her for myself for fifteen shekels of silver, and one and one-half homers of barley. And I said to her, 'You shall stay with me many days; you shall not play the harlot, nor shall you have a man – so, too, will I be toward you.' "
The thing that strikes me in this picture God gave through Hosea's life is His great love toward His people, Israel. Gomer [Israel] had left Hosea [God] to go after other lovers, and had become enslaved to them. Hosea sought her out and redeemed her at a price, and brought her back to his home to live with him. This is a picture of me. I have strayed from God and gone after the things of this world. But God loves me, and He redeemed me at a great price, with the precious blood of Jesus (I Peter 1:18-19). He loves me and wants me to live with Him. "Now I belong to Jesus, and Jesus belongs to me, not for the years of time alone, but for eternity." Oh what a precious Savior!
TODAY'S PRINCIPLE: God loves His people and has redeemed them to Himself so that they will live with Him, and so that He will be their God.
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Have a "redeemed" day. Love you.
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